Jedd Ferris

Yvon Chouinard: Patagonia’s visionary talks shop

by Jedd Ferris May 5, 2010

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is a self-declared “reluctant businessman,” who has always seen his business as a means to spending more free time outdoors. Chouinard got his start as a teenager selling homemade pitons out of the back of his car to fellow climbers. In the 1970s, his nascent Chouinard Equipment evolved into Patagonia. He [...]

Pachyderm Stomp

by Jedd Ferris May 5, 2010

Nederland’s Elephant Revival combines an eclectic mix of influences to create a unique brand of transcendental folk music. It’s no secret that Nederland is a breeding ground for experimental string band music. Members of Leftover Salmon, String Cheese Incident, and Yonder Mountain String Band call the tiny town home and they have put Ned on [...]

THE BEST OF FEST

by Jedd Ferris March 23, 2010

Here it is. Plan your year according to the best festivals and happenings in music, sports and film across Colorado. THE ONE-BAND FESTIVAL Phish: Telluride, August 9-10 When Phish reunited last year, the improvisational rock kings made it clear they intended to get back to the heart of what mattered in their previous two decades [...]

Frozen Festivaaaal!

by Jedd Ferris December 7, 2009

Leftover Salmon celebrates 20 years with New Year’s shows in Boulder and Denver and EO gets in on the party with a little retrospective and essential discography. If any band defined the Colorado trend of taking traditional bluegrass and beating it over the head with rowdy long-hair revelry, it was Leftover Salmon. When Vince Herman [...]

Mountain Minstrel

by Jedd Ferris June 5, 2009

When Pete Kartsounes decided to hike the Colorado Trail, he couldn’t leave his music behind. So he decided to play shows along the way—and founded a hiking charity to fight cancer. Like most local singer-songwriters, Pete Kartsounes dedicates his summers to touring.  So when his good friend asked him to hike the Colorado Trail last [...]