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Pachyderm Stomp
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
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!
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 [...]
Walking Blues
Take a listen to these five musicians who log time on the trail. Travis Book Book recently moved to Nashville via Durango to be near his band mates in the award-winning bluegrass outfit the Infamous Stringdusters, but the avid mountain biker, trail runner and hiker says he still misses the Southwestern mountains. His favorite regular [...]
Mountain Minstrel
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 [...]
