ColoLocal

FINAL EPISODE!   In our last episode, we speak to Sam Paul - local singer-songwriter in Denver, Colorado - about pandemic life, Tinder, and missing your ex's dog.   For more from Sam please check out:   www.sampaulsays.com Instagram: Sampaulsays

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Lamar joins us to talk about his latest album and how his spirituality has advised his writing style. Oh, he plays some songs too!   For more from Joseph please visit:   www.josephlamar.com www.facebook.com/josephlamarmusic  

Cololocal is pleased to present Willi Carlisle, a folk singer-songwriter and old-time musician from Arkansas. We caught Willi while on a largely DIY and backyards tour through the American South and West and spoke to him about his particular brand of folk music and coming out as a queer person. For more from Willi, please visit: www.willicarlisle.com  

We talk to Jack Roberts, founder and curator of For the Love of Locals, about his livestream platform showcasing local Colorado music, the changes around live music during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what it's like scoring music for commercials. To follow For the Love of Locals, please visit: www.fortheloveoflocals.com and www.facebook.com/fortheloveoflocals For more from Jack, please visit: www.6recordingstudio.com

Episode 16 of the Cololocal podcast featuring Cipriano Ortega, and accompanied by Vitaliy Minyaylo. We talk to Cipriano about living in gentrified Denver, writing on 2-string bass, and 90s music.   For more from Cipriano please visit: https://www.facebook.com/ruleofthumb11 https://vimeo.com/ignorethethumb For more from Vitaliy please visit: www.vitaliyminyaylo.com

We catch up with Sarah Slaton and Sarah Joelle, singer-songwriters and partners out of Fort Collins, CO. They discuss songwriting and crediting, the future of livestreams and live music, and play a few songs too! Please check out full Zoom sessions, including this episode, on our Youtube page! For more from Sarah Slaton please visit: www.sarahslaton.com www.facebook.com/sarahslatonmusic For more from Sarah Joelle please visit: www.facebook.com/sarahjoellemusic www.lolarising.com  

A real treat! we speak to our neighbors from Kansas City, Miki P and the Swallowtails about the Kansas City music scene and its similarities to Denver (and dissimilarities), being a band during a pandemic, and then we listen to them perform as well! AMAZING!   For more from Miki P & the Swallowtails please visit: www.mikipmusic.com   Don't forget to check out the Cololocal youtube channel for the Zoom episodes and live performances!

Relocated Denver native Trevor Toms comes to us live from Nashville, TN and speaks about moving across the country during a pandemic, the different politics of Tennessee, and how to grow as an artist.Please check out the Zoom session on our Youtube channel!For more from Trevor Toms please go to: www.trevortoms.com

To start the new year, we talk to Toddi Norum, executive producer of ColoLocal, and life-long music guru. Toddi recounts her experience growing up in Colorado, working in the jazz scene in Boston, and then talks to us about the future of live music.  

Merry Christmas! Recorded before the general election, this isn't a Christmas episode, but it is a gift before the end of the year as we speak to Wesley Watkins (local legend) about his time growing up in Denver and in Colorado's music scene, how the BLM movement is affecting the local scene, and his writing process during a pandemic. Please check out this episode on Youtube where you can SEE Wesley perform from his living room. You can also check out more from Wes at: https://www.facebook.com/theweswatkins

We sit down via Zoom with Túlips, a Denver-based non-binary person of color group, to speak about their origin, disrupting the Denver music status quo, and existing as a band during a pandemic.To watch the video Zoom content, please visit the Cololocal page on Youtube.For more from Túlips, please visit: www.facebook.com/TuLipsDenverInstagram: tulips_denver 

ColoLocal returns and presents Adrienne Rae Ash, lead singer and guitarist for Plasma Canvas from Fort Collins CO. This interview is from March 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic; the perspective speaks to the last 4 months, in more ways than one. We speak to Adrienne about being a trans musician, speaking out against the police, and what the future for Plasma Canvas looks like. And of course, we get to hear some songs. Enjoy!

ColoLocal presents Neyla Pekarek, formerly of The Lumineers, in an exclusive interview and performance leading up to a show at the Bluebird theater in Denver, Colorado on the 24th of November, 2019. We speak to Neyla about her classical training, time in The Lumineers, pet rabbits, and the story behind her album Rattlesnake! Oh, hey, she also performs some songs for us too, including one from an impending musical theater adaptation of her album!

On this episode we feature Brian and Josh of Sugar Britches, a honky tonk good-time duo from Fort Collins Colorado. We speak about the importance of history in country music and dealing with addiction. Oh yeah, as always, we hear some tunes too! For more from Sugar Britches, please visit: www.facebook.com/sugarbritchesmusic 

 In this episode we are excited to feature Brianna Straut, an americana singer-songwriter out of Denver Colorado. We discuss the benefits of passing as human, music that influences us, and how we can all be better audience members.For more from Brianna, please visit: www.briannastraut.com

Episode 5 features Chella Negro, founder and lead of Chella & The Charm, a Denver Colorado staple and Americana must-listen! We discuss re-framing the Women in Music adage, trash talk all the midwestern states not named Wisconsin, and talk about New Denver's gentrification problem. As usual, Chella plays us some tunes as well! For more from Chella please visit: www.facebook.com/chellaandthecharmInstagram: Chella NegroBandcamp: https://chellaandthecharm.bandcamp.com/

We have the distinct pleasure of sitting down with Larry Nix, a real Colorado cowboy, to talk about country music in the city, ski bumming, and parenthood. Oh yeah, we get to listen to some tunes too!For more from Larry please visit:www.larrynix.com

We take a step away from live music in episode 3 and talk to George Blosser, a Colorado music photographer and IT professional who has a more personal approach to photographing bands. We talked to George about growing up in the midwest, discovering new bands, and the theater of music.For more from George please visit:www.facebook.com/george.l.blosserInstagram: @george.l.blosser

ColoLocal is a live music podcast featuring local and national talent, their stories, and also of course their music. In this episode we chat with Jen Korte - a.k.a. LADYGANG et al - about the Colorado scene and some of its quirks, what it takes to make an equal buck as a woman, and existing as a Violent Femmes cover band.For more from Jen: www.ladygangmusic.com  

ColoLocal is a live music podcast featuring local and national talent, their stories, and also of course their music.In this episode we chat with Bevin Luna, a singer-songwriter out of Fort Collins, CO. We hear her songs, and she speaks about the Colorado scene, what it takes to be a professional musician, and how to properly pronounce the word 'acoustic'.For more from Bevin:www.bevinluna.com