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Send us a textIn this special segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, hear from our regular correspondent Maryann Rosen about the incredible history of the Central City Opera and the Central City Opera House!  Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textMany of Matthew Earle Schexnyder's musical influences come from his home state, Louisiana. He is particularly inspired by country-folk, singer-songwriter stylings, with Merle Haggard, Jason Isbell, Alan Jackson, Neil Young, and Willie Nelson among his influences.Earle, a graduate of the Air Force Academy, flew Air Force helicopters as a long-time career, traveling around the country to states such as New Mexico, Alabama, Texas, and Georgia. He also traveled to countries such as Turkey, Afghanistan, South Africa, Mozambique, and Liberia.Settling in Iceland with his wife, they relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, in order to raise their two young daughters. Eventually, the family impulsively moved to Boulder, where Earle first dove into performing and writing songs.In 2018, Earle took a bluegrass ensemble class and connected with two other people there – Joshua Ray and his wife, Brandy. Earle and Joshua connected quickly through their musical interests and ambitions. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textEddie Hochman, Bennett Shapiro, Michael Schodin, and Mitchell Wisniewski all met during their time at the University of Iowa. They started informally jamming and playing shows together throughout college, but by graduation, they started going their separate ways.While Hochman and Schodin stayed in Iowa City, Mitch moved to Michigan, and Bennett moved to Denver, where he still lives today. However, that didn't stop the friend from performing; the group has made an annual tradition to travel together and play shows, forming an official band, Joytrip.Over the last couple of years, the group has been able to hone its sound and writing despite its distance. The wide-ranging influences of the group, from jazz to rock to blues to bluegrass, contribute to a singular sound and chemistry that allows the band to jump into a full night's show even after not performing together for months.The band's lineup has remained unchanged from the start. Schodin plays guitar, sings, and serves as the audio engineer, Hochman plays guitar, trumpet, and keyboards as well as sings, Shapiro plays drums and sings harmonies, and Wisniewski plays bass for the band. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textThe month of May celebrates both Jewish and Asian-American heritage, so regular correspondent Maryann Rosen brings us local history and information about both! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textEvan Cantor, Burt Rashbaum, and Roland LaForge have always been musicians. They've all worked to become professional musicians, but ultimately, they couldn't find a way to make a living through music. They never stopped playing, though.The three joined forces for the first time in the 2000s. Cantor and Rashbaum worked in the same building at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Cantor jumped in to play music with Rashbaum and LaForge as a bassist.Cantor tapped in for the bassist of a band that Rashbaum and LaForge were a part of, Too Much Jones, named after the founders and head brothers of the band, Mark and Craig Jones. On one of the nights Cantor tapped in for rehearsal, only he, Rashbaum, and LaForge came to the rehearsal room.The three decided to jam and see what happened, and they realized they could form a band on their own. Craig, wanting to step away from a long-term band project, is now considered one of the godfathers of the new project the three formed, now called The CBDs. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textEric Richard Stone has been writing songs for five decades and performing for four. It wasn't until 2014, however, when he moved to a home near Nederland and started pursuing music full-time.Stone found himself inspired by the mountain community, its nature, and its people. He feels that the environment has motivated his best work as a songwriter.Now, he's released a new album called Living The Dream, unbound by style, from folk to bluegrass to Americana to rock to pop. Nine songs are original compositions by Stone, with a tenth alternate version of the song “It Might As Well Be Rain,” and three are cover interpretations.Stone will embark on his first European tour in June for the album, but he'll gear up for that tour by playing in the area that has inspired him the most. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a text[Todd] Smallie [of The Other Brothers] has frequently collaborated with Colorado pianist Ryan Benthall, who has played with various Colorado groups. One of Benthall's groups is Phoebe Nix, formed in 2014 in New Jersey by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Christopher Clauss. Combining funk and jazz sensibilities, the group serves as Clauss's primary vehicle for his original songs.In this episode of the podcas, we take a deeper dive into the project Phoebe Nix that we didn't take in the Music of the Mountains column focusing on their opening performance at The Caribou Room!  Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textIn 2017, Colorado guitarist and singer/songwriter James Dumm came up with an idea for a supergroup. He had played songs from The Allman Brothers Band with his Denver jam tribute, Mountain Jam, and he wanted to create another tribute band featuring an all-star lineup. Thus, The Other Brothers came to be.The core lineup consists of Dumm on electric and slide guitar, Rob Eaton Jr. (also from Mountain Jam) on electric guitar, Todd Smallie on bass, Bill McKay on keys, Will Trask on percussion, and Mark Levy and John Michel on drums.Among their performance accomplishments, Michel frequently tours with the John Oates Band, and McKay toured with Smallie in the Derek Trucks Band, for which Smallie was a core member. The band's final album, Already Free, which features Smallie on bass and backing vocals, won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.Meanwhile, Dumm and McKay play with Johnny and the Mongrels, Dumm with Drunken Hearts, Eaton Jr. with Brother's Keeper, Levy with Circles Around the Sun, and Trask with High Hawks.The lineup is flexible, since not every member can make it to every show due to their other projects. Trask's role as a percussionist is especially flexible, as the choice is meant to represent choices in the band's later career, and Jiho Han, bassist for Judo Chop, will sub for Smallie in various upcoming shows. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textLeaf Running-rabbit has lived in a completely off-grid property in Ward for 34 years, moving in when he discovered a squatter's shack, a cabin built as a temporary camp for miners. He ultimately lived with his family in the cabin for 17 years before being required to build a house to legal code, receiving his certificate of occupancy of the new house in 2009.In the late 1990s, he attended the University of Colorado Boulder tuition-free for five years through a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, earning a double major in poetry and Spanish. He feels that true poetry is an art form that can articulate feelings and experiences beyond the words written on the page.He has particularly focused on a form he calls photopoetics, where he takes photographs and writes poems that go together. He loves that the photo and poem can both say things that the other can't and work together to leave an impact on the reader (and viewer) of the work.Through his writing, he aims to use words to communicate experiences that can't be described with words, such as spirituality, enlightenment, and consciousness. He believes that using the right words can allow people to understand concepts beyond words. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textClick here to read the column written from this interview!Christine Weeber has felt a connection to the mountains like no other place she's lived before. She grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before pursuing degrees at Colorado State University (CSU).During her time there, she moved into a home filled with toxic mold, which made her ill. She moved into a rental with deodorizers in every room, but knew this was not a long-term option.After graduating from CSU with an MA in cultural anthropology and a graduate certificate in women's studies in 2005, she decided to move to a cleaner, less-toxic area.She has since lived just outside Gilpin, also serving as a shamanic healing practitioner for Wisdom Hearth in Nederland. She loves the people, the community, and the connection to nature that they share and embrace.She has written since elementary school, writing a play in 4th grade, bringing her friends in to perform it, and charging her neighbors five cents to see the performance. She started writing poetry at the age of 16, and she's also written essays and fiction. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textBurt Rashbaum has been writing since he was around 10 years old, first writing short stories in fourth grade. He cites his middle school English teacher, who exposed him to e.e. cummings, as the person who first sparked his interest in poetry.He moved to Boulder in 1976, subscribing to a writers' magazine to learn tips and publishing his first poem in the yearly catalog from the Free School. He feels he's gotten better at the game of submissions over the last few years, and since 2020, he's published dozens of poems online and in print. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textThis episode includes readings from Celia Wilson of articles published in the April 17, 2025, edition of The Mountain-Ear. The online editions of the articles are linked below.Thrills and spills at Nor-Alp Schralp by Dave GibsonSpringing into Easter by Mindy LearyGilpin girls squeak past Nederland by Dave GibsonMusic of the Mountains: d'Lovelies by Jamie LammersCCSO makes second arrest in connection to 2024 homicide by Jenny FultonEvery child deserves a safe world by Sara Sandstrom and Lynn HirschmanLinked here is the page to send anonymous tips through the CCSO website. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textIt's time to transition into May, and to start that transition, correspondent Maryann Rosen brings us a special segment on Mother's Day! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textCristina Vane has sung for as long as she can remember. Her parents even heard her sing in her crib over their baby monitor. She started playing piano in first grade, sang in choir, and started writing songs in high school to combine her love of playing the guitar and writing poetry.By the time she graduated from Princeton University, Vane knew she wanted to pursue a music career. Her performing and writing are inspired especially by country, fingerstyle playing, delta and Piedmont blues, and the rock songs she grew up with.Vane visited London with her father one summer after college, booking gigs for the first time in pubs and other venues. During this time, she found herself captivated by slide guitar, teaching herself open tunings.Also stay tuned for readings of this year's entries for the 2025 Poetry Contest!Divine Plan by Karen Marie GerrityA Writer's Dilemma by Mindy LearyWalks in Shadows by John ScarffeColorado Skyline by Jamie LammersShut up you assholes I'm singing by Doug ArmitageHills by Gwenn CharvetRiding on the Finger of God by John Scarffe  Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textAt its largest, d'Lovelies performs as a seven-piece group: Rob Pate on guitar and vocals, Erin Gael Friedman on vocals, Duane Webster on bass and vocals, Ryan McCurry on keys, Mike McCloskey on saxophone, Nate Bitter on trombone, and Colin Mahoney on drums.Often, the band plays in venues that aren't big enough for the entire seven-piece to fit. To work around this, they rehearse and even perform in sections, including as duos and trios. When they can, though, they bring the whole lineup to perform ragtime, blues, original Americana, New Orleans R&B, and even Brazilian and Cuban rhythmic influences.The group has been building momentum since they started performing together in December of 2023, even recording their debut album, Great Horizon, in August of 2024. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a text[As a group, Canyon Collective] doesn't write structured songs for their performances, instead improvising their material together on stage. They'll talk amongst themselves about what style of piece they'll focus on in their next performance, then they'll perform it on the spot, riffing off of each other in the process.Recently, the group had the opportunity to perform in a mineshaft for a private party. The performance was recorded, and upon listening back to the recording, they realized they had something special. Because of this, the group has decided to release this recording as their first live album.For [bandleader and drummer Zach] Hedstrom, the improvisational style that the group embraces means that the musicians can embrace the present moment fully during their shows. He loves being able to take everyone's ideas at face value and encouraging the performance to be a spontaneous musical collaboration.Hedstrom loves being part of a band where every show gives a different energy through its spontaneity, and he hopes that everyone who comes to see a Canyon Collective show has a great time and feels encouraged to see them live again. For the group and the audience, every show is a different experience, and these musicians love that every show has a new energy. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textZach Hedstrom moved to Fourmile Canyon around five years ago. Around that time, he and other musicians in the area started hosting gatherings to jam and enjoy each other's company. Eventually, this gathering of people started playing local venues as a group, and thus, Canyon Collective was born.The name Canyon Collective comes from the rotating lineup of the group. While there are core members who consistently play in Canyon Collective, there are also many musicians who jump in and out of the group that live in and around Fourmile Canyon, creating a welcoming environment for local musicians.Hedstrom describes the group as a “high-energy global groove funk band,” as they play music primarily rooted in funk with various global influences such as Latin, West African, and reggae rhythms. In regards to core members, Hedstrom plays drums, Christopher Clauss plays bass, Ryan Benthall plays keyboard, Eshan Escoffery plays trombone, Matthew Wilkolak plays trumpet, Derek Miles plays guitar, and Greg[g] Freeman serves as the percussionist. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textRegular correspondent Maryann Rosen comes back with another spotlight episode on a town in the Peak to Peak area in Colorado, this time focusing on Rollinsville! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textIn this very special episode of Audio Library, Celia Wilson reads six articles from the April 10, 2025, edition of The Mountain-Ear! You can find all of the digital articles read and links referenced in this episode below!Peak Perspectives: Speaking from the heart by Barbara HardtMusic of the Mountains: Canyon Collective by Jamie LammersLady Eagles Soccer undefeated by Dave GibsonUmoja Women's Village provides refuge by Dave GibsonKeep it Local: Zuku Baskets by Lynn HirschmanColumbia University funding cuts affect Boulder locals' research by Jamie Lammers Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textIn this episode of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, our regular correspondent Maryann Rosen shares stories about National Poetry Month!Total Access by Ballistic Kisses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxxpiCNlvtQ Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textIn this very special episode of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, Jamie Lammers, Maryann Rosen, and Dango Rose join forces once again to cover the history and legacy of the Colorado band Elephant Revival!Note: Due to re-editing of this episode, the order of the previous episode and this one have been switched. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textThis is a special broadcast brought to you by The Mountain-Ear Podcast featuring an unedited recording of a meet-and-greet meeting centering around the Cross and Caribou Mines.Note: Due to re-editing in the next episode, the order of this episode and the next episode have been switched. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textAndrew Sturtz has written songs for over twenty years, releasing projects but never focusing on touring those projects. He's lived in Boulder for nearly a decade, and through playing open mics and other events in the town, he met people who have since become close musical and personal companions.Now, Sturtz has christened a group with his last name, a quartet that includes himself on guitar, Courtlyn Carpenter on cello, Will Kuepper on bass, and Jim Herlihy on banjo. All four provide vocals, with Sturtz providing lead vocals.The band spent a month coming up with their name, even creating a spreadsheet including dozens of potential band names (including Slow Drive, Alcove, Topiary, and Incongruity). However, the group eventually realized that Sturtz served as a perfect name for the group, which focuses on new arrangements of the namesake's original material. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below!If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak to peak! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Find us on Facebook @mtnear and on Instagram @mtn.ear! Listen and watch on YouTube today! Share this podcast around! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub on Buzzsprout!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textSamson “Sam” Grisman has been surrounded by music his entire life. From a young age, he fell in love with the music played around him by family, friends, and especially his father, David.David, a multi-instrumentalist, has performed for decades with and/or alongside Peter Rowan, Red Allen, Maria Muldaur, Darol Anger, Doc Watson, Mike Marshall, Tony Rice, and Andy Statman.David has called his particular stylings “Dawg music,” embracing his nickname, “Dawg.” That nickname was first given to him by close friend and frequent collaborator Jerry Garcia.Music has been so prevalent in Sam's life that from a young age, he assumed everyone played music. He saw people's instruments as part of their personality, and he thought everyone was born with a proclivity towards their instruments.Though he has since realized that learning an instrument comes with time and practice, he has never lost what he considers a sense of duty to perform, and he wholeheartedly embraces the music he grew up around.David always encouraged his children to learn instruments, practice playing other people's songs, and work on original compositions to build their musical experience. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textOn today's special segment brought to you by correspondent Maryann Rosen, we're spotlighting the incredible town of Nederland! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textDaniel C. Jones has always been drawn to pedal steel guitar. In the early 1970s, he fell in love with the country rock scene at the time. What stuck out to him, though, wasn't the Nashville country scene – it was the alternative country scene.Jones loved the sound of performers such as Jerry Garcia, his project New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Peter E. Kleinow (or “Sneaky Pete”). In 1971, Jones's brother took him to see a performance of Garcia's most well-known band, The Grateful Dead. Waylon Jennings opened that night, joined by Ralph Mooney, pedal steel guitar player for Jennings's group the Waylors.Jones says the instrument called to him because its sound instantly captivated him. Throughout the 1970s, he steadily performed on the road full-time, but by the 1980s, he prioritized his education. He earned a BA in Music from Sonoma State University in California, an MM in Musicology/Music Theory at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder in 1984, and a Ph.D in Musicology at CU Boulder in 1991.Jones taught musicology at CU Boulder for over twenty years before retiring after the fall 2019 semester. Throughout that time, he performed pedal steel guitar on the side, both by himself and with the instrumental group Standard Deviations.Now, Jones focuses entirely on playing, particularly embracing standards from the Great American Songbook. His original compositions and arrangements are all instrumental, so for him, it's important to find pieces that lie well in the instrument's range. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textThis audio library segment from Rachel Kobi focuses on important safety guidelines involving school buses in the area! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textSome of Bryan Bielanski's earliest memories occurred in his crib, where he listened to the rock and roll records his parents and sister played. He's always been in love with music because of this, and he fell in love with it completely by his teenage years.Two albums in particular inspired Bielanski's journey into music: The Beatles' self-titled album (commonly known as The White Album) and Nirvana's Nevermind. The variety of The Beatles as an album and the sincerity and energy of Nevermind as an album became the foundation of Bielanski's musical inspirations.Bielanski started learning guitar, writing songs as soon as he could and playing in a band as a teenager. In the 2010s, he started performing and touring as a solo artist, which served as his transition from music as a hobby into music as a career.Since 2020, Bielanski has released four solo albums, Bryan's Super Happy Fun Time volumes one through four, and an EP, Free Bird. While he sometimes misses the camaraderie of a touring band, he better appreciates being able to pull a show together on his own, especially with the acoustic guitar style he's adopted. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textThis segment contains the entirety of the keynote address given in Central City by U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert on February 21, 2025, during the Fourth Annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the Elks Lodge, hosted by the Gilpin County Republican Committee. This segment also contains the reading of an article about the dinner written by Mindy Leary for the February 27, 2025 edition of The Mountain-Ear. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textTogether, Sky Kelsey and Marty Smith serve as founding members of the traditional Irish band The Safehouse. Kelsey and Smith have been the consistent leading members of the group and have played together for many years.During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, they honed their sound as a duo for the first time. Kelsey and his then-girlfriend (now-wife) stayed with Smith for a few months, and they locked in completely on finding a sound together.Since then, they've switched between performing with a band lineup in The Safehouse and as a duo group. Both projects focus on playing traditional Irish music.Smith grew up in Wyoming while Kelsey grew up in Alaska. Neither environment is known for its vibrant Irish music scene. However, both individuals found Irish music in their communities.In particular, Kelsey embraced the music developed in southern Ireland's County Clare. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a native County Clare band, The Ceili Bandits, brought much of the county's traditional music to Alaska. Completely captivated by Clare music, he embraced Ireland's oral tradition. He started learning fiddle from age twelve under the mentorship of James Kelly, who Kelsey cites as his biggest influence. By the time Kelsey was old enough to gig in bars, Clare music had been well established in his community, so he completely embraced the music and started learning music from across Ireland.Meanwhile, growing up with folk music, Smith has performed in countless groups even outside of The Safehouse. These groups include Avourneen, their spinoff duo Smithstein, and Coisir.Smith started by playing dance tunes from the British Isles on the hammered dulcimer, and he now primarily focuses on playing the Irish bouzouki and singing. He's been mentored by bouzouki teachers such as Andy Irvine, Aaron Jones, and Roger Landes. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textChef Oscar Padilla has been working in and running restaurants for over twenty-five years. Born in Los Angeles, he grew up in Mexico City with his grandmother, observing and admiring her culinary techniques, particularly her preparation of traditional Mexican dishes.Inspired to pursue a culinary career, he studied and worked in Mexico City, establishing his reputation when he joined the culinary team of The Club de Banqueros. After his time there, he moved to the United States to continue his career path.Padilla's reputation caught the attention of Chef Richard Sandoval, who brought Padilla onto his team. They worked together in New York and Denver, and under Sandoval's mentorship, Padilla opened restaurants and trained culinary teams in locations such as Costa Rica, Dubai, Doha, and Chicago. Padilla has continued building his reputation, even winning as a contestant on the cooking show Chopped (in season 54, episode 7, titled "Pig Candy," to be precise).Through working with Sandoval at his hospitality in Denver, Padilla met Mauro Gomez, the Director of Operations at the time, who has also had a culinary career spanning over two decades. Working in global hospitality management at Starwood Hotels and Resorts for eleven years, he also led food and beverage operations for Ritz-Carlton Hotels & Resorts in Doha and Dubai after his time working with Sandoval.In 2021, after years of growing their friendship and partnership, Padilla and Gomez decided to start their own partnership. Together, they founded Balam Culinary Collective, which manages three restaurants in the Freedom Street Social food court in Candelas – Gaucho Parilla, Chulo Taco, and Santa Fe Seaviche and Chippery. Padilla's wife, Norma, is the collective's Head of Finance. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textIn this transition from February into March, correspondent Maryann Rosen tells stories of notable women of Colorado to usher in Women's History Month! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textMichael Lenssen (also known as Mickey Lenny) is a multi-instrumentalist and composer currently based in Denver. He plays trumpet, cornet, and multiple synthesizer-based instruments (including the Electric Wind Instrument), but he didn't start out on those instruments.His brother, two years older than him, started playing the violin when he was about five, and Lenny quickly followed suit. Lenny played violin for about ten years, and towards the end of his time playing the instrument, he started getting into improvisational music such as jazz and Brazilian music. He started playing the trumpet in fifth grade, sticking with that instrument all the way through high school.Throughout this time, there were a few local musicians who inspired him along the way. He grew up close to Paul Erhard, currently a professor of double bass at the University of Colorado Boulder.At the time Lenny was growing up, Erhard was part of the Colorado Conservatory of Jazz Arts. Lenny participated in programs there from middle through high school, which led him through some of his first performance opportunities.He also earned a Jazz & Contemporary Music degree at the University of Miami (and, as a local connection, even taught ski lessons at Eldora during high school). Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a text In the previous segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, we brought you Black History Month articles from the paper. Now, correspondent Maryann Rosen shares more stories for Black History Month connected to Colorado! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textAs the first of two dedicated segments of The Mountain-Ear Podcast for Black History Month 2025, writer Sara Sandstrom reads two articles about Black history in the Peak to Peak area from The Mountain-Ear! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textWill Hansen has been performing pedal steel guitar for various bands in his home base of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the majority of his musical career. Over the last couple of years, he's leaned more into performing for his solo project, Old Pup.When Hansen first started performing as Old Pup near the end of the 2010s, he scheduled the odd show here and there outside of his band performances. However, he's started focusing on releasing his original songs under that stage name, a purposeful oxymoron inspired by a line from Walt Whitman's Song of Myself that goes “I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise.”In 2022, Hansen released his debut record under Old Pup, Incognito Lounge, and in 2024, he released a Bandcamp-exclusive EP, Lion. This spring, he's touring across the United States to promote his sophomore album Spider's Town, which comes out everywhere on February 28th, 2025. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textAs this podcast's schedule gets back on track, here is another Audio Library segment for the Discover Colorado column in the February 20th, 2025 issue of The Mountain Ear! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textBefore getting this podcast's regular schedule back on track, we're reading an article from the Valentine's Day 2025 issue of The Mountain Ear! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textBrendan Forrest considers the folk tradition as his primary music pursuit. He focuses on bluegrass and Americana-adjacent styles, including singer-songwriter and flatpicking as a solo artist and roots with a full backing band.Forrest has been playing traditional music from a young age. He started playing the highland bagpipes at ten years old, falling in love with Celtic music through his Irish-American heritage. At the age of sixteen, he started teaching himself guitar after delving into the folk and rock worlds for the first time.By the time he got into college, even though he had played music on his own for years, he didn't feel confident in his abilities. However, while in college, a jazz drummer complimented Forrest's abilities and encouraged him to explore and expand them more. In response, Forrest switched to a music major, started exploring jazz and bluegrass, and never turned back.After graduating college, Forrest decided to pursue a musical career, even discovering his grandmother was an opera singer. From hip-hop to electronica to jazz and classical, he's explored whatever he can, initially releasing projects under an abbreviated name, B Forrest (those releases, including his 2015 album Back to Bodhi, are still available).In his late teens and early 20s, living in Chicago, he played blues on electric guitar in Buddy Guy's Legends. In his twenties, he traveled the world, busking in Paris, playing with African musicians, and teaching music in underserved public schools in rural Colorado.Now, releasing music under his full name, he has fully settled into the Americana tradition. His debut record, Daydreaming Music Fiend, is a dream come true for him. Half instrumental and half vocal, he considers it his dissertation on his musical background and inspirations. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textMusic has been an important part of Laurie Dameron's life since childhood. Her mom started teaching her how to sing as a toddler, even teaching her and her sister three-part harmonies to sing on car trips.She started piano lessons around the age of four, but as a child, she didn't like being told what to do. Her mother encouraged her to try various endeavors, including ballet, tap dancing, acting, and swimming. However, none of them truly stuck with her.When Dameron was around seven years old, her mother started taking guitar lessons. As a form of rebellion, Dameron would sneak into her mother's room and teach herself how to play the guitar. From there, she completely fell in love with performing.She played her first gig at a brewery in Pearl Street Mall with two friends from junior high and high school, brothers Dave and Drew Emmitt, with the latter later becoming one of the “Big Three” members of Leftover Salmon.Dameron went to college at Adams State University in Alamosa, and for her last two years there, she ran the open mic at the school. She posted flyers, ran marketing, and made sure to advertise the event during her time as a DJ for the local radio station KASF-FM.During her time at Adams State, she toured with ASC Big Band Jazz Ensemble. As part of that group, she performed twice in the Greeley Jazz Festival, where her playing impressed virtuoso jazz guitar player Johnny Smith. She briefly received free guitar lessons from Smith at his music store in Colorado Springs, but ultimately moved to Summit County in 1983.To learn more about Laurie Dameron's life and career (as well as her connection to the host of this podcast), then be sure to tune in to this episode of Music of the Mountains!Call it A Day: https://youtu.be/KQRdFLbDy1M Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textLast year, the Jamestown Mercantile started a brand new event known as the Cosmic Winter Wonderfest, and this year, it's coming back! On today's episode of the podcast, we talk to the owner of the Merc, Rainbow Shultz, about last year's event, what to expect for this year's event, and hopes for the Merc in general!  Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textDaniel Rodriguez spent much of his time living in Nederland. While he now lives in Lyons, he still keeps Nederland close to his heart and calls the town the source of his musical roots.From the band's formation in 2006 to its primary dissolution in 2018, Rodriguez served as the guitar and banjo player of Elephant Revival. He was also one of the founders and key songwriters of the group.Once the band dissolved, however, he decided to focus on a solo career, releasing his debut EP Your Heart, The Stars, The Milky Way in 2019. He has since released two full-length albums, Sojourn of a Burning Sun in 2020 and Vast Nothing in 2023. He even collaborated with The Lumineers as a writer and featured vocalist on the 2021 single “This Is Life (Merry Christmas).”He's also gotten his own band together. Performing with musicians in Lyons, he made connections and developed a band from there. Currently, his band, simply known as The Daniel Rodriguez Band, consists of himself, Zach Jackson on bass, Kevin Matthews on drums, and Justin Mazer on guitar.Rodriguez has collaborated with many incredible musicians over his entire career. These include local musicians like Benny “Burle” Galloway, who's written songs performed by groups such as Yonder Mountain String Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, and Greensky Bluegrass, and Eric Thorin, a two-time Grammy nominee for his contributions to the albums Calling You From My Mountain by the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band and Man on Fire by Danny Barnes.For a few years, he even roomed with Sally Van Meter, who played on the 1994 Grammy-winning album The Great Dobro Sessions and recorded with Jerry Garcia for the album The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute, in what would be Garcia's final recording session before he died in 1995. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textGroundhog Day is celebrated every year in the US on February 2nd, and we're gearing up to celebrate early! For this segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, we'll hear from Maryann Rosen about celebrating Groundhog Day! Or should we say Marmot Day? Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textThere's a new jam band rolling into town, although the members have been playing locally for years. This new band is calling themselves KC36 Orange Sunshine Band (shortened from KC36 and the Orange Sunshine Band). The name is a reference to the disco-funk group KC and the Sunshine Band, as well as to the strains of marijuana known as the KC36 and the Orange Sunshine. The band's lineup consists of guitarist Doug Diminico (a core member and leader of Smooth Money Gesture), mandolinist Dave Pullins (a core member of NoGo Gilbillies), drummer Larry Nivissimo, saxophonist Bruce Lish, and bassist John Heiland. Nivissimo, Lish, and Heiland have frequently collaborated for over three decades, also currently playing together in the Grateful Dead tribute group AoxomoxoA.Heiland grew up in Chicago, surrounded by “upriver Mississippi bass and blues.” He started learning basic blues when he got his first guitar, but he didn't start performing until he moved to Colorado in 1991. He lived next door to professional musicians, who heard him play more at that time, and he started playing bluegrass at Ward's Millsite Inn, where other bluegrass musicians welcomed him in weekly Saturday night jams. He joined his first band, the Sugarloaf String Band, shortly after, connecting with similar groups such as Yonder Mountain String Band and Leftover Salmon.During his time in Sugarloaf String Band, he went on the road with Shanti Groove, a jam grass group that also included Nivissimo and Lish in the lineup. After Sugarloaf dissolved as a group, member Ryan Jones (who has since worked with Galactic and is now the production manager of the New Orleans live music venue Tipitina's) sold Heiland his bass, which he had played in college. That started Heiland's trajectory as a bass player, forming bands with Nivissimo and Lish such as Fat Rabbit and the Funkytonk Heroes. After Funkytonk Heroes, they formed another group, Seeing Stars Band, which has since morphed into AoxomoxoA. Now, to fulfill a birthday wish from Lish, the three musicians have brought in Pullins and Diminico to form yet another group, KC36 Orange Sunshine Band. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textWe've covered The Carousel of Happiness a few times on The Mountain-Ear Podcast (and plenty of times in the physical paper, of course). In fact, the first-ever episode of our podcast involved The Carousel of Happiness! Now, the carousel has started its own podcast! In this episode, the Carousel's Outreach Director and podcast creator Allie Wagner talks with us about her goals and plans for the new podcast!Listen to the podcast: https://carouselofhappiness.org/carousel-podcast/ Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a textWelcome to Maryann Rosen's first segment of 2025! In this segment, fitting for the forecasts predicted for this week, she'll be bringing listeners on a journey to learn more about the weather, wind, and snow from throughout the Peak to Peak's history!  Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak!If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coupon code PODCAST for A 10% DISCOUNT for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribe at https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe!You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com!Find us on Facebook @mtnear!Share this podcast around!! Scroll near the bottom of our website's homepage or visit the podcast's main hub at https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com!You can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com!Thank you for listening!

Send us a text The lineup of the project known as Colorado Junction has changed lineups a couple of times over the years, with musicians leaving to focus on their personal lives or pursue other career opportunities. In 2025, the band will be performing more frequently in a new lineup, which longtime member Troy Yanel refers to as “Colorado Junction 3.0.” That lineup consists of Yanel on guitar, Chris Spurlock on mandolin, David Weisbart on bass, Bobby Krech on fiddle, and all four providing vocals.All four of these musicians love playing together, and in fact, they've been playing together for years before “Colorado Junction 3.0.” Much like Yanel answered a Craigslist ad in Nashville, Spurlock answered a Craigslist ad that resulted in him meeting Yanel and Krech for the first time. They played in a group called Mighty Pleasin, with a fourth member, Quinn McKay, on bass, and Krech ended up bringing Spurlock into another group of his, Strung High String Band. Spurlock and Krech still play in that group today, and in fact, the two are now not only close friends and musical partners but also direct neighbors, living in houses right next to each other. After the COVID-19 quarantine period, Weisbart answered another Craiglist ad from Yanel, so now, the four will revitalize Colorado Junction in this current lineup. Ultimately, the group hopes that audiences will continue supporting live, local music, that their shows will encourage them to do so, and that they're able to spread joy to the people who come to see their performances.  Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear podcast featuring the news and culture from peak to peak. If you would like to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the COUPON CODE PODCAST FOR A 10% Discount for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe/ You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com/Find us on Facebook @mtnearShare this podcast around wherever you've found it or by sharing the link https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ or https://www.themtnear.comYou can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com.Thank you for listening.

Send us a textDavid Tilmon has lived in Colorado his entire life. Growing up, his parents encouraged him and his siblings to try something musical. He remembers first trying piano, but taking lessons and practicing, he never connected with the instrument. His parents still encouraged him to pick an instrument, so he decided to try playing a guitar in their house that hadn't been played for a while. He started lessons with an instructor who exposed him to various kinds of music, encouraging his interests and guiding him through styles he hadn't known about before.Tilmon remembers a turning point for him being the first time he heard the song “Classical Gas.” When the song, an instrumental piece written and originally performed by Mason Williams, played on the radio, he realized that the guitar could still be a powerful instrument by itself. From there, he shifted into fingerstyle playing and focused on instrumental music. Currently based in Berthoud, his instrumental stylings blend folk, classical, jazz, Americana, and even rock influences. He's worked instrumental interpretations of acts such as The Beatles, Queen, and Talking Heads into his shows, taken inspiration from guitarists such as Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins, and written original instrumental compositions, releasing his debut album Formative in 2021. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear podcast featuring the news and culture from peak to peak. If you would like to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the COUPON CODE PODCAST FOR A 10% Discount for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe/ You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com/Find us on Facebook @mtnearShare this podcast around wherever you've found it or by sharing the link https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ or https://www.themtnear.comYou can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com.Thank you for listening.

Send us a textWelcome to the first community-centered podcast episode of 2025! To start our series of interviews promoting the sponsors of our 2024 Pet of the Year Contest, Ontie and Antie Joan, hosts and creators of local podcast Pickled Watermelon Rinds, join us to talk about their podcast experiences and their sponsoring of the contest!Music and clip provided by Pickled Watermelon RindsPet of the Year Winners: https://www.themtnear.com/stories/2024-pet-of-the-year-winners,25344?Pickled Watermelon Rinds episodes: https://media.rss.com/pickledwatermelonrinds/feed.xml Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear podcast featuring the news and culture from peak to peak. If you would like to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the COUPON CODE PODCAST FOR A 10% Discount for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe/ You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com/Find us on Facebook @mtnearShare this podcast around wherever you've found it or by sharing the link https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ or https://www.themtnear.comYou can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com.Thank you for listening.

Send us a textJason Greenlaw grew up on the East Coast, just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned his bachelor of arts in Jazz Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, studying guitar under Joe Negri and improvisation under Geri Allen, before moving to Colorado in 2020. He is currently based in the Denver/Boulder area of Colorado, where he focuses primarily on jazz guitar, playing in solo shows, small jazz combos, pit orchestras, and wedding bands. He is also a teacher, having taught hundreds of students ranging from 6 to 80 years old, and he loves inspiring passion for music in his audiences and his students.Greenlaw has been interested in music from a very young age. His first instrument was the violin in elementary school (around first or second grade), and he eventually picked up the alto saxophone, playing that instrument into middle school. By sixth grade, he switched to the guitar and never looked back. At that point, he started performing in the jazz band at the beginning of high school and delved into private music instruction outside of school.Greenlaw's private teacher started exposing him to more jazz music during that time, but it wasn't until he started and graduated college that he started performing it on a more serious level on his own. Especially in middle and high school, he also listened to 90s grunge music, and his dad loved classic rock, including Santana and Billy Cobham. In the end, though, jazz became his primary focus as he explored music more on his own. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear podcast featuring the news and culture from peak to peak. If you would like to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the COUPON CODE PODCAST FOR A 10% Discount for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe/ You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com/Find us on Facebook @mtnearShare this podcast around wherever you've found it or by sharing the link https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ or https://www.themtnear.comYou can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com.Thank you for listening.

Send us a textFor Maryann Rosen's final segment of 2024, she discusses how the musical legacy of the Peak to Peak area has evolved through today! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear podcast featuring the news and culture from peak to peak. If you would like to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at media@themountainear.com!SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the COUPON CODE PODCAST FOR A 10% Discount for ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe/ You can find us online by visiting https://www.themtnear.com/Find us on Facebook @mtnearShare this podcast around wherever you've found it or by sharing the link https://themtnearpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ or https://www.themtnear.comYou can contact our editor at info@themountainear.com.Thank you for listening.