LISTEN: In this episode host, Dango Rose, revisits a story he wrote many years ago while working as a music correspondent for The Mountain-Ear newspaper.Here, Dango tells the story of Dan Fogelberg
Listen in as we narrate the story of The Alpine Restaurant. This is the flagship restaurant for the now iconic location which has changed hands over the years and will soon have a new life and new
Then, Now, and our very own Mountain-Ear by Maryann Rosen Listen in as correspondent, Maryann Rosen, tells us a story about the history of community news. Through paper, online, word of mouth,
Once guitarist and vocalist Chuck Sitero founded High Lonesome, his goal was to find the right group of players to create the right sound. They eventually landed on himself, bassist Liz Patton,
Born in Austin, Texas, Dechen Hawk moved to the Boulder area at a young age. He’s been musical for most of his life, and he guarantees that there must have been music that he was inspired by even
C.P. Meyer, Doug Armitage, Adam Thompson, and Andy Blaylock have been jamming at various events for years as individual musicians, but as some of them kept running into each other and playing
Born in Colorado Springs, Christopher Caligaris, otherwise known as Godlazer, comes from a family of performers. He performed with his mother at a young age, and he learned piano by the age of
When Vince Herman was young (the youngest of seven children), he absorbed all of the music his elder siblings would listen to. One of his brothers made him a plywood guitar with rubber bands, and
Andy Reiner plays the fiddle and sings. His wife, Joy Adams, plays the cello and banjo and sings. Together, along with a changing lineup of various friends they’ve made along the way, they form
Sebastian Parra, also known as DJ Guaro, made a mixtape of Latin music for a family party when he was younger. He recounts that everyone fell in love with the mix, including his uncle, who was
Nicholas Zamora, also known by his stage name Nikki Z, started music at a very young age. He focused mostly on classical and jazz during his school years before starting his own band in high
Music Events Canyon Tavern Saturday, November 11 at 6 p.m. — JJ Fraser Saturday, November 18 at 6 p.m. — Branden Sipes Saturday, November 25 at 6 p.m. — Nikki
Hunter Stone has always been enamored with the Wild West. As he mentions in his personal bio, something was alluring to him about a landscape that was “new and old all at the same time.” He
Charlie White first realized he loved playing music (“caught the bug,” as he puts it) when he started playing alto saxophone with his middle school jazz band. Around sixth grade, he also got
Josy Rosales started playing guitar at eight years old. He grew up in Venezuela and moved to the United States for college. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston with a degree
Tober Schorr has been studying West African Mande music since 1999. He started playing drum sets when he was about 16, and later, he would try the djembe. He served in the Peace Corps in
From an early age, Harry Tuft was involved in piano and clarinet lessons. Through a summer camp counselor, he learned about the ukulele and became interested in playing that instrument. From
In high school, Summers Baker saw the band Punch Brothers performing live and fell in love with music. Specifically, he fell in love with acoustic, folk, songwriting, arranging, and the community
Three residents of Coal Creek Canyon and one in Rollinsville participated in the Artist Studio Tours organized by The Mountain-Ear during the weekend of Friday, September 23, 2023, to Sunday,