[caption id="attachment_113875" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Tim “ Timothy” Merkel[/caption] Tim Merkel only performs under the name “Timothy” because when he initially set up his

Everyone in the Denver-made bluegrass band Jake Leg (guitarist and vocalist Eric Wiggs, mandolin player and vocalist Dylan McCarthy, and brothers Justin and Aaron Hoffenberg respectively on

The woman known in her performances as Shanna in a Dress (you can learn the story of her real name by seeing her live) started her musical journey at the University of Virginia, where she learned

To celebrate the grand opening of the Very Nice Brewing Company location in Gilpin, owner Jeffrey Green gives The Mountain-Ear a tour of the brewing process, which is now front and center in the new …

Eli Lev promotes the vibe of his music and shows as sounding like “if Johnny Cash and Fleetwood Mac were on a road trip in the redwood forest with Jason Mraz and Jack Johnson in the

On 1/1/24, at approximately 5:38 p.m., a Gilpin County deputy was dispatched to 321 Gregory Street in reference to a theft. An arrest was made and a report was completed.On 1/1/24, at approximately

Vocalist Chris Fogler moved to Colorado when the COVID-19 pandemic started, and he had many friends in the area. One of these friend’s partners lived with guitarist Dan Thurnhoffer, and

Guitarist and songwriter Noah Gose started playing piano with his siblings at a young age, and he was the only sibling who gravitated toward music. He taught himself how to play guitar after

Chantress Seba is both a woman named Gemini and a musical duo consisting of Gemini and Finn. This rising duo hit YouTube less than a year ago and has numerous videos with over one million views.

The second annual NederDay of Art took place over a hot and busy weekend in Nederland. Local artists and their creations were celebrated at more than 12 different events ...

From a very young age, inspired by a piano inherited from his grandparents, Howard Dlugasch took piano lessons of his own volition. By his early teens, he started playing a multitude of

Mathew “Matty” Graziano has been slowly building a band for a long time, with a consistent lineup cementing around 2017/2018. Currently, the band consists of Graziano as the lead singer and

Aera Fox may not have initially wanted to go into music professionally, but she started playing and taking lessons in piano as a kid. Compare this to Sage Cook, who didn’t grow up in a musical

In 2001, Chris Elliott signed up for a banjo class at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, which happened to be taught by legendary banjo player Alan Munde, and he hasn’t looked back

Over 20 years ago, Dustin Arbuckle and Tom Page met through mutual friends in the Kansas music scene. Around 2005, they started performing bluegrass music as a duo. Page was well-versed in that

Around 2014 and 2015, Tom Diaz, otherwise known as “Lazer,” auditioned for a few bands and felt that none of them seemed like a good fit for him. He ended up placing an ad publicly and his

Both of Brad Fitch’s parents were musicians as he grew up. His mom would sit him down and let him listen to kids’ records, and he adored them. He loved analyzing what instruments made which

Alyssa Medina and Ben Rafferty have been playing together for years now, but it was only about a year ago that they decided to come together and form the duo Violet Breeze. They wanted to be able to

     Megan (guitar, mandolin, and vocals) and Maddie Cody (guitar, clawhammer banjo, vocals, and primary songwriting) have been joined at the hip as siblings for their entire

In elementary school in southcentral Pennsylvania, Noah G. Fowler recalls having a small orchestra program. Kids would put their names in to be drawn for a certain instrument, and teachers would