Swallow Hill Blog
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Swallow Hill Music jams with Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper at SCFD Day at the Capitol
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper joined Swallow Hill Music in playing Bob Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" at SCFD Day at the Capitol...
Emily Lewis talks about Swallow Hill’s Bluegrass Summer Camp, playing fiddle, and more
"The camp will be a fun week of making friends and playing great music," Emily Lewis tells us excitedly. The camp in question is Swallow...
April 1st Workshop Offerings from Swallow Hill Music
Swallow Hill Music is closed on Sunday, April 1st. Here are some new workshops we'll be offering that day. Sad Songs For Your Tiny Violin...
Mike Finders (Episode 39; March 28, 2018)
Mike Finders is a prolific songwriter, a great guitarist and singer, and a big thinker. Mike joined Martin to talk about his band "Finders...
Swallow Hill Music’s Between Two Banjos Season 2, Episode 2
In this episode of Between Two Banjos, Dustin and Barry discuss their favorite spring songs and upcoming shows they are excited about....
Tom Waits: Ten covers to get you ready for Lost Dog Ensemble
Few songwriters can claim a legion of loyal fans like Tom Waits can. The gravel-voiced troubadour's songs for misfits, the lonely, and the...
Mark Diamond (Episode 38; March 5, 2018)
In this episode of the Front Row Podcast, Martin Gilmore interviews Mark Diamond. Mark is a gigmaster...or a "gigfarmer" in his own words....
Dana Louise & The Glorious Birds bringing their genre-mixing sound to Denver
While on a trip to the Azores in the mid-Atlantic in 2011, Dana Louise taught herself to play guitar. At the time Dana was establishing...
Bridget Law discusses new project with Tierro, her time with Elephant Revival, and more
Chances are, if you've listened to live acoustic music along the Front Range in the last ten years, you've heard Bridget Law. The longtime...