Swallow Hill Blog
News for our community, artist and teacher interviews,
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Bluegrass Act Wood Belly Praises the Colorado Hipster Beard
Daniella Katzir: “It certainly is eclectic.”
Daniella Katzir wears many musical hats at Swallow Hill - instructor and performer chief among them. It comes as no surprise, then, that...
Please Support Swallow Hill Music’s Scholarship Fund!
I recently met with one of Swallow Hill’s scholarship students who changed my life. Faith Smith’s first memory of seeing a violin goes...
Flor de Toloache to play Swallow Hill Music on January 27
Mariachi has become a ubiquitous fixture upon the American musical landscape. The traditional Mexican music flows with seeming ease...
We Banjo 3 on the Celtic Ties to American Bluegrass
We Banjo 3, which originated in Galway, Ireland, plays a fusion of traditional Irish, old-time and bluegrass music that has been dubbed...
Holly Near – “…there are songs for a variety of different reasons and occasions”
Swallow Hill Music is excited to present singer-songwriter Holly Near in Daniels Hall on Friday, October 12 at 8 p.m. Earlier this year...
Tennis: Solo In Stereo Tour with special guest Esme Patterson coming to Denver on November 23
"Despite being a duo, Patrick and I have never played a show together as a two piece," Alaina Moore explains. Alaina is one half of Denver...
Covenhoven returns to Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill on November 9
"Musicians have their muses, and for me it's usually a place, and for this record it's the West Coast." This is how singer-songwriter...
Rope Trick Effect’s Molly Zackary on jazz, punk, where she finds new music, and more
Denver-based quartet Rope Trick Effect describes itself as "jazz-punk-funk-junk." That only begins to touch on the diverse array of...