Swallow Hill Blog
News for our community, artist and teacher interviews,
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Gobs O’Phun’s St. Patrick’s Day Playlist
Though St. Patrick's Day is Friday, March 17, it is just a culmination of weeks of Irish and Celtic music played throughout Denver in...
Automatic Iris’ strange but true world of songwriting, distortion and… science!
When indie folk collides with distortion pedals with just a hint of neuroscience added in, you might get something like Denver's Automatic...
Workshop preview: Write a Love Song for Your Valentine
Don't look now, but Valentine's Day is right around the corner. This year, consider getting your main squeeze something truly unique - a...
David Wilcox: “Music has taught me how to be brave with my heart”
When David Wilcox takes the stage he brings with him his legendary song bag of heartfelt tales and observations of ordinary people working...
Our favorite concerts of 2016
Swallow Hill Music hosts roughly 250 live music events each year. From the cozy confines of the Quinlan Café at our Yale Avenue home to...
Q&A: Nathan & Jessie’s life on the road
Live music returns to Swallow Hill Music Thursday night, January 5 with Nathan Rivera and Jessie Andra Smith in Quinlan Café. Nathan &...
Gill Landry’s winding road from Old Crow Medicine Show to Colfax Ave.
From Joe Hill to Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan, Americans love the idea of the wandering troubadour. The songwriters who do the "hard...
Meet the artist: Mr. Hooper
We'd like to introduce you to Steve. Steve is a raccoon. He is gracing the cover of our Winter 2017 school catalog, which many of you will...
Swallow Hill Music Holiday Gift Guide 2016
It's December, the new year beckons on the horizon and that can only mean the holidays are afoot. With that in mind, Swallow Hill Music...