Sometimes a musician is so smooth, so casually confident in their mastery of their instrument you can’t help but think “I could do that.” Of course you know the joke’s on you even as the thought forms, so you content yourself to sit back and...
“God help the troubadour who tries to be a star,” Phil Ochs once sang. It’s a lament known to many a songwriter who’s strained to capture a bit of showbiz stardust only to find their hands and pockets empty by the end of the tour. Robbie Fulks...
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 downtrodden are so beloved they have come to define the American experience for many. Tom rarely performs live these days...
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 herself as a visual artist. As the daughter of Ezra Idlet, a member of the celebrated folk duo Trout Fishing in America, though, her...
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 violinist for the wildly popular Elephant Revival can count some of the area’s most iconic venues among the...
When Trio Brasileiro launch into a song, their joy and energy make their pride as ambassadors for the choro music of their native Brazil palpable. Their fleet fingerpicking might remind North American audiences of a musical virtuosity often associated with bluegrass,...
