Songwriter, banjo player, educator and author Dick Weissman has been a good friend and staple of our community since Swallow Hill’s founding. In the fall of 2019 we were honored to be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in the same class as Dick. Dick is set...
“I knew we had to work out a way to keep playing music,” Swallow Hill Instructor Deborah Collins says when asked how she stayed connected musically during COVID-19 related closures. As a songwriter, band leader, music teacher, and mother of two, music took a backseat...
For our latest round of Staff Picks we turned to our School Director Ty Breuer. With his choices Ty stuck to songs from 2021, saying, “I’ve been doing mostly instrumental music to keep my mind together, but threw in a punk banger at the end.” Yasmin Williams...
From Little Swallows to Music Theory to Guitar and of course, Electric Bass, Instructor Matt Skellenger is a beloved mainstay at Swallow Hill Music. Matt kept the music going in 2020, not only switching to teaching classes online, but performing live stream concerts,...
Ahead of their TIME OUT Virtual EP Release Show on May 9, we asked The Accidentals What has music taught you since things shut down due to COVID-19 that you will carry with you when life begins to open back up? And they replied: We’ve learned to slow down. Be present....
Aaron McCloskey will always be part of the Swallow Hill family. A longtime instructor, these days Aaron devotes his time to his bluegrass band Wood Belly and his hand-built amplifier company, McClostone Amplifiers. He is still in touch with us quite often, and as Wood...
