Denver Botanic Gardens is proud to announce the return of Evenings al Fresco Presented by UMB Bank to its York Street location over 20 evenings this summer. Unlike at a traditional concert, during Evenings al Fresco visitors stroll through the Gardens and encounter...
This winter as we prepared Daniels Hall to host live music once again our staffers came across a nondescript sheet of paper, which nonetheless contained some cryptic words like “F. SERPENT,” and “R.T. COAST,” “GLASS HOTEL,” and “TRAMS.” A quick Google search confirmed...
We get to pay tribute to two amazing members of our Board of Directors who have come to the end of their terms. Jason Robinson and Michael Charney have been stalwarts of Swallow Hill long before they began their Board service back in 2013. Jason, a trial lawyer at...
“Combine a great engineer’s sense with great ears and an accommodating demeanor when dealing with a variety of artistic temperament, and Brian Hunter is the result,” Denver folk music stalwart Harry Tuft recently told us. This week we are celebrating Brian...
Through the fog of this downcast year we are spending this holiday season focusing on its silver linings and look forward to the year and years ahead of us with optimism and renewed energy and excitement. For what lies at the heart of Swallow Hill is an amazing...
Join Nicole Moore (aka Mrs. Smiley) and Joshua Abeyta (aka Joshy Bear) for Little Swallows TV, designed for children ages 3 – 6. These 20-minute lessons are developed in partnership with Nicole Moore-Abeyta (aka Mrs. Smiley), a licensed social worker and public...
Equally comfortable picking pristine progressive bluegrass and electric jamband solos, Kyle Tuttle is a rare and virtuosic banjo player known for his work with Grammy-winning guitarist Molly Tuttle, and former Yonder Mountain String Band mandolin player Jeff Austin. His third album Labor of Lust, is very different from his first two albums
On his new record, Tuttle explores a wide range of sounds and possibilities for the banjo, while his songwriting gives insight into a tumultuous time in his own life; losing a mentor and going through a divorce. “A life in professional music, or performance of any kind really, is often painted in glamor… but the man behind the curtain can exist in a difficult duality. An attempt at putting a saddle on success can eat a person up and wreck the things they hold dear. In reality, any pursuit of the love of the masses can easily become a Labor of Lust.”
Growing up in Georgia, Kyle Tuttle first began singing and playing folk songs with his grandparents. After studying at Berklee College of Music and moving to Nashville, TN, Tuttle played in the band of Yonder Mountain String Band mandolinist Jeff Austin until Austin’s death in 2019.
Fresh off a full time gig with Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, (Kyle) Tuttle has been busy touring while finishing his newest album, Labor of Lust. The album was recorded over two sessions in Nashville with engineers Daniel Rice and Megan McCormick, and features a stacked cast of musicians including Golden Highway bandmate Dominick Leslie, The Infamous Stringdusters Travis Book, singer/songwriter Lindsay Lou, and many others. Sonically, the music moves from straightforward bluegrass (Trailer in Boulder Canyon), to electric funk-jams (Ghost), to song-based folk numbers (Turn On Your Radio).
Kyle has also worked closely with Jamgrass legends Larry Keel, Travelin’ McCourys, Leftover Salmon, Greensky Bluegrass, Billy Strings, Railroad Earth and many more.
