Music continues even while Swallow Hill is closed! In these special Faces of Folk installments, members of our community share their stories about how music helps them get through this time of social distancing. If you have a story to share about how music is helping...
Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore are, in Mollie’s words, “practicing The Great Distancing from up in North Denver.” “We have worked from home for a number of years now, and we each have our own spaces and offices,” Rich added. “We’re fortunate. I think that a lot every...
To our Swallow Hill community, We are so grateful for every member of our community – from our students and patrons, members and donors and volunteers to those who have worked tirelessly over the years to make Swallow Hill the vibrant community that we all love and...
“In uncertain times music is a kind of salve, a kind of medicine,” Harry Tuft said. “It’s spiritual medicine that reminds us that we’re not alone.” Harry, sounding light and energetic as ever, spoke to us over the phone on Wednesday afternoon from his home in Denver...
As the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) situation evolves, Swallow Hill Music is putting all programming on hold effective Saturday, March 14th through the end of the month. This includes postponing all concerts, shutting down group and private classes, workshops,...
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.
