For Janet Poth at La Cour, the atmosphere is what matters. “We’re not a sports bar,” she proudly said. “We have no screens at our bar.” What they do have, though, is free live music every night they’re open, delicious drinks, and French-influenced food. Swallow Hill...
Swallow Hill Music will celebrate its induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame with a 40th Anniversary concert featuring a reunion of fellow inductees The Mother Folkers at the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver on Saturday, November 9 at 6:30 p.m....
Maria Isabelle holds her phone closely to her ear and listens intently. She is playing a recently-recorded voice memo of her five-year-old son Nathan singing from the back seat of the family car. Though she tries, she cannot make out the language he is singing in....
Swallow Hill Music is happy to once again team with Developmental Pathways for our next sensory friendly concert in Daniels Hall at our Yale Avenue location. The free concert takes place on June 1 at 1 p.m. with doors at 12:30. The show features music from The Raven...
When asked about the benefits of taking music lessons at Swallow Hill, Daniel Dearmin says “It helps with my therapy and my disabilities.” “Music is a therapy,” he continues. Daniel started taking music lessons at Swallow Hill over a dozen years ago. He’s now a...
“Orange is kind of a weird word,” Will Paradis says. “It sounds like it would be one syllable, but it’s two.” “You go or-ange, like that,” he continues with a clear, deliberate tone. At his feet, Early Childhood Education...
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.
