Looking back to the beginning of the year, it sure felt like a continuation of 2021. We were facing a new COVID variant that was taking over, big shoes to fill with the departure of our former CEO, Paul Lhevine and as the snow started to fall, it shut down the school...
We are happy to announce that Patty Jackson is our new Volunteer Manager. Swallow Hill’s volunteers are the backbone of our organization in so many ways, and bringing on Patty in this full time role will ensure the growth and success of our Volunteer Program. “It’s...
Like countless other people in Denver and beyond, many of us are mourning the passing of jazz legend, and Denver’s own Ron Miles. Many of our instructors and community members are sharing their thoughts and memories of Ron today. Our Instructor Thomas Jennings, who...
On March 5 Rachel Baiman makes her Swallow Hill Music debut in Tuft Theatre with Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno. If the Chicago-raised, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is new to you, a great place to start is with her most recent album,...
For this month’s Faces of Swallow Hill we reached out to Roz Heise. If Roz is familiar to you, perhaps you’ve seen her at one of our concerts, got to know her while taking a class, or she helped you out at one of our events as one of our extraordinary volunteers!...
Progressions is a four-month immersive learning experience where guitar players learn to become more advanced musicians. These unique “master-class” type courses focus on guitar and folk guitar and are taught by professional musicians, Thomas Jennings and Martin...
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.
