I recently met with one of Swallow Hill’s scholarship students who changed my life. Faith Smith’s first memory of seeing a violin goes back to fifth grade and that’s when her passion for music ignited. But in the Denver neighborhood where Faith grew up, access to...
Mariachi has become a ubiquitous fixture upon the American musical landscape. The traditional Mexican music flows with seeming ease between its folk roots and current popular culture. The very term mariachi conjures up definite sounds and images to anyone who has...
Swallow Hill Music is excited to present singer-songwriter Holly Near in Daniels Hall on Friday, October 12 at 8 p.m. Earlier this year Holly released her latest album, 2018. Chicago’s Windy City Times calls the album “a thoughtful mirror on the craziness,...
“Despite being a duo, Patrick and I have never played a show together as a two piece,” Alaina Moore explains. Alaina is one half of Denver indie pop duo Tennis, along with her husband Patrick Riley, and in message to fans she discusses the inspiration for...
“Musicians have their muses, and for me it’s usually a place, and for this record it’s the West Coast.” This is how singer-songwriter Joel Van Horne, who performs as Covenhoven, sums up his latest album, A Kind of Revelation. He adds with a...
