While on a trip to the Azores in the mid-Atlantic in 2011, Dana Louise taught herself to play guitar. At the time Dana was establishing herself as a visual artist. As the daughter of Ezra Idlet, a member of the celebrated folk duo Trout Fishing in America, though, her...
Between Two Banjos is back for 2018! In this episode, Dustin and Barry discuss Tom Waits tribute band Lost Dog Ensemble, who play in Tuft Theatre on Friday, March 23. Then they talk about what makes Open Stage in Quinlan Cafe such great Swallow Hill tradition. They...
During a recent dive into a storage closet we came across several boxes of archival documents and promotional items, including some that predate the founding of Swallow Hill Music. A concert program for Judy Collins at the City Auditorium Theatre in Denver on Sunday,...
Bubbling up from the banks of the Mississippi River, Minneapolis-based trio The Last Revel’s “Front Porch Americana” has gained the band praise for their spirited live performances and soulful recordings. In 2017 the band released their third album,...
Long before catchall terms like Americana and Alt-Country became well-worn, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band blended their Southern California roots rock with some of country’s most hallowed songs and performers to record Will The Circle Be Unbroken. Whether the world...
