Lucy Kaplansky’s made a career of defying convention. The trend started early when she lit out from her native Chicago for New York’s folk scene to hone her songwriting. During those years she performed with the likes of Shawn Colvin and Richard...
In 2018 Laura Veirs released her 10th studio album, The Lookout. The album confirmed what her fans already know: that she is a constantly evolving singer-songwriter with a knack for joining the eternal and the ephemeral to capture life’s most sweeping moments....
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,...
In many ways Zach Heckendorf grew up in front of Colorado audiences. Zach, who plays Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill Music on Saturday, August 18, started making a musical name for himself about ten years ago while a student at Cherry Creek High School. Since then...
“One man with a guitar who played what was in his soul,” is how Tom Munch sums up his friend Chuck Pyle. Tom and Chuck first bonded decades ago when the fingerstyle guitarists realized they also shared a penchant for keeping up on new music technology. Technology...