The Sugar Britches, country + western from Ft. Collins!

https://www.facebook.com/sugarbritchesmusic/

The Widow's Bane is an American band from Boulder, Colorado whose music incorporates elements of roots revival, sea shanties, klezmer, vaudeville, gothic rock, and murder ballads while evoking the comedic cabaret styles of Tom Waits and Nick Cave.

The band defines their genre as Zombie-Death-Polka.

https://www.facebook.com/thewidowsbane

An encore airing of Casey James Prestwood and the Burning Angels from Jan 16, 2108.

http://www.caseyjamesprestwood.com/

After taking close to ten years off from music Barry relit the torch playing old time folk tunes in Denver.

Initially, he resisted getting back into songwriting, but eventually the melodies and phrases could no longer remain suppressed.

“A few years ago I started writing songs again after a long hiatus. It’s a bit like getting reacquainted with an old friend and wondering why you ever lost touch.”

Writing the songs is one thing, putting them out into the world is another. With the release of Osborne’s debut EP Back of the Title Page, this challenge is taken head on.

https://www.barryosbornemusic.com/

Local and national bands play live in KGNU's performance studio.

2018 Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest Winners Wood Belly join us live!

https://woodbellymusic.com/

Wood Belly was born when Chris Weist (Mandolin) met Craig Patterson (Guitar) and Chris Zink (Dobro) at the Rockygrass Festival in 2015.

Within a year, they had teamed up with Aaron McCloskey (Banjo) and Taylor Shuck (Bass) and the music immediately fell into place.

Since then the band has played at an ever-expanding list of great venues including the Mishawaka amphitheater, the Fox Theater (Boulder), and Cervantes (Denver).

Their festival resume includes the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Rapidgrass, the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown, the Keystone Bluegrass and Beer Festival, The Wyoming State Bluegrass and BBQ festival, Snowygrass, Grapes and Grass, and more.

In 2018 the group released their debut album, “Solid Ground” and won the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival band competition.

Emmy winning songwriter- David Williams.

Literary songs that capture the american people and land, in the vein of John Prine, Randy Newman, Tom Waits, & Leonard Cohen, combined with virtuoso gypsy jazz guitar and violin instrumentals, a mix of blues, folk, country, gypsy, grit and glamour.  (His animated songs from PBS have had over 80 million hits on YouTube). 

His latest project "Tipping My Hat to Leonard" honors the music of Leonard Cohen.

https://www.realdavidwilliamsmusic.com/

Lady Gang was given a small loop pedal in 2014 and found herself quickly  falling down the rabbit hole of live looping and beat creation.

Empowered by her electric guitar, her voice, a beat machine, and her loop pedal, LADY GANG fuses elements of hip hop and indie rock to create  a sound rich with originality and skill.

The alter ego of one of Denver's favorite Americana artists, Jen Korte, she has been seen in and around Denver as a solo artist as well as a collaborator in Denver's hip hop scene both as a vocalist and guitarist for Def Knock and through her partnership with Denver's best MC of 2017, Kitty Crimes, as Nasty Twin.

She has played every major venue and festival in Denver and the surrounding area including Red Rocks, The UMS, The Westword Showcase, The Bluebird Theater, Larimer Lounge, The Aggie, The Denver Botanic Gardens, and more.

from https://www.ladygangmusic.com/

Minneapolis based Collapsing Stars visit KGNU on their late summer swing through Colorado.

From the land of endless winter, Twin Cities based Collapsing Stars have been quietly making a name for themselves throughout the American west.

Blending blues, roots, folk, and Americana sounds with a hint of modernity, comparisons range from Iron & Wine and the Lumineers, to the Black Keys and Ben Harper.

In the last few years they've earned producer credits on a record for Rhymesayers Entertainment (Atmosphere, Brother Ali, deM atlaS), played a showcase at the renowned Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles, and in 2016 performed for over 120K people at Red Bull Crashed Ice.

Their debut record titled '2012' has received some noteworthy accolades including praise from Dan Wilson, the Semisonic frontman who has co-written songs for the Dixie Chicks, John Legend, Weezer, and Adele's 2011 hit Someone Like You.

In 2018 they were selected as an official SXSW artist out of a pool of over 8K applicants.  NPR Music named them a top 100 artist to watch at SX out of 2K showcasing acts.

They are currently on tour to promote their first full length album titled '2012.'

https://collapsingstarsmusic.com/

Encore Show:

Featuring highlights from:

Adam Lopez and His Rhythm Review (recorded May 1, 2018)

Kerry Pastine and The Crime Scene (recorded February 2, 2018)