Mad Dog Friedman, harmonica player, musical innovator and founder of many popular Colorado blues acts over the years including King Comfort, Harmonica Loowinski, Papa Juke & the Mojo Medicine Show is up to his old tricks again.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/coloradocountryblues

http://www.maddogharp.com/bands.htm

He started a blues act with the amazing acoustic guitar-vocalist, Stevie D., and a vision to create a unique acoustic blues style indigenous to Colorado in the 21st Century while still honoring our blues roots.

We call this music Colorado Country Blues because it combines the “Colorado Sound” (jam grass) with traditional rural blues. The result is Mad Dog Blues, a coalition of top-notch veteran musicians dedicated to exploring this new sound in both their song writing and performances.

Bringing back the classic sounds of old time truck drivin' music with a modern flair, Jimbo Darville & the Truckadours have recaptured the vintage feel of the legendary life of a trucker...

http://www.jimbodarville.com

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

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.