Tag: folk
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Some of Colorado’s biggest musicians have humble beginnings at Telluride Bluegrass Festival
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The festival’s newcomer contests have impressive alumni In 2007, Gregory Alan Isakov was looking for a way to fund a trip to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival to enter the event’s songwriting competition, known as the Troubadour Contest. Like many up-and-comers, the Boulder-based indie folk artist, Isakov, had to get creative. “I was sleeping in my…
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PHOTOS: Rocky Mountain Folk Festival brings community back together in Lyons after fire
Several thousand took in a wide bill of bluegrass and other artists at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival in Lyons, Colo. this past weekend. Some bar vendors donated all of their tips to fire relief in the wake of the Stone Canyon Fire that claimed one life and five structures the previous week.