Tag: Indie
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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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Court approves Denver’s Tattered Cover sale to Barnes & Noble, sealing $1.8M deal
Tattered Cover, Denver’s storied independent bookstore for half a century, is set to be owned by the largest corporate bookstore chain in the U.S. A federal judge on Tuesday approved the sale of Tattered Cover to Barnes & Noble for more than $1.8 million in cash to pay off the store’s debts, kickstarting the process…