Artists
Basic Audio Production (class)
This hands-on class in a professional music venue serves as an introduction to the many aspects of recording and producing audio, whether it be music, speech, choir, or theater. The first class includes a brief primer of acoustics, basic microphone tips… (Read More)
Dust off your dancing shoes, real country music has returned. Bonnie & the Clydes bring a brand of swingin’ music that makes it nearly impossible to sit still. In a world overrun by alt and pop country, they conjure up the… (Read More)
Carolina Cracker a.k.a. Michael Higgins is a native of Burnsville, North Carolina. As a child he didn’t have much and turned to the outdoors, spending most of his time flying through the woods on his ATV. In school he began writing… (Read More)
Charlie Robison Beautiful Day Let’s just get it out of the way right up front: In the five years between his last and most successful album yet, Good Times, and his new Dualtone Records release, Beautiful Day, Charlie Robison got divorced… (Read More)
Having spent several years carving their teeth on the road with the likes of The Sadies, Sloan, Hayden, The Weakerthans, Calexico and Nick Cave, Toronto’s Cuff the Duke are poised to make the jump from indie-scene-darlings to bona-fide Canadian music icons… (Read More)
Sea of Tears On April 21st, Signature Sounds releases Eilen Jewell’s third album, Sea of Tears, a recording that fills in a vital, hitherto missing element of her musical persona. “Before I discovered Woody Guthrie and folk music,” she explains, "I… (Read More)
foma* is a rock quintet home grown out of Denver, Co. Their sonic palette combines a blend of rock-alternative, funk, blues, and is lightly peppered with a pinch of country twang. Very much against all odds, these five naturally handsome gents… (Read More)
Hezekiah Goode plays music solidly in the vein of the old-time folk and country music that he grew up listening to in rural southern Missouri – music that has been heard in America forever. There are backwoods adventure songs like ’Half-Brother… (Read More)
Weaving elements of folk, country, pop and dark matter, Idlewhile weaves a vivid sound tapestry stained with the soul-prints of live, love and loss. (Read More)
The cathartic experience of releasing raw emotion through heartfelt melody is the reason music is my life. It’s the freedom of knowing I can say what I feel and make it beautiful … possibly even move someone. If I can move… (Read More)
Jimbo Darville & the Truckadours
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! Enjoy them pickin’ and grinnin’ about the trials and… (Read More)
Born in Houston, Texas, Julie boasts proudly as an eighth generation Texan!! Her journey as an artist and writer began singing in church choirs and friend’s weddings; leading to performances at London’s West End, concert halls all over New York, Holland… (Read More)
On her debut disc, The Ghost Who Walks, Karen Elson spins intriguingly unsettling tales of lost love, dashed hope, romantic betrayal and various crimes of passion witnessed only by the full moon. In a coolly inviting voice, strumming an acoustic guitar… (Read More)
Love and Theft are a new band out of Nashville consisting of three incredibly talented singer/songwriters coming together blending rich harmonies over powerful, inspiring, profound and infectiously catchy songs. Eric Gunderson, Stephen Barker Liles and Brian Bandas each take turns singing… (Read More)
Tarrah Speer – Lead Vocals Jenna Hall – Vocals Dennis Gronbeck – Lead Guitar Michael Case – Keyboards Kirby Case – Bass Guitar JasonBruegger – Drums Davey Harp – Harmonica /Rhythm Guitar Tad Wheeler – Drums Denver winners of the 2008… (Read More)
He was born under the Mayan moon in Guatemala City. Braved the trains, plains and taxis in Europe. Somehow he ended up here and there. With some broken hearts and no home, Michael Adam picked up a guitar, wrote some songs… (Read More)
“If you can live without the necessities, you can afford the luxuries!” This is the motto songwriter/artist Mike Schikora has been living by for years now. Since then he has ridden his horse twice over the Continental Divide in the Rocky… (Read More)
Randall Frazier is Production Manager and Lead Sound Engineer at The Walnut Room, Denver’s best sounding live music venue, as well as chief engineer at Helmet Room Recordings, a recording studio and record label recognized worldwide for high quality audio production… (Read More)
While Rodney Crowell first gained widespread recognition as a leader of the new traditionalist movement of the mid-‘80s, he in fact was a singer, songwriter, and producer with roots and ambitions extending far beyond the movement’s parameters. Born to a musical… (Read More)
“Shotgun Party’s self-titled release steps into the swing-trio wake, as if the Hot Club of Cowtown rear-ended the Damnations. Slap-bass man Christopher Crepps most recently thumped for the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, but it’s the divine teaming of fiddler Katy… (Read More)
Hillbilly yuckster by day, Saturday-morning-cartoon hero by night, Cowboy Dave and his band of honky-tonk all-stars are poised to put the western back in country and western. Known to many as the deadpanned FortyTwenty frontman and fiddle player, Cowboy Dave Wilson… (Read More)
The River Drifters formed four years ago out of a desire to play in a band whose members could win in a fight against any other local band. That’s also why Suzanne took up the musical saw: to have easy access… (Read More)
Deeply rooted in old time, folk and traditional American music, the Mile Markers are a dynamic, high-energy duo from Denver, Colorado. Formed in 2001 by Julie Stratton (guitar/vocals) and Bevin Foley (fiddle/vocals), their original songs, and unique arrangements of old time… (Read More)
The Whiskey Bottles energize audiences with alt-country, Americana, and clank-your-glasses tunes from bands including Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers, Son Volt, The Rolling Stones, Jackson Browne, Wilco, and more. Their sound is tight, wide n’ deep, featuring sparkling melody, rich harmony and… (Read More)
Tony Clifton is a fictional character created and often played by comedian Andy Kaufman in the late 1970s. Kaufman saw Clifton as the antithesis of the sweet, gentle “Foreign Man” character he was best known for (which was later adapted into… (Read More)
In an ideal world, alternative country would become country’s primary direction the way that Nirvana, Pearl Jam and their Seattle colleagues made alternative rock the primary direction of rock back in the early ‘90s. But it’s hard to imagine the Nashville… (Read More)
So who is Vickie Raye? A little bit of everything, I supposed. A straight shooter, honest, raw. Yes I am 34. Some days I feel 50. I am proud of my stretch marks and battle scars, they make me who I… (Read More)
Established in 2005 when lead singer Brant Cotton was asked write a song for the feature film, Marines. Von Cotton has been filling the void the Southern California country music scene ever since. With their unique blend of classic southern comfort… (Read More)
Denver’s own Weird Turn Prose might technically fall under the “alt-country” umbrella, but as “Westword” scribe Tom Murphy pointed out, “While country rock is indeed a well-worn groove, Weird Turn Prose is writing the next chapter with captivating aplomb.” After three… (Read More)
The Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St, Denver, CO, 80205 (More Info)
