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It’s another eTown on the Road show for you this week. eTown heads north to the rural farming community of Wellington, Colorado, to record performances at the †Harvestival’ event hosted at the family run, all-organic Grant Family Farm . Harvestival is an annual celebration featuring live music plus… More
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A Note From Helen . . . This week’s eTown broadcast with Michelle Shocked and The Bad Plus
By Helen ~ April 20, 2010
Did you know that legendary folk singer songwriter and outspoken social activist Michelle Shocked is officially a ten-time eTown veteran? In fact, we thought her tenth appearance in eTown was worth sharing with you again, so that’s exactly what we’re doing this week. In this re-broadcast episode we… More
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A Note From Helen . . . This week’s eTown broadcast with DeVotchKa and Au Revoir Simone
By Helen ~ April 13, 2010
In this exciting encore broadcast, it’s DeVotchka , back for another visit to eTown. We’re always happy to have these folks with us. This popular Colorado based band has a huge international following and fan base these days. Lead singer’s Nick Urata’s vocals are filled with emotion, and he is… More
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We are thrilled to feature our good friends, Rob Squires, Brian Nevin, and Todd Park Mohr (of Big Head Todd & The Monsters ) in a re-airing of an exceptional eTown show. BHTTM returns to eTown as a quartet, and the band rocks the house with an amazing set of tunes (plus a fascinating conversation… More
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A Note From Helen . . . This week’s eTown broadcast with The Flobots and Matthew Caws
By Helen ~ March 30, 2010
Hi all, It’s another stellar road show for you this week! We are sharing one from the recent past, brought back by popular demand. (An aside, between you and me: I LOVE road shows! It’s always so exciting to visit another community and connect with our great listeners there). This is one that we got a… More
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via Boulder Weekly ... By Quibian Salazar-Moreno Wednesday, March 17,2010 Boulder-based NPR and public radio music show, eTown, just got a big boost from one of its biggest fans. The Boedecker Foundation dropped some cash yesterday towards eTown host Nick Forster’s plans to build eTown Hall, an… More
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A Note From Helen . . . This week’s eTown broadcast with CAKE and Chuck Prophet
By Helen ~ March 23, 2010
eTown cooks up a fantastic show for you this week, featuring the talented American indie band, CAKE . This group has built a huge base of fans who are drawn to their unique sound, a blend of pop, funk, jazz and rock. They fit right into the eTown scene because they are collectively really environmentally… More
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A Note From Helen . . . This week’s eTown broadcast with Joan Baez and Brett Dennen
By Helen ~ March 16, 2010
The hint of spring is in the air here in eTown (even though we just had snow, and in a few days the cold weather will be back I’m told). But as my neighbor Travis just said, this time of the year you know that warm weather is just around the bend so you can take the storms with a little more optimism! And… More
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A Note From Helen . . . This week’s eTown broadcast with KT Tunstall and Adrienne Young
By Helen ~ March 9, 2010
Did you happen to watch or follow the Academy Awards show on TV? It was an exciting event for me and Nick to catch. First, it was really fun for us to see Steve Martin do such a terrific job of hosting the Oscars (as many of you already know, Nick’s band Hot Rize played at Steve’s wedding a few… More
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A Note from Helen . . . This week’s eTown broadcast with John Hiatt and Brandi Carlile
By Helen ~ March 2, 2010
It’s eTown †on the road’ this week, as Nick and I and our crew head west for our first-ever show in Aspen, Colorado, at the beautiful and historic Wheeler Opera House . Have you ever been to Aspen? So beautiful. And the Wheeler is just stunning (I’m including a photo of it here for you to see).… More
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