Tag Archives: etown. radio

Graduations abound . . . and a GREAT broadcast w/ North Mississippi Allstars Duo & the legendary Big Al Anderson

First, check out this recent photo taken by Nick: It’s our daughter Liz (Nick’s natural born, my beloved ‘step’ – I often say I didn’t bear her, but I love her like I did) at her college graduation last week. Represented here are three generations: grandparent (me; and Nick is there, too, but he’s taking [...]

Barack Obama in Boulder . . and a great show for you this week:

Oh. My. God. Have we got a show for you this week! Nick and I welcome back a couple of past eTown visitors: Blues Traveler and Ruthie Foster. First, Blues Traveler: It’s been almost a decade since they last were with us, so we were pretty excited to see them. The band got its start [...]

Removal of eco-damaging dams in the Northwest brings eTown out ‘on the road:’

It’s a special eco-themed road show for you, both this week and next (see videos below). eTown packs its bags and heads to Port Angeles, Washington to take part in ‘Celebrate Elwha’, a multi-day event commemorating the nation’s largest dam removal project. (The back story: In the early 1900’s two privately installed dams were built [...]

Thoughts on OWS and what’s on the air this week for eTown:

Hello all, First the show: Ray LaMontagne and JJGrey are our musical guests this week. Both of these talented, charismatic men bring their stellar bands with them (this show originally aired last year, and we got such a tremendous response from our listeners, we’re bringing it back for you all again to enjoy). Some info [...]

(airing 6/8 – 6/14) eTown broadcast/podcast with Jakob Dylan and Danny Barnes

This week’s eTown broadcast/podcast showcases two really dynamic visiting musical guests. Grammy winning singer-songwriter Jakob Dylan returns to eTown with a stellar set of songs from his Women & Country CD, plus a pared down version of the band who helped him make it (singer Kelly Hogan and talented musician Paul Rigby accompany him for [...]

(airling 5/11 – 5/17) eTown broadcast/podcast with Flobots and Teddy Thompson

We’re pretty excited over here at eTown. So much great stuff: the matching grant, the construction progress at eTown Hall, and this week’s broadcast/podcast. Lots of young folks on the show this week. It’s really almost the yin and the yang show, with one set of musicians from Colorado who are some of the most [...]

This Week’s eTown Broadcast with Warren Haynes and Langhorne Slim.

Man, I’m excited about this week’s eTown broadcast/podcast! It’s one of our ‘brought back by popular demand’ programs, and it features one of the music world’s most exquisite and hard working guitarists: Warren Haynes (you know, of Gov’t Mule, the Rolling Stones and Allman Brothers fame – wow!).  I really enjoyed doing this show the first time around, [...]

This Week's eTown Broadcast with Josh Ritter and The Hold Steady.

I don’t know about you, but this time of year gives me a severe case of wanderlust. I get an almost overpowering urge to head for parts unknown (or maybe it’s just a craving for warmer weather). I hope to get a chance to hit the road sometime soon. Let me know if you have [...]

Ray LaMontagne/Ingrid Michaelson at Etown last night

Ingrid Michaelson at Etown Originally uploaded by etown hall It was a sold out show last night with Ingrid Michaelson and Ray LaMontagne at the Boulder Theater. Their vocal performances were flawless and their sit down interviews with Nick were captivating from start to finish. It was my first time seeing Ray LaMontagne, and hearing [...]

Koko Taylor coming to etown on June 19th.

Over the course of her almost 50-year career, Koko Taylor has received just about every award the blues world has to offer and then some. She’s received Grammy nominations for seven of her last eight Alligator albums, and she won a Grammy in 1984 for the live multi-artist album Blues Explosion on Atlantic Records. In [...]