ColoLocal

We sit down via Zoom with Túlips, a Denver-based non-binary person of color group, to speak about their origin, disrupting the Denver music status quo, and existing as a band during a pandemic.

To watch the video Zoom content, please visit the Cololocal page on Youtube.

For more from Túlips, please visit: www.facebook.com/TuLipsDenver

Instagram: tulips_denver

ColoLocal returns and presents Adrienne Rae Ash, lead singer and guitarist for Plasma Canvas from Fort Collins CO. This interview is from March 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic; the perspective speaks to the last 4 months, in more ways than one. We speak to Adrienne about being a trans musician, speaking out against the police, and what the future for Plasma Canvas looks like. And of course, we get to hear some songs. Enjoy!

ColoLocal presents Neyla Pekarek, formerly of The Lumineers, in an exclusive interview and performance leading up to a show at the Bluebird theater in Denver, Colorado on the 24th of November, 2019. We speak to Neyla about her classical training, time in The Lumineers, pet rabbits, and the story behind her album Rattlesnake! Oh, hey, she also performs some songs for us too, including one from an impending musical theater adaptation of her album!

On this episode we feature Brian and Josh of Sugar Britches, a honky tonk good-time duo from Fort Collins Colorado. We speak about the importance of history in country music and dealing with addiction. Oh yeah, as always, we hear some tunes too!

 

For more from Sugar Britches, please visit: www.facebook.com/sugarbritchesmusic

In this episode we are excited to feature Brianna Straut, an americana singer-songwriter out of Denver Colorado. We discuss the benefits of passing as human, music that influences us, and how we can all be better audience members.

For more from Brianna, please visit:

 

www.briannastraut.com

Episode 5 features Chella Negro, founder and lead of Chella & The Charm, a Denver Colorado staple and Americana must-listen! We discuss re-framing the Women in Music adage, trash talk all the midwestern states not named Wisconsin, and talk about New Denver's gentrification problem. As usual, Chella plays us some tunes as well!

 

For more from Chella please visit: www.facebook.com/chellaandthecharm

Instagram: Chella Negro

Bandcamp: https://chellaandthecharm.bandcamp.com/

We have the distinct pleasure of sitting down with Larry Nix, a real Colorado cowboy, to talk about country music in the city, ski bumming, and parenthood. Oh yeah, we get to listen to some tunes too!

For more from Larry please visit:

www.larrynix.com

We take a step away from live music in episode 3 and talk to George Blosser, a Colorado music photographer and IT professional who has a more personal approach to photographing bands. We talked to George about growing up in the midwest, discovering new bands, and the theater of music.

For more from George please visit:

www.facebook.com/george.l.blosser

Instagram: @george.l.blosser

ColoLocal is a live music podcast featuring local and national talent, their stories, and also of course their music. In this episode we chat with Jen Korte - a.k.a. LADYGANG et al - about the Colorado scene and some of its quirks, what it takes to make an equal buck as a woman, and existing as a Violent Femmes cover band.

For more from Jen: www.ladygangmusic.com

ColoLocal is a live music podcast featuring local and national talent, their stories, and also of course their music.

In this episode we chat with Bevin Luna, a singer-songwriter out of Fort Collins, CO. We hear her songs, and she speaks about the Colorado scene, what it takes to be a professional musician, and how to properly pronounce the word 'acoustic'.

For more from Bevin:

www.bevinluna.com