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Mathew “Matty” Graziano has been slowly building a band for a long time, with a consistent lineup cementing around 2017/2018. Currently, the band consists of Graziano as the lead singer and songwriter, Josh Wexler as the flute player, Pat Keenan on the acoustic guitar, DJ Jenkins on the bass, and Roots Music Project General Manager Matt Cottle on the drums. Anywhere from one to five members of the band can play at any time. Even though Wexler also plays in Bear Hat and Keenan used to play in a Beatles cover band called Pine Beatles, Poorfree is the group’s primary musical project. The band has also occasionally brought on special guests, including cello player Bethany Joyce and fiddle player Melissa McGinley Stube (with the latter featured on the band’s 2023 self-titled album).

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Dwayne Haggins primarily plays in Massachusetts and across the East Coast. However, he is coming to Colorado during the month of June 2024 for not one, but two shows! He first became inspired to play the guitar in 2016 after watching Sturgill Simpson appear on Conan O’Brien’s talk show, teaching himself to play and eventually mustering the courage to go to an open mic. After performing at the open mic, he realized that performing live truly inspired him. He started playing at more open mics, then gigs, then more gigs, to the point where he can now be a musician full-time.

 Eric Richard Stone says he comes from a classically trained musical family. Many members of his extended family were original faculty members of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and even started the Bay Chamber Concert Series. Stone himself went to the Quaker school known as Germantown Friends School, where he sang in the choir and took music theory classes.

Update on August 8, 2024: The podcast host recently discovered that the Eric Richard Stone interview had already been featured in the opening episode of season 3, broadcast on January 2, 2023, where the podcast introduced the new hosts at the time. Both episodes will be left up for your listening pleasure.

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This week, we bring on Patrice Leblanc to talk about the new Restaurant Passport Program brought to the Peak to Peak by the Chamber of Commerce, as well as Kurt Dargan to talk about the Jamestown Mercantile open mic nights and movie nights!

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Sage Cook and Aera Fox have been together for eleven years. Currently, the two have chosen to settle down and farm over touring frequently, with Cook estimating that music takes up only 20% of their average time budget now. Relatively soon after meeting, though, the band WE DREAM DAWN came together purely by chance. When a friend of Cook’s booked him and other friends for a benefit, Cook asked Fox to learn the material on the bass. After performing with drummer Weston Hill, they all formed the three-piece group. Ultimately, the duo Sage and Aera is a spin-off of WE DREAM DAWN, allowing the two title performers to emphasize a quieter, more intimate sound. 

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The business of Nederland Defensive Arts (NDA) was only founded a few years ago on November 10, 2020. However, its owner, Karl Zaunbrecher, has been interested in martial arts for decades. He has 45 years of training in the arts, including 20 years as an instructor, and teaches a core curriculum of Chon Tu Kwan Hapkido at NDA. Zaunbrecher has “a 5th degree black in Chon Tu Kwan,” is “an ICHF certified Master Instructor in that art,” and has “a 5th degree black in Shorin Ryu, a traditional Okinawan karate.”

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In 2001, Chris Elliott signed up for a banjo class at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, which happened to be taught by legendary banjo player Alan Munde, and he hasn’t looked back since. After playing in various string bands over the years, such as Spring Creek, Chain Station, and Ragged Union, he had an idea to put the banjo in a specific configuration – a trio that included banjo, percussion, and electric bass. Elliott now has a trio including a banjo, played by himself; a banjo bass, played by Kyle Ussery; and a banjo drum kit, played by Chris Sheldon.

Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear host Jamie Lammers announce the winner of the 2024 Poetry Contest!

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 Over 20 years ago, Dustin Arbuckle and Tom Page met through mutual friends in the Kansas music scene. Around 2005, they started performing bluegrass music as a duo. Page was well-versed in that music, but Arbuckle had grown up in a blues-oriented environment, so the bluegrass style was new to him. The two played together on and off for several years, primarily in Kansas, but around 2012, they wanted to take their musical style further. 

 Kyle O’Brien grew up playing music. His father was musical, constantly taking his kids to concerts and festivals, enjoying songs from the likes of The Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan. His father was also a songwriter. 

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The 18th annual Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T for short) is making its way around the world. With over 300 shows planned in 14 different countries, the tour features nine films selected for the national tour and six additional Official Tour Selections “available for our independent show hosts to screen in local communities,” adding up to fifteen films.

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Around 2014 and 2015, Tom Diaz, otherwise known as “Lazer,” auditioned for a few bands and felt that none of them seemed like a good fit for him. He ended up placing an ad publicly and his neighbor, Nick Anthony, also known as “Busker,” responded – neither knew the other played music. They have stuck together since then, becoming the two primary members of Iron Roots.

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Brad Fitch

Both of Brad Fitch’s parents were musicians as he grew up. His mom would sit him down and let him listen to kids’ records, and he adored them. He loved analyzing what instruments made which sounds on the records, and he realized early on he had a knack for memorizing lyrics.

At the age of six, he was introduced to the treble and bass clefs for the first time during piano lessons. In fifth grade, when he was eligible to join the school band, he decided to play the trombone, inspired by the song “Seventy-Six Trombones” from the classic 1962 movie adaptation of the Broadway show The Music Man.

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