7th annual Telluride Musicfest celebrates Mendelssohn and Glass
[click “Play” to hear Maria Bachman on the concert series] The seven year itch may ring true for marriages, but fans of the Telluride Musicfest have grown more ardent o
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Kaya McLaren at Between the Covers Tuesday, June 23
by Daiva Chesonis Penguin Books author Kaya McLaren is touring Colorado. She will be in Telluride at Between the Covers Bookstore & Café on Tuesday, June 23, 7-9 p.m. to read
Telluride Bluegrass: David Byrne
Thursday night's closer for Telluride Bluegrass was David Byrne. OK, skeptics, maybe David Byrne doesn't represent bluegrass for you, but what a show! Everyone was dressed
Telluride Bluegrass: O’Brien and Douglas open the show
The 2009 Telluride Bluegrass Festival kicked off Thursday morning with a great set by two artists who really need no introduction to Telluride audiences. Tim O’Brien has perf
Telluride Bluegrass: Kasey Chambers
Roots music goes global when Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson perform at the 36th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, June 20. Country music by any name – bluegras
Doers: Jerry Douglas
[click “Play” button to hear Susan’s conversation with Jerry Douglas] Dobro player Jerry Douglas is definitely Telluride’s B.M.O.C. this weekend. He i
Telluride Bluegrass: Tim and Jerry open the festival
They are an odd couple, the flame haired Irishman and the soft spoken guy from Ohio, but they are also two of the top musicians in the world. When the curtain goes up on the 36th a
Telluride Bluegrass: Mike Farris
[click “Play” for Mike Farris interview] If your church on Sunday morning, June 21, 2009, is the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, expect a rousing, spiritual Baptist or ro
Telluride Bluegrass: The Greencards
[click “Play” for Eamon McLoughlin interview] According to Telluride Bluegrass Festival regular and Grammy winner Tim O’ Brien it’s all about recycling: he
Telluride Playwrights Festival, July 6-14
by Jennie Franks SPARKY PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce the line up for the 3rd Annual TELLURIDE PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL from 6th – 14th July at the historic Sheridan Opera House
Telluride Bluegrass: Greensky Bluegrass
[click “Play” to hear Paul Hoffman’s interview] Greensky Bluegrass is the world turned upside down. Winning the Telluride Bluegrass Festival band contest three ye
Telluride Bluegrass: Super group, WPA
[click “Play” to hear WPA interview] Flashback: Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2000. Sugar Hill Records had several oldies but goodies in the lineup. John Cowan was appea
Telluride Bluegrass: Todd Snider
[click “Play” for Todd Snider interview] Telluride Bluegrass, June 18-21 Telluride favorite, singer-songwriter Todd Snider, is returning to town for an encore after his
Telluride Jazz Celebration: Guest of honor, Bill Frisell
[click "Play" button to hear Susan's interview with Bill Frisell] 2009 Telluride Jazz Celebration, June 5-7 No doubt about it. Telluride Jazz Celebration impresario P
Telluride Jazz Celebration: vocalist Lizz Wright
[click "Play" button to hear Susan talk with Lizz Wright] Chanteuse/songwriter Lizz Wright was only 25 when she first visited town, a guest of the 29th annual Telluride J
Paul Machado on Telluride Jazz Celebration #33
[click "Play" button to hear Susan's conversation with Paul Machado] Paul Machado took over the helm of the Telluride Jazz Celebration in 1991 reconfiguring the event
Telluride Jazz Celebration: Ozomatli
[click "Play" button to hear Ozomatli's Ulises Bella] Telluride Jazz Celebration's impresario Paul Machado programs for cultural diversity, including everything f
Telluride Jazz Celebration: Christian Scott, trumpet
[click "Play" button to hear Susan's interview with Christian Scott] At the 33rd annual Telluride Jazz Celebration, audiences get to come face to face with the future
Telluride Jazz Celebration: Guitarist Jimmy Herring
[Click "Play" button to hear Susan's conversation with Jimmy Herring] Telluride Jazz, May 5-7. Sideman out front: Jimmy Herring He has been the legend behind the lege
Telluride Dance Academy concert, May 31
[click "Play" button to hear Susan's conversation with Valerie Madonia] Sunday, May 31, 3 p.m., at the Michael D. Palm Theatre, the Telluride Dance Academy holds its
Write here, write now in Telluride
Red letter days under blue skies. Our life in Telluride. The morning of May 27 started out with a hike out our back door, crack of 7:30 am, our dog Gina running ahead, breaking thr
Mudd Butts recap Ethiopia trip
Thursday evening, 7 p.m., Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library, enjoy a recap of the Mudd Butts' April trip to Wondo Genet, Ethiopia. Local trip participants and st