“Forever Highway” is the second single off Boulder Colorado’s The Drunken Hearts new album, Reckless Ways of Living that drops June 2nd (Pre-Save Album Here). The track (Pre-Save Here) features some mainstays of the scene including Lindsay Lou, Kyle Tuttle, Vince Herman, and Silas Herman.
Set to the beautiful backdrop of the Colorado River, YarmonyGrass is one of Colorado’s preeminent Bluegrass festivals. But it’s not just Bluegrass. Yarmony is three days of River, Music, Camping, Yoga, and Workshops with The Travelin McCourys feat. Bill Nershi, Peter Rowan, Head For The Hills, The Congress, The Drunken Hearts and many more!
The one summarizing thought about this year’s YarmonyGrass: not enough! Just two days of hardly strictly bluegrass on the Colorado River was not enough. The weekend boasted blue skies, warm temperatures and so many friendly faces gathered at Rancho Del Rio for the best of what Colorado has to offer of Bluegrass and string music. Mountain air, clear skies and incredible once in a lifetime collaborations made YarmonyGrass 2014 one of the most beautiful and unforgettable summer festivals to date.
It was a cold, snowy night in Nederland, Colorado. But the town was hoppin’ as it was in the midst of the annual Frozen Dead Guy Days festival. Over at Whistler’s Café The Grant Farm was getting ready to take the stage. Driving up to Ned in an old van was a then little known group of street performers turned club players called Fruition. While neither band knew it at the time, one of those cosmic crossing of the paths was about to take place. But it wasn’t all in the stars . . .
State Bridge concluded their summer season with the annual YarmonyGrass, a festival beloved by Colorado bluegrass lovers that proved it has a loyal local following whose dedication to the music remains unwavering. An annual weekend of camping, swimming, and dancing on the banks of the river – the festival is a Rocky Mountain tradition that will only get better with age. Thanks to Andrew McConathy and the rest of the performers, State Bridge, and the state of Colorado for a fantastic weekend of amazing music; it will not be forgotten.
Set to the beautiful backdrop of the Colorado River, YarmonyGrass is one of Colorado’s preeminent Bluegrass festivals, but it’s not just Bluegrass. Split between State Bridge and Rancho Del Rio there is plenty to hear and see this year from Honkytonk Observatory and Drew Emmitt to Whiskey Tango and The Drunken Hearts, this years lineup is looking stellar!
Well if you haven’t heard by now, let us be the first to tell you . . . Friday night at Red Rocks was WET! Early in String Cheese Incident’s first set, a storm that had been threatening for a while descended on the venue. The bathrooms (and anywhere else with a roof for that matter) were packed with sodden fans, and people huddled together in beer tents and under just about any overhang they could find as water fell from the sky in sheets as they waited for what turned out to be a stellar show from the band for nearly two hours.
When String Cheese takes over Red Rocks for a run of shows it’s always a party and last night was no different. It took the stands a while to feel crowded, but slowly but surely the freaks filtered in and by 7:30 the air was buzzing with anticipation. Though it looked like only three quarters of the tickets were sold for the first night of this summer’s three night run, the boys didn’t hold back and really brought it right out of the gates. Get ready for night two . . . the boys are on fire!!!
String Cheese Incident has not played Red Rocks since the venue was host to their comeback run two years ago and that should be reason enough to catch at least one of their shows this weekend at the legendary amphitheater. But, if it’s not, consider their epic electronica laced jams, their blistering bluegrass, and the incomparable energy of a weekend of incidents on the rocks.
