The fraternity meeting known as Telluride Bluegrass opens this weekend, June 18 – June 21, and a favorite son returns to town to join his friends. Bela Fleck is named after the Hungarian composer Bela Bartok, also a passionate ethnomusicologist known for mixing sounds – in Bartok’s case, Hungarian and other folk sounds with the…
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Telluride Bluegrass: Steve Szymanski looks back at 21
[click "Play" to hear interview with Steve Szymanski] In 1970, Tellurider Kooster McAllister hooked up with John “Picker” Herndon, Fred Shellman and J. B. Matteotti to form a band. Fall Creek jammed regularly down valley from Telluride. After returning from the second annual Walnut Valley Festival and National Flatpicker Convention in Winfield, Kansas, Fall Creek…
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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 roots tent revival in a most unusual package: a tall white guy in dark glasses accompanied by an 11-piece band, Roseland Rhythm Revue (horns, back-up singers, etc). The guy…
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The Challenge continues through September
Telluride eco-entrepreneur/Telluride Outside fly fishing guide David Allen leads The Challenge, a competition among 31 mountain towns in the Western United States to encourage the use of reusable shopping bags. The Challenge began on March 1st 2009 and will run until September 1st 2009. The prize to the winning town is a solar panel installation…
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New Classes from Ah Haa and Pinhead
Hey, Telluride! Sign up your young scientists for these classes presented as a collaboration between the Ah Haa School and Pinhead Institute. The classes start July 3d, and space is limited, so make your reservations early. The classes are mixed science and art, and are for kids 7+. See the poster below or contact Ah…
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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 describes what he does musically as “making something new out of something old.” Tim is not alone. Linking the past, present and future is also what the relatively new band, The Greencards,…
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“Dog’s Best Friend,” a weekly column featuring trainer Ted Hoff
[click "Play" to hear Ted's training tips] When Telluride dog owners leave town, their first stop after a gas station is Ted Hoff’s place, Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel in Crawford, Colorado. No doubt about it, Ted is a dog whisperer: after 20 years training our furry friends to be the best possible pets and hunters,…
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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 years ago was a world-upside-down moment for this group. Telluride Bluegrass is no American Idol, but the win in 2006 – after placing 5th in 2004 – put the founders squarely on…
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Fashion Friday: Kristin Holbrook
[click "Play" for Kristin Holbrook interview] Intro: Who needs Andre Leon Talley when Telluride has Kristin Holbrook, fashionista/co-owner of local fashion emporium Two Skirts? Kristin is a New Jersey native and graduate of the University of Virginia in English and Art History. After college, she spent three years teaching skiing in Vail, where she met…
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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 appearing with his new group, Lonesome River Band. Also on the scene were Seldom Scene, Jesse Winchester and Sam Bush. With Nickel Creek, the label also featured strong Gen Zeta…
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