Brett Dennen
Who the hell is Brett Dennen? I couldn’t have answered this question until a few weeks ago when I saw him at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons Colorado. He had me when I heard him sing his original song “Heaven” with the classic line “What the hell is Heaven?” See him perform the [...]
M. Ward
I have been a huge M. Ward (Matthew Stephen Ward) fan since I first heard him on NPR in 2005, and have been reading about his sold-out shows from Europe to the U.S. ever since. He’s been featured in Rolling Stone magazine and is a very sought after collaborator. I have wondered what seeing him [...]
Mia Dyson
Mia Dyson, walked out on the large beautiful wooden stage at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival and humbly introduced herself and her band and then promptly launched into a set that can only be described as phenomenal! Picture Stevie Ray Vaughn crossed with Bonnie Raitt, and you will have [...]
Blind Pilot
Too much of anything is bad right? Well there is an exception and that is in the case of good music, after 3 relentless days of great folk music at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons Colorado I was ready for a break but alas, there would be no rest for the weary. We [...]
Susan Tedeschi
Susan Tedeschi’s set at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival was a quintessential power blues set that spellbound the folks at Planet Bluegrass on August 15, 2009 in Lyons Colorado. I had heard that she was a killer blues player and vocalist, and I even remembered reading a quote a while back from her husband Derek [...]
J.J. Grey & Mofro
JJ Grey
Following Will Hoge’s show at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival was no easy chore but this amazingly talented Southerner did it with ease. JJ Grey & Mofro’s performance was like many of the previous, simply amazing but he did what no other act did.
Will Hoge
If you enjoy raw, passionate rock or blues, Will Hoge will blow your mind. I’m not sure I’ve ever witnessed such passion in one 45 minute set as I did at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons Colorado on August 15, 2009. Will Hoge has made a career of writing and singing powerful songs [...]
Rocky Mountain Folks Festival – Friday
It will quite a while before each band that I took photos of will be up on this site so I thought I’d better put up a few of each band each day until I get more time to do it “right”. This is a set of Fridays shots.
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Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright took the stage in the cool Colorado mountain air last Friday night at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, I had been watching great performances for nearly 12 hours and my energy level was waning, but within a minute of Rufus taking the stage, I was fully energized by the sheer presence of [...]
Vance Gilbert
Vance Gilbert
Vance Gilbert hit the stage in the sleepy little Mountain community of Lyon’s Colorado last weekend for the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival with a simple blue T shirt, a bright red outer shirt, blue jeans, some incredibly shiny red shoes and voice that shook the forest, it was both powerful and beautiful. His lively [...]
Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
If you have come to this site looking for photos of last weekends Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons. Colorado please be patient, I should start having shots up in the next day or two. Also the Trevor Hall show at the Fox in Boulder will be coming soon as well.
