Tag: bluegrass
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Grammy Award-winning bluegrass artist coming to Colorado Springs for show
By L. Kent WolgamottLast Word Features Molly Tuttle won the Grammy Award for best bluegrass album two years in a row (for her 2022 album “Crooked Tree” and her 2023 follow-up “City of Gold”) and was the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year award. So why did…
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Some of Colorado’s biggest musicians have humble beginnings at Telluride Bluegrass Festival
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The festival’s newcomer contests have impressive alumni In 2007, Gregory Alan Isakov was looking for a way to fund a trip to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival to enter the event’s songwriting competition, known as the Troubadour Contest. Like many up-and-comers, the Boulder-based indie folk artist, Isakov, had to get creative. “I was sleeping in my…
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MeadowGrass Music Festival returns to Black Forest over Memorial Day weekend
This year marks the 15th annual MeadowGrass Music Festival, held in Black Forest over Memorial Day weekend. The festival features 22 bands, including local bluegrass band Grass It Up, who are playing the festival for their fifth year.
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Year-round gardening: What’s up with turf?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you love your bluegrass lawn, you might feel a bit pressured these days. Water shortages are leading many to replace turf with less thirsty options. It might be helpful to rethink why and how we use turf to maximize the benefit provided by lawns,…
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Year-round gardening: What’s up with turf?
If you love your bluegrass lawn, you might feel a bit pressured these days. Water shortages are leading many to replace turf with less thirsty options. It might be helpful to rethink why and how we use turf to maximize the benefit provided by lawns, and not use grass where it isn’t a good choice.…