Broadcasts – Etown

This week, we travel back in time to revisit a show that brought Hurray For The Riff Raff to eTown Hall! This show features a special acoustic duo version of the group consisting of Alynda Segarra and accompanying guitarist Johnny Wilson. Sharing the stage is Peter One, originally from Africa and now located in Nashville. Nick also has a sit down with members of the Green Grad Buffs who share their ideas about re-purposing a defunct coal-fired power plant in Denver.  That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-or

Welcome to eTown this week, where we highlight our artist-in-residence M.C. Taylor, of HISS Golden Messenger, who joins the eTones in playing Americana-flavored tunes from his latest recording, I'm People. Also joining us this week is Emily Nenni, who shares her own take on honkytonk, country and Blues music. eTown host Nick Forster also has a sit-down chat with Fred Gage and John Schmauch about their efforts to help New York farmers integrate solar technologies onto their properties. That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-

We revisit a great show for you this week! For their first visit to eTown come The SteelDrivers from Nashville, who perform their unique flavor of traditional Bluegrass music with raw and gritty vocals. And rejoining us from Chickamauga, Georgia is Angel Snow whose voice definitely lives up to her name. Nick also has a sit-down with environmental lawyer, Roger Flynn to discuss the challenges of protecting indigenous lands from exploitation.   That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week on eTown we have a great show for you - from Nashville, The Brook & The Bluff fuse college rock with folk for an interesting and tasty sound; from Los Angeles comes Lucy Clearwater a singer-songwriter who shares her silky, vocal-driven, contemplative acoustic tunes. Nick also has a chat with Silvio Marcacci, the Senior Director, Communications at Energy Innovation about the current status of the environmental movement.   That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.  

This week on eTown, we revisit a show from 2023 - eTown travels all of 30 miles from Boulder to The Mission Ballroom in Denver, Colorado to catch the amazing performances from two Austin, Texas-based acts: Charley Crockett, a street-performing vagabond turned New Country star, and Greyhounds, a funky, funky trio of soulful gentlemen. That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

What a sweet show we have for you this week! From Sweden comes the utterly distinctive singer-songwriter José González. From New Mexico comes eTown veteran and winner of most appearances on our show, Eliza Gilkyson. And eTown host Nick Forster interviews Harmony Cummings, a former oil and gas industry worker who now advocates for the environment and the under-served members of society.   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!   Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/   Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week in eTown, we travel back in time to present a show featuring musical guests The War and Treaty, comprised of husband and wife duo Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, along with "The American Songster" himself, Dom Flemons. Nick also has a chat with Mack Bailey, founder and executive director of Music Therapy Retreats, who discusses the role of music in healing trauma.   That's all this week on eTown!    Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Welcome to an eclectic eTown show this week! From British Columbia comes Ocie Elliott, an amazing vocal duo with wonderful harmonies and an emotional vibe. From Nashville comes Shawn Camp, an accomplished and seasoned Country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who joins the eTones to perform some authentic country tunes. Nick also has a chat with Chuck Nice, a stand-up comedian, media host, and co-host of StarTalk with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, about his take on Climate change.   That's all this week on eTown!    Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www

What a show we have for you this week! From the Bay area comes Chuck Prophet along with his Cumbia Shoes to play a wonderful blend of soulful rock and Latin flavors, and from Canada comes Alysha Brilla who plays and sings unique original songs influenced by her Indo-Tanzanian heritage. Also, Nick chats with Boulder County's District Attorney about the complications of immigration law.  That's all this week on eTown!    Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Welcome to eTown this week, where we are joined by two classic singer-songwriters and Righteous Babe label-mates: Dar Williams and Peter Mulvey. Nick also has a chat with Rick Bass about ancient forests, writing tips, and an acoustic guitar made from a 300-year-old spruce tree. That's all this week on eTown!    Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week on eTown, we’re featuring indie-folk-rock band Big Thief and legendary Americana singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, live from Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado. While the theatre of Red Rocks is dramatic in and of itself, this year’s show was electric as storms brewed overhead before, during and after. Paired with incredible music from Big Thief and Lucinda Williams, the set and setting combined for a night that was nothing short of magic.   That's all this week on eTown!    Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/don

What a great show we have for you all this week! Billie Marten is a brilliant young singer-songwriter from England who began her career at the age of 15. And from Portland, Oregon, we welcome Dean Johnson, a fresh new voice in a bit of an older skin. Dean didn't begin his music career until he was in his fifties. eTown host Nick Forster also has a chat with meteorologist and former Denver TV weatherman, Mike Nelson, about his book, The World's Littlest Book on Climate: 10 Facts in 10 Minutes about CO2. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: h

Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan joins Nick, Helen, and the Etones at eTown this week to play some classic tunes as well as more recent originals. Also on stage are the young, and super-talented, AJ Lee & Blue Summit who represent the healthy and vibrant future of Bluegrass Music. In addition, Nick spends some extra time chatting with Peter as he shares stories from his nearly sixty years in the business and on the road.   That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Wowzers - do we have a great show for you this week! Musical guests Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats and Cat Clyde bring their unique and authentic songwriting and sounds to the eTown stage. And, Nick has a chat with Hillary Rosner about her book, Roam, that explores the need for animals to have unfettered access to protected spaces in order to thrive.  That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.  

We bring you a very special show this week from Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado featuring Amos Lee and the inimitable Indigo Girls. Nick goes backstage to chat with the artists who share their unique perspectives on life and music.  That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.  

In this week's exciting  new eTown show, our musical artists bring the California flavor. Brett Dennen joins us once again to share his relaxed yet thoughtful songs and veterans of the musical scene - Marley's Ghost provide us with an eclectic musical journey. Also, Nick interviews Steven Jenkins, the Director of the Bob Dylan Center located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, about all things Dylan-esque.   That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week we revisit a show featuring musical guests, Afie Jurvanen (also known as Bahamas)–a great singer-songwriter from Nova Scotia, along with Jess Williamson, a wonderful country-flavored singer-songwriter from Los Angeles by way of Marfa, Texas. Also, Nick sits down with Rod Moraga to discuss the complexities of wildfires and home protection in an evolving environment affected by climate change.    That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

We've got a great new show for you this week featuring Bluegrass veterans, The Infamous Stringdusters who celebrate twenty years as a hard working band. Also joining us is the heartfelt singer-songwriter, Daniel Rodriguez. And, Nick has a conversation with the Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra about cultivating peace in our day. Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Join us for a favorite episode featuring the ever eclectic Fruition from the Northwest and soulful singer-songwriter Madeline Hawthorne from Montana. eTown host Nick Forster also has a chat with former NFL quarterback Jake Plummer about the healthful qualities of functional mushrooms. That's all this week on eTown!   Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

We have a great show this week featuring two musical artists from the Northwest: the darkly comedic John Craigie and TikTok sensation, Olive Klug.  eTown host Nick Forster also speaks with history professor and author Dr. Brian Kwoba about his new book Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism, the overlooked legacy of one of the most influential Black intellectuals of the early 20th century. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.