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This week’s featured rebroadcast/podcast marks the return of a long-time eTown favorite (and our dear friend), John Gorka. Nick and I welcome John for what is maybe his, what, umpteenth time on the show? He’s right up there with Michelle Shocked and several others who’ve graced the eTown stage many times, much to our collective [...]

This week we bring you a rebroadcast of a fantastic eTown road show that we did in Colorado Springs. Our old friend, singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, returns to eTown to share several songs, both hilarious and touching, as only he can do. Nick and I and the eTones will lend him support here and there. [...]

This week’s show, when originally broadcast in 2008, happens to be the eTown debut of two very interesting musical guests. One of them is the multi-cultural singer-songwriter Lila Downs, who joins us (she brings her band as well). Lila was raised in two diverse places: the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, Mexico and in the state [...]

Hello dear eTown friends, The summer heat has just recently broken slightly here in eTown, with afternoon thunderstorms bringing a much needed and much welcome breezy coolness to the evening. Speaking of coolness, eTown treats you to an eclectic musical journey this week that fairly reeks of coolness. For one thing, Nick and I welcome [...]

There’s a fantastic eTown broadcast/podcast for you to check out this week, featuring the return of popular bluegrass legend, Del McCoury and his fine band. Del (celebrating his 50th year in bluegrass) and his amazing group (which includes sons Ronnie on mandolin & Robbie on banjo, plus Alan Bartram on bass and the amazing Jason [...]

Hello everyone, Back by popular demand, we feature the encore airing of Part Two of one of our past ‘Green Rocks at Red Rocks’ events, this one originally taped in 2007. We recorded it live at the exquisite Red Rocks Amphitheatre in front of a packed house of 9,000 attendees. This particular ‘Green Rocks’ live [...]

Hello All, I hope your summer continues to go well. We’re enjoying a welcome break from the intense heat here in eTown. It’s a pleasant, comfortable, summery day, one that is making it truly hard to be indoors at my desk working! I’m relishing the slightly cooler weather, though, as long as it lasts. I’m [...]

Hi everyone, Hey, happy summer! We are indeed in the thick of it. It is, in a word, HOT. Speaking of hot, I’m excited to tell you about this week’s very hot eTown broadcast! eTown celebrates the return one of the world’s most respected recording artists, Natalie Merchant. It’s been ten years (yup, a full [...]

Happy Fourth of July to you all! I hope you had fun last weekend. We had a bit of intrigue here in Boulder on the 4th, when a huge storm blew in, threatening the traditional fireworks display that both Boulder and KBCO are so well loved for, for sponsoring. As the local populace gathered at [...]

Hello everyone, It’s been quite the action packed week. Back from Telluride and Hot Rize’s awesome live set there (Hot Rize, as most of you know, is the internationally renowned and revered bluegrass band that Nick Forster, Tim O’Brien, Pete Wernick and Charles Sawtelle formed in the late 70’s; Charles sadly passed away several years [...]