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The second he walks down the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder, people start pointing and whispering to their friends and ask for an autograph.  It’s summer in Boulder and the dates of July 30-August 2 have been talked about for months in these parts.  For the next four evenings, Mike Gordon will be staring [...]

The eTown show featuring David Gray and Harper Simon on August 7th has long been sold out, but there are still a few tickets available! Join eTown and Centro Latin Kitchen for a 3-course dinner followed by a show at the Boulder Theater.  Keep in mind that if you ALREADY have tickets to the show, [...]

Hello Folks, Here’s a brief note to let you know about this week’s amazing broadcast, as Etown welcomes back mandolin master Chris Thile, with his How To Grow A Band (featuring guitar wizard, Bryan Sutton). Tune in to bear witness to the talent of these brilliant musicians as they stretch their musical wings, even as [...]

The eTown music lineup this summer has been jammed to the brim full of prolific artists and guests.  David Gray, Harper Simon, Gorka, Eddie Kowalczyk, Hot Buttered Rum, Del McCoury…all within ONE MONTH at ETOWN! Next up, Bruce Hornsby will be tickling…well, actually…probably hammering the ivories on the Boulder Theater stage on August 12th.  Although Hornsby [...]

Yes, already!  Tomorrow is the day the Del McCoury Band and Eddie Kowalczyk are going to knock the socks off of the eTown crowd at the Boulder Theater.  If you want to surprise your date or a friend, there is still time to reserve your spot for a “Dinner & A Show” with The Happy [...]

Hi all, I’m sure by now you have all heard of Walter Cronkite’s passing. Wow, what an icon. As a kid growing up, then a teen, then a young adult, I counted on hearing his distinctive, soothing voice every night. Except for rare occasions, I never missed the CBS nightly news, first watching it with [...]

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eTown was honored to have San Francisco’s bio-diesel bus drivin’ boys of Hot Buttered Rum on stage last week at the Boulder Theater. Not only did they unleash a handful of songs from their upcoming album and pluck the night away with one of their main bluegrass influences (Nick Forster), the HBR crew also sat [...]

This week’s broadcast is a re-airing of a show that I absolutely loved the first time around. It features Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who have become the musical cultural icon of South Africa. These guys . . wow! What can I tell you? Vocalizing so gorgeously together, blending all those fantastic voices and singing in their [...]

Hi, I hope you all had a wonderful, fun, safe and relaxing 4th of July weekend. Hey, as you can imagine, we hear from a lot of our listeners, from all over the country and all around the world. Well, we recently received a particularly sweet and thoughtful letter from a listener named Tara, that [...]