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Longmont resident wins RockyGrass mandolin competition

July 29, 2015 at 7:59 am / Music News, Rocky Grass

https://youtu.be/ISNyJximlJU By Isa Jones Tyler Rennix got a mandolin as a birthday present when he was 6 years old. It took him until he was 8 to be interested in it, but after 14 years of playing, Rennix became good enough to win the 2015 RockyGrass Mandolin competition, which took place July 24-26 in Lyons. The 22-year-old Longmont resident and musician has always been a fan of RockyGrass, and dreamed of playing on the main stage. “It was a dream […]

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Yonder Mountain String Band opens four-show run at Boulder Theater on NYE

September 25, 2014 at 3:28 pm / Music News, Rocky Grass

Second Story Garage staff Yonder Mountain String Band will play a four-night New Year’s Eve run at Boulder Theater. The slate of shows will cap an eventful year for the influential Nederland-born band. They announced the departure of founding member Jeff Austin in April. Allie Kral, formerly of jamband Cornmeal, and Jake Jolliff, formerly of string band Joy Kills Sorrow, have joined YMSB as regular guests throughout the year, and they’re on the NYE bill. The New Year’s Eve shows […]

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Pioneering Boulder band Hot Rize has tour, new album in works

September 19, 2014 at 11:53 am / Music News, Rocky Grass

By Quentin Young Hot Rize once played a show at Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder with headliner Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. Today, the band is widely credited as a progenitor of progressive bluegrass. But sharing a bill with Monroe could be intimidating, and it didn’t help that he was reputed to have a prickly personality. But the band apparently impressed Monroe, based on what he told Hot Rize’s Pete Wernick after the show. “He said, ‘Your band sounded pretty […]

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Yonder Mountain String Band brings new look to Planet Bluegrass

August 28, 2014 at 9:47 am / Music News, Rocky Grass

By Quentin Young We’re seeing a different face of Yonder Mountain String Band. It’s down a founding member, but it’s up two regular guests. It has new songs. Its sound is a little different. When the quartet earlier this year parted ways with its de facto frontman, Jeff Austin, it was not clear what it all meant for the band’s future. Now the future is coming into focus. “We’ve come to find out it was something we really needed,” said […]

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Folks Festival at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons kicks off its 24th year in style

August 18, 2014 at 9:02 am / Music News, Rocky Grass

The Rocky Mountain Folks Festival is back. “We finally got the (main) stage tied into the town electricity at 6:30 last night,” Planet Bluegrass spokesman Brian Eyster said Friday. “So, we turned the generator off and hopefully, that’ll be the last time a generator runs the Planet Bluegrass stage for a long time.” That generator is what powered RockyGrass three weeks ago, Planet Bluegrass’s first festival since being nailed by the St. Vrain River in last September’s flood. Literally, a […]

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Folks Festival is next step in Planet Bluegrass’ recovery

August 7, 2014 at 2:14 pm / Music News, Rocky Grass

By Quentin Young Planet Bluegrass is around the bend. The concert producer succeeded in getting its Lyons ranch in shape for the summer season, and the RockyGrass bluegrass festival last month was a milestone. Crews have worked on recovery nearly nonstop since the Planet, located on the banks of the St. Vrain River, was sunk in floodwaters last September. The sold-out RockyGrass was the first big test of those efforts. “It felt kind of triumphant,” spokesman Brian Eyster said. “It […]

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