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on January 30, 2012, 5:00 pm,
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KRFC Presents each and every installment of Lyric Cinema Cafe’s occasional Thursday showcase of local filmmakers, local artists, local musicians, local food and… well, locals! We invite all KRFC supporters to view Tomas Herrera’s behind-the-scenes video from KRFC’s “Cake Bash” photo session promoting our 9th Annual Birthday Bash on March 10th.
Byllynsgate Ball
Thursday, Feb 2 Lyric Cinema Cafe
300 E Mountain
7:30 PM
Music: Ivory Drive &
Stud Mushroom
Film: Tomas Herrera’s “Making KRFC’s Cake Bash”
Van Wampler’s “Tequila Snowfall”
Live Art: Zachary Heil
Brew Special: $2.50 Local TBA
Colorado painter Zachary Heil will add to the Lyric’s ever-changing cafe murals. Born in ’91, painting means everything to Heil. See his work created right before your eyes! more >>>
Not only will Ivory Drive be playing, but lead singer Van Wampler’s short film, “Tequila Snowfall” will also be showcased. With high energy tunes and creative tempo changes, Alternative Rock might best describe Ivory Drive’s music. Ivory Drive’s five musicians combine on piano, organ, drums, bass, trumpet, and sax to produce songs that are unusually complex for “rock” music, peppered with jazz, folk, blues, world, and even classical. more >>>
Stud Mushroom is known for writing and recreating songs in an original and “make-you-want-to-dance” approach to music. Taking influence from the likes of Bob Marley, Sublime, Led Zeppelin, and Modest Mouse, Stud Mushroom has built a foundation on their catchy and original combination of reggae, funk, and classic rock. The band’s lineup — vocalists Austin Gloss, guitarists Jeremy Marmor and Adam Petty, bassist Drew Miller, and drummer Jonah Greene — was cemented throughout the musicians’ high-school tenure and finalized in 2011. A form of the band originated in 2006 with Jonah Greene and Adam Petty, and further evolved in 2010 when Jeremy Marmor and Drew Miller were introduced through the Academy of Guitar. Vocalist Austin Gloss finalized the project and brought Stud Mushroom full circle. more >>>
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on January 30, 2012, 4:58 pm,
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Show your support for KRFC on Friday, February 3rd, by wearing your KRFC Apparel to the First Friday Art Walk! Come together this Friday, 6pm at GNU Experience Gallery (109 Linden St.) in Old Town Square. We’ll walk from gallery to gallery, file in, enjoy the gallery, rock out and move on. more >>>
KRFC’s own Andrew Schneider will lead the way. Tomas Herrera will take video of the event that we can all use to spread the word about KRFC’s local, non-commercial, volunteer-powered airwaves. A showing of the video, with music from Sour Boy Bitter Girl, is tentatively planned for Thursday, March 1st at Lyric Cinema Cafe. RSVP & Share on facebook >>>more >>>
Help us spread the word about KRFC’s 9th Annual Birthday Bash at the Lincoln Center on Saturday, March 10th. Ben Taylor, John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Danielle Ate The Sandwich, Jaden Carlson, Martin Gilmore. more >>>
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We’re pleased to present a double-dose of Tony this Valentines Day. Catch him Noon-1pm on KRFC’s Live@Lunch, streaming on krfcfm.org and 88.9FM in Northern Colorado. Then, in concert at Hodi’s Half Note with members of Good Gravy.
8:00pm Tuesday, February 14th
Tony Furtado with A Side of Gravy
Hodi’s Half Note – 167 N. College Get tickets online >>>
If you’ve followed Tony Furtado’s prolific music career at all you won’t be surprised to know that his 15th album, Golden, is loaded with several impressive firsts. For the first time, he has self-produced and penned every track. It is also the first time his own artwork- a sculpture of a two-headed rabbit- has been featured on the cover. However, on what is arguably his most engaging, masterful recording to date, one first marks this album more than any other. After 20 years of recording, touring basically living on the road, it is the first time Furtado has ever recorded an album in the town that he calls home.
Recorded, mixed and co-produced by friend and engineer Rob Stroup at 8-Ball Studio in Portland, OR, Golden, is the product of Furtado surrounded by the comforts of home, weaving his way through the diverse cultural fabric of a city rich with music, art and talent. In classic Furtado fashion, he explores the hills and valleys of familiar and new musical territory ranging from Americana, Celtic and folk to indie rock and pop. And while his award-winning playing and unforgettable leads are present throughout, it is his vocal presence, diverse arrangements and songwriting that take center stage on Golden. more >>>
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on January 30, 2012, 4:56 pm,
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For 9 years our community has come together under the call-sign 88.9FM KRFC to create and support great non-commercial radio that fosters deeper connections throughout the community and creates a sense of place.
Over those 9 years Northern Colorado has evolved and enjoyed a rise in major national press for the new generation of musicians and music industry professionals making the front range their home. Likewise, KRFC’s format has evolved with the times to offer our increasingly savvy community more local music, news and entertainment than ever before. With all this in mind, KRFC has booked an unprecedented local line-up to celebrate the friends and neighbors who have worked together to build a buzz-worthy scene and a one-of-a-kind community radio station.
Ben Taylor, son of James Taylor and Carly Simon, returns to Colorado March 10th to headline the 9th Annual KRFC Birthday Bash with additional performances by 2011 local chart-topping artists, John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light, Fierce Bad Rabbit, and Danielle Ate the Sandwich. Martin Gilmore (of Long Road Home) and brilliantly gifted youth-musician Jaden Carlson round out the bill, which kicks off at 5:30pm. All in all, the cost of admission ($20 up to the week of the show; $88.99 VIP) includes a festival-style line up featuring 5 Colorado bands in the newly-renovated Lincoln Center.
Tickets are available now through the Lincoln Center box office, (970) 221-6730 or online.
The son of James Taylor and Carly Simon, Ben Taylor’s life was always centered on music, although he spent several years traveling the world, developing a deep appreciation for the earth and the outdoors. Taylor’s acclaimed previous releases include his debut album, Famous Among the Barns, and Another Run Around The Sun, which was hailed on BBC Radio 2 as “LP of the Week.” All have been released on Iris Records, owned and run by Taylor and industry veteran/musician, Larry Ciancia. It’s a place where the duo is able to control their artistic decisions and create opportunities for other like-minded artists. Ben has performed on such national television shows as Good Morning America, The Tonight Show, The CBS Morning Show, Last Call with Carson Daly, and was featured on an A&E Biography profile as well as on the Howard Stern radio show. He also made his acting debut with a recurring role on NBC’s American Dreams as Cal, a struggling singer/songwriter. Taylor has been featured in countless magazines including People Magazine, Vogue and has even appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. He has toured extensive for years with artists such as Blues Traveler, Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley and Dar Williams.
Taylor’s memorable melodies, immaculate acoustic guitar playing and insightful, honest lyrics have been captivating fans since the moment he embarked on this journey. Making music has become as natural as breathing to Taylor. Accordingly, this approach has colored his songwriting to create music that defies genre definitions. Taylor seamlessly merges the sounds and styles of rock, pop, folk and hip-hop. His albums often run the gamut from sonically spacious acoustic numbers to layered vocals, beats and unique samples. His honest music is led by what is often described as his tuneful and expressive voice, the kind of voice that makes its impact with the smallest turn of a whispered phrase.
After nearly quitting music, John Common made the best record of his life with his new band, Blinding Flashes of Light. By then, Common had been playing music for two decades, beginning with his first high school band in Florida. After college, music took a backseat to corporate job that he abandoned after three years for life on the road a la Kerouac, a journey which took him from Vermont to Kansas. Eventually, Common landed in Denver, where he fronted the alt-country combo Rainville and released a pair of well-received solo albums [2006’s Good To Be Born and 2007’s Why Birds Fly]. By 2007, his creativity was tapped and Common wondered if it was time to just call it a career. But instead of stopping, Common just pressed on. And from the sounds of Beautiful Empty, the debut from his new band, John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light, it’s a good thing he did: Beautiful Empty is his best work yet.
Fresh, energetic and intelligent, Fierce Bad Rabbit takes you on a journey so interesting that you don’t want it to ever end. From the opening notes of “Everything Is Alright”, the first track on their eponymous debut EP, you know you’re in for something new and captivating. Tight melodies and well-crafted lyrics delivered with disciplined passion by front man Chris Anderson, who also plays guitar and keyboards, combined with the powerful yet perfectly nuanced viola and supporting vocals of Alana Rolfe and the rock-solid rhythmic backbone of Dayton Hicks on bass and a newcomer, Max Barcelow, on drums to create a constantly changing but consistently fulfilling musical experience for the listener.
Danielle “Ate the Sandwich” Anderson is a solid young songwriter, gifted with an ethereal voice and the talent for writing honest observations of the ordinary world. Danielle tours nationally, has licensed songs to various films and tv shows and significantly understands and works new media on a generational level. Denver’s Westword described her as, “cripplingly enchanting with lyrics telling the story of a generation coming of age in an age of uncertainty.” And as the postings of over 35,000 loyal subscribers to Danielle’s You Tube channel attest, she has rapidly developed a loyal fanbase who feel Danielle has something to say
about what it means to be young in 2012. Danielle will release her fourth album this summer.
Jaden Carlson realized her passion for guitar at an early age. Starting her venture with classical Suzuki training, she quickly moved to acoustic and electric rock, teaching herself many of her favorite covers and writing her own original material. Her musicianship on the guitar and songwriting is beautiful and impressive. Possessing an amazing ear and an insatiable love for playing and performing, Jaden’s repertoire includes her beautiful and touching originals, as well as many covers by Trevor Hall, John Mayer, Michael Franti & Spearhead,Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dea, U2, The Fobots, and many more. She has had some great opportunities to play with Michael Franti and Spearhead, Trevor Hall, Chris Steele, Keaton Simons, Scott Messersmith, Garrett Sayers, Rob Drabkin, Curtis Salgado, Roy Wooten, Steve Kimock, Dave Watts, Radioactive, Matt Butler and The Everyone Orchestra, and many other amazing artists.Jaden has performed at national venues such as the House Of Blues in San Diego, The Soiled Dove and The Gothic Theater in Denver, The Fox and Boulder Theaters in Boulder.
Martin Gilmore is a founding member of the acclaimed bluegrass band Long Road Home. In 2008 Martin recorded his self titled debut album which showcases some of Colorado’s finest acoustic musicians including: Rich Zimmerman, Todd Livingston, Eric Thorin, Justin Hoffenberg , Aaron Youngberg , Erin Youngberg and Pete Wernick. The project was produced by Infamous Stringdusters bassist Travis Book and was released in August 2009. Martin combines the traditions of folk and bluegrass with powerful storytelling and modern influences. He is as dynamic a performer as he is a songwriter and he is sure to please.
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on January 26, 2012, 10:12 am,
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KRFC is proud to present world-music artist Beth Quist in concert with Jesse Mano at Avogadro’s Number. The artists will donate a portion of their procedes to help continue great local programming on KRFC.
Beth Quist is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer from Boulder, who began playing piano at age 2.
Her early musical influences were “Batman”, “Star Trek” and “Dr. Zhivago”.
“I’m a Little Leopard Prowling Around in Sneakers” was her first musical composition at age 8.
Beth has a 4-octave soprano voice, and plays piano, keyboards, santour (hammered dulcimer), dumbek, kef, guitar, flute, and various other toys that she can get her hands on.
Her music combines influences from the Balkans, the Middle East, and India with her Western upbringing.
She has sung and toured with Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra since 1997, and appears on his albums “Circlesongs”, “Mouth Music”, and “VOCAbuLarieS”.
Beth has also composed over 50 scores for dance, theatre, television and film, including musical contributions to the recent Emmy-nominated documentary, “The Two Escalators”.
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on December 30, 2011, 12:14 pm,
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Twice a month Lyric Cinema Cafe exhibits local musicians, local filmmakers, local artists, local brews, local food and a packed house of local friends new and old.
The first Byllynsgate Ball of 2012 features one of the area’s most polished Americana outfits, Finders and Youngberg. The group just began playing concerts again after taking a well-deserved break to bring a new baby Youngberg into the world. Many here at KRFC have missed them – and we look forward to making up for lost time with two complete sets (before and after the film screening).
This month’s films by Brian Hartley and Scott Schroeder have the staff at The Lyric buzzing with excitement (no small feat for these art-film impresarios).
Not to be missed is a special tapping from Grimm Brothers Brewhouse. You’ll quickly taste why Loveland beer enthusiasts are so pleased the Brewhouse expanded their production two and a half times over.
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on December 22, 2011, 5:23 pm,
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Colorado rocks in no small part thanks to the incredible talent of female-fronted genre-bending groups like SHEL and Patti Fiasco. KRFC is proud to present these two groups on the Hodi’s Half Note stage with a supporting set from local duo Rosewood Divine.
SHEL is Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza, four classically trained musicians who happen to be sisters ranging in age from 18-23. From the artist colony of Fort Collins, Colorado, SHEL is sophisticated and youthful, emotional and lighthearted, classic and eccentric. SHEL’s engaging live show is marked with a prodigy’s creativity and a veteran’s instinct for entertaining. Audiences delight with their unique songwriting style and fresh, new sound.
The Holbrook sisters grew up in a musical household and first appeared on the stage backing their singer-songwriter father, Andrew Holbrook. In 2005, the girls collaborated to form SHEL and now play and write all of their own music. Their new EP, “ When the Dragon Came Down,” was co-produced by SHEL and six-time Grammy award-winner, Brent Maher. The band has attracted the attention of such major media outlets as NPR’s “eTown Live,” and ABC.com; toured nationwide playing fairs and festivals including South by Southwest, International Folk Alliance, Lilith Fair, Four Corners Folk Festival and Cornerstone; and had one of their songs featured in Glade’s Scented Oil Candles national TV ad campaign. More >>>
Patti Fiasco. Now boasting two years of touring, writing, recording, and playing heart and face- melting shows together, this rare crew of Wyoming rockers is onto something special. Their Wyoming heritage and affinity for old-school country inspires an inevitable (and endearing) twang, though the Patti Fiasco still wears the pants of a rock and roll outfit. Frontwoman Alysia Kraft, “seething with talent and energy” (www.99thepoint.com) “has star quality pouring out of her.” (Sonic Reducer, Official Fanzine for the Rock and Roll Tribe). Veteran and versatile rockers Dee Tyler (guitar), Niles Mischke (bass), Scott Clabby (drums) shape the sound, and Ansel Foxley (electric dobro) makes a rock and roll weapon out of a roots instrument seldom electrified and incorporated in the rock and roll sound. With Kraft penning the tunes and the band fine-tuning structures and compositions, the Patti Fiasco puts forth songs with just enough twang, hook, pop sensibility, lyric savvy, and old school charm to bend genres and attract listeners from all sides of the musical spectrum. Their first full-length studio album, moments away from reaching the masses (set to release on June 30), is a testament to their versatility, a genre-bending and exuberant collection that loses none of the Patti Fiasco’s noteworthy live intensity in the studio polish. More >>>
Rosewood Divine. Months after 2 cross country moves, new jobs, and new lives, Ali Paine and Shaefer Welch now call Fort Collins, CO home. Both leaving the mecca of the music industry in Nashville, TN behind, the two have brought their talents and styles together to form Rosewood Divine. After years of learning, writing, and playing, they both found themselves aspiring for a change. Paine, a native of Glenwood Springs, found that returning home to Colorado would be the most ideal location for continuing her music with a fresh start. Welch was soon to follow and in time, Rosewood Divine was in the beginning stages of a harmony driven duo. Welch brings a gritty acoustic country sound to complement the incredible voice and lyrically savvy Paine. Together the two have found a folky, harmony driven sound that reaches out to all. More >>>
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on December 22, 2011, 4:55 pm,
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Hayes Carll is coming to the Mishawaka in support of his highly acclaimed 2011 release KMAG YOYO. This show, with an opening set from Robert Ellis, is presented by KRFC.
Hayes’ new album, which was nominated for two awards at the 10th annual American Honors and Music Awards, continues to receive widespread critical praise — The New York Times asserts, “…[Carll] extends a worthy Texas tradition: the weathered, hard-drinking, weary but clear-eyed troubadour…,” while Spin Magazine included him in their feature “The Next Big Things: 11 Artists You Must Hear in 2011,” calling him a “silver-tongue-in-cheek country iconoclast.” More >>>
The New York Times recently proclaimed that Houston, Texas native Robert Ellis sounds “equally inspired by Jackson Browne and George Jones.” Not a bad reference point for an artist only twenty-two years old. Ellis cut his teeth performing the songs of similar luminaries around town, most notably at the neighborhood beacon, Fitzgerald’s. His “Whiskey Wednesdays” at that club are regularly packed with punkish newcomers and graying locals sharing a mutual interest in artists ranging from Ray Price to Buck Owens to the Rolling Stones. Ellis has songwriting ability equal to his encyclopedic knowledge of these greats and it shines on his upcoming New West Records debut, Photographs, released in July. The young songwriter’s second release is an impressive and diverse concept album split between five breathtaking folk songs and five soon-to-be country standards. Listening to Photographs, one finds it difficult to pigeonhole Robert Ellis. It’s even harder to remember that he’s barely just begun. More >>>
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on December 4, 2011, 11:49 pm,
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Ft. Collins has long led the nation in awesome volunteer culture. Each year KRFC recognizes the outstanding contributions of our volunteers in key areas. If there is a KRFC volunteer you think does an outstanding job, we want to hear about it on our Facebook wall.
Volunteer of the Year – Andy B., Daytime Mix DJ
Outstanding Trainer – Jeff Koepke, host of House Rent Party on Wednesday evenings.
Outstanding Genre-Captain – Scott Foley, Americana Captain & Host of Routes and Branches on Saturdays.
Live@Lunch Volunteer of the Year – Drew Jostad, audio tech
Additionally this year KRFC recognized the outstanding contributions of two volunteers acting as ambassadors to the community. Chances are, if you learned about KRFC for the first time in 2011, it came from the mouth of one of these individuals:
Cindy Schneider, co-host of Live@Lunch & community segment producer.
Vincent Burkardt, co-host of Live@Lunch & Rhythms of Youth producer.
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In addition to our Executive Director’s favorable State-of-the-Station address, members attending KRFC’s 2011 Annual Meeting met and affirmed four new directors to sit on our board beginning January 2012.
Allow us to introduce you to the new volunteers working at the board level to create great radio that is local, non-commercial, and volunteer powered.
KATE HAWTHORNE
Kate Hawthorne has spent her career in and around the noble profession of journalism. A resident of Fort Collins since 2001, she is currently employed as staff writer at the North Forty News in beautiful downtown LaPorte. She spent the last six years with the Northern Colorado Business Report, the final two and a half as editor. Kate has volunteered with the station off and on since it went on the air, writing for Rabbit Hole Radio in the early days, and answering phones. She hopes to bring her in-depth knowledge of the local business community and communications skills to the KRFC board. Kate is married to Bill Jeracki, partner in Orthotic Prosthetic Solutions Inc. in Fort Collins.
LIZ BARNEZ
Liz started her professional career as singer in her hometown of New Orleans at the age of 17 and soon after started writing and recording original music. Liz moved to Fort Collins in December of 1987 and found an enthusiastic audience in the region. Liz has released three CDs of her original music and is included on several other artists’ CDs as a guest performer. Over the course of her career, Liz has toured extensively in the US and has been the opening act for many of her musical heroes. Liz lived in Nashville for two years and immersed herself in the songwriting scene while there. She returned to Fort Collins in 2008 and is semi-retired from touring. Liz’s love of live musical performances led her to create Mudhead Music, which serves as a record label, booking agency and promotes concerts and events in Colorado, including all events for Grant Farm in 2010. In 2011, Liz was on the staff of Bohemian Nights at New West Fest focusing on Artist Relations and Hospitality. Liz is in the process of recording her 4th CD and has plans for a 2012 release. She loves to write, record, and perform and will continue to do so until she is no longer physically able.
JESSE M. McCONNELL
Jesse McConnell is an Audit Manager with the firm of Sample and Bailey, CPA’s. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration – emphasis in Accounting from Washburn University. Prior to relocating to Fort Collins, Jesse spent twelve years in public accounting and two years as a CFO of a regional retailer. He has experience with a variety of client industries including not-for-profit, retail, financial institutions and construction. He is the former Chairman of the Finance Committee for Habitat for Humanity in Las Vegas.
SHANE O’REILLY
Shane began promoting concerts while at the University of Iowa and has over 10 years of experience in the music business. He has promoted a wide range of events from large rock performances to family shows. After years of promoting events in Peoria, Illinois, he relocated to Fort Collins in 2008, where he currently serves as the Manager of Music Events for Bohemian Nights. He is passionate about live music and has attended hundreds of live shows both as a fan and as an event producer.
The New York Times recently proclaimed that Houston, Texas native Robert Ellis sounds “equally inspired by Jackson Browne and George Jones.” Not a bad reference point for an artist only twenty-two years old. Ellis cut his teeth performing the songs of similar luminaries around town, most notably at the neighborhood beacon, Fitzgerald’s. His “Whiskey Wednesdays” at that club are regularly packed with punkish newcomers and graying locals sharing a mutual interest in artists ranging from Ray Price to Buck Owens to the Rolling Stones. Ellis has songwriting ability equal to his encyclopedic knowledge of these greats and it shines on his upcoming New West Records debut, Photographs, released in July. The young songwriter’s second release is an impressive and diverse concept album split between five breathtaking folk songs and five soon-to-be country standards. Listening to Photographs, one finds it difficult to pigeonhole Robert Ellis. It’s even harder to remember that he’s barely just begun.