Updated 6/17/12 @ 4:30PM

HOW TO HELP High Park Fire Information Updates

 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN EVACUATED PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK IN WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE SAFE

 

HOW TO HELP High Park Fire Information Updates

 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN EVACUATED PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK IN WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE SAFE.

Larimer County, Colorado – Larimer County will open the High Park Fire Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) on Friday morning, June 15^th at 7am at Johnson Hall on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins. The DRC, a partnership between Larimer County, the State Department of Local Affairs, and Colorado State University will provide a one-stop opportunity for victims of the High Park Fire to receive services and obtain information on County, State, and CSU services. Go to www.larimer.org Thursday, June 14 for additional information.

Details:
Open: Beginning Friday, June 15^th at 7am

•   Monday- Friday, 7am-7pm
•   Saturday & Sunday – 9am-3pm
•   Hours can be extended or cut-back as needed
•   DRC Duration is guesstimated at 3-4 weeks, as needed

Directions to the DRC:

Johnson Hall, south entrance, 950 E. Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523, room #222

•  CSU Map link – http://maps.colostate.edu/#b=46
•  Driving south, just past Laurel St., on College Ave. turn right on University Ave., right on East Drive north to the parking lot directly across from Johnson Hall
•  Driving north, just past Prospect Road, turn left on Pitkin St., right on East Drive, north to the parking lot directly across from Johnson Hall

Parking:

• CSU is providing free parking for those needing services at the DRC. Parking is directly south of the CSU Administration Building (and directly west of Johnson Hall), on the east side of the lot (#349 on the map). This is a lot with parking meters, but spaces have been set aside free-of-charge for fire victims.   (Overflow parking in lot #440 – on map)

Kinds of Services Available:

• Larimer County Department of Human Services – Determines Eligibility for State and Federal Programs and temporary assistance
• Larimer County Dept. of Health & Environment – Information on clean-up/debris removal,  vaccinations, air and water quality, septic systems, personal health information, and more.
• Larimer County Planning & Building  Services
• Housing Counseling
• Mental Health Services
• American Red Cross
• Colorado 211
• Extension
• CSU Services
• Other agencies and services as needs arise

 

Humanitarian efforts from the Red Cross at The Ranch:

Volunteers will be assembling Disaster Cleanup Recovery Kits at the The Ranch Sunday at 11a.m. Items for these kits will include: Sifters, shovels, rakes, work gloves, masks, trash bags, goggles, sponges, paper towels, rags, all purpose cleaners, comfort kits. These items were brought in by a truck from a Red Cross warehouse in St. Louis and also include items donated by Lowes.

Evacuees can drop off their dirty laundry with the volunteers at the trailer and pick it up washed and folded, thanks to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. The laundry trailer will be open at noon today.

Neighbor to Neighbor in conjunction with the Colorado Division of Housing, is providing ongoing housing expertise, counseling and rental housing resources to displaced families at The Disaster Recovery Center, Johnson Hall, Colorado State University campus.

Moore Animal Hospital(Stover and Drake) they are taking animals displaced from the High Park Fire.  They are accepting applications for foster homes for small animals.  For more information please call (970)416-9101/ Moore Animal Hospital 2550 Stover Street, Building H Fort Collins, CO 80525

Northern Colorado Red Cross : Monetary Donations Needed most
www.ColoradoRedCross.org

Disaster Services -Jason Godinez-Response Director Phone:  (970) 226-5728 x225 GodinezJ@centennialarc.org

Larimer Humane Society: Monetary donations – can be made securely online – due to the lack of storage at their facility, the best way to help us assist with this fire right now is with a monetary donation. This allows them to purchase food and other items as needed and as space allows.
www.LarimerHumane.org

If your animal is missing visit: www.larimerhumane.org/animals/lost-and-found

Kara Pappas- 970-530-2948 kpappas@larimerhumane.org

HelpColoradoNow.org is a resource with links to all this information and more.

 Northern Colorado Rebuilding Network-High Park Fire Rebuilding Fund The High Park Fire continues to burn.  We are standing by and collecting donations that will be allocated to those whose homes have been significantly impacted by the fire and decide to sustainably rebuild in Larimer County.

The allocation of funds will depend on the rebuilding effort. Requirements include at least one of the following strategies: utilize active solar (PV or hot water), passive solar design, or wind power.  NoCo Rebuilding Network may also be called upon to organize volunteer efforts.

Mission: To promote and enable locally sustainable rebuilding in response to a disaster.

Vision: For those who have lost their home in a disaster and choose to rebuild in our community, we hope to provide access to materials, volunteers, financial support, local expertise, and sustainable best practices.  We envision greater alignment between the built and natural environment while providing a model for other communities.

Donations can be directed to our Community Funded site. http://communityfunded.com/projects/nocorebuildingnetwork/high-park-fire-rebuilding-fund/

The Salvation Army is asking for monetary donations to aid people affected by the fire. The group’s emergency disaster truck and canteen is at The Ranch serving residents who need meals and/or a place to stay.

Residents have been streaming in with donations of household goods, clothing and food, but Salvation Army’s Social Services director Olga Duvall said monetary donations are most needed right now so funds can be directed where they’re most needed.

www.imsalvationarmy.org 303-866-9216

 

Community Foundation of Northern Colorado In a response to the High Park Fire, the Community Foundation has created a Public Lands Restoration Fund that will support long-term sustainability of natural resources in our region, including the restoration of public acreage impacted by the fire.

Visit:  www.communityfoundationnc.org Please type “Public Lands Restoration Fund” in the designation box. 

You may also mail a check payable to the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado to our office at 4745 Wheaton Dr., Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Please write “Public Lands Restoration Fund” in the memo line.

The Colorado Bar Association is sponsoring a toll-free legal helpline to assist victims of the High Park Fire with nonemergency, legal questions related to the fire. Call (800) 332-6736. Callers may leave their information, including name, contact information, and the nature of their legal issue or question, and will be contacted by an attorney within 48 hours to answer questions or to refer them to a legal aid organization.

Attorneys will assist with questions related to issues such as property loss, insurance claims, landlord-tenant issues, replacing wills and other important legal documents, and consumer protection matters.

 

Fundraisers and Relief Concerts

Avogadros Number and KRFC are partnering for a High Park Fire Relief show on Wednesday June 20^th.  Silent auction and great music!  Evacuees, Firefighters and friends in the Canyon are encouraged to attend.

Another benefit focused on rebuilding after the fire is also being planned for June 27^th at Avogadros Number with music by Matt Skinner Trio and Michael Kirkpatrick of the Holler.  If you are a builder, insurance company or have information on how to rebuild after the fire please email Danielle@krfcfm.org

The Colorado Brewers’ Festival is setting up onsite festival collections next weekend for donations to the Northern Colorado Chapter Red Cross and High Park Fire Relief.

Whitebird Productions, Inc., fundraiser, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday at the Inferno, formerly Phase and the White Buffalo, 5400 N. Garfield St., Loveland.  Music begins at 11, and will feature both acoustic acts and full bands. A buffet and full bar will be offered. The nonprofit is actively seeking donations for the silent auction

Local Business Giving Back

Fort Collins Brewery- will be donating $1 from every taster tray purchased on Saturday June 16^th at Gravity 10/20 located at 1020 Lincoln Avenue.

JAX Fish House and Oyster Bar is inviting all evacuees to “come to our house”  for Caesar salad and your choice of gumbo or a shrimp plate.  Jax is located at 123 N. COLLEGE AVE.

Tasty Harmony would like to invite any Evacuees and Fire Crew a free House or Caesar sald and bowl of soup with bread. If you need a recharge and taste of real food, come on in and relax for a bit! Our hearts go out to the mountains, the animals and the lives changed. Tasty Harmony is located at 130 S. Mason

EquiStencils — Designs for the Equine is offering free stencils for all evacuees. The stencils are a way to have fun with your horse and something entertaining for the kids. EquiStencils will also donate 50 percent of all sales through June to the fire relief efforts. Information: www.equistencils.com or call Sara at (970) 673-3075.

Jay’s Bistro 135 W. Oak St., Fort Collins, will donate 20 percent of all dinner and bar proceeds to the American Red Cross on Sunday, Father’s Day. For information or reservations call (970) 482-1876.

Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant Co. is hosting community nights on Monday at all six Rio locations — Fort Collins, Boulder, Greeley, Denver, Steamboat Springs and Park Meadows — and at sister restaurant El Monte Grill. The Rio and El Monte Grill will donate 10 percent of the total Monday sales to fire relief.

Pateros Creek Brewery is hosting a fundraiser on June 16 from 11-2.  Proceeds will from Stimulator sales will benefit Red Cross

Equinox Brewing- will be donating all sales of Thursday’s firkin, Sunrise Golden Ale conditioned with locally grown elder flowers, to the American Red Cross.  Located at 13 Remington St.

 

Oskar Blues Brewery is donating $1 from every Oskar Blues beer purchased at the Lyons, Longmont and Tasting Room.  More information is available at www.oskarblues.com

New Belgium Brewing Company and our partners Decker Truck Line, Team Petroleum, and Hydra Trucking are working with the Larimer County Humane Society, State of Colorado Emergency Operations Center, Salvation Army, and American Red Cross to allocate resources to the response efforts. Current allocated resources include: refrigeration trailer, dry van, pallet jack, fuel, certified drivers, and packaging materials. This list will continue to grow in the coming days.

 

Fort Collins Club is hosting a free Zumba class event for the Red Cross, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Spring Canyon Park. It also offered its facilities to 150 campers from the Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp a place to shower after they were evacuated on Tuesday.

Those interested in participating in the Zumba class should meet before the scheduled start time at the Northwest Pavilion area. Donations are optional, but those who can give are encouraged to help with disaster relief for the High Park Fire, as well as countless crises around the world by making a donation to support the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. For more information, visit www.fortcollinsclub.net or call (970) 224-2582.

Clothes Pony & Dandelion Toys, 111 N. College Ave., Fort Collins, is donating 15 percent of all sales this weekend to the Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department. Clothes Pony manager, Joanne Bailey, is among the evacuees of the High Park Fire.

Lia Sophia jewelry will donate 50 percent of all sales during a High Park Fire fundraiser to fire relief efforts.

To participate, visit www.liasophia.com/sherriahlberg, browse jewelry and enter “Fire Fundraiser” as the hostess. Information: Sherri Ahlberg at (970) 980-9485

The Institute of Business & Medical Careers, Inc.’s Therapeutic Massage Student Clinic is donating all revenue, generated from massages at the Fort Collins Clinic, to the American Red Cross of Northern Colorado’s Fire Relief Fund for the victims of the High Park Fire. This fundraiser will run through June 30.

The IBMC Student Massage Clinic is open from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 3842 South Mason St. Sixty-minute student massages are $30, and 90-minute student massages are $40 for members of the general public. IBMC’s appointments may be booked by calling (970) 223-2669 or by visiting www.ibmc.edu/massage_fort_collins.asp.

couch-tour.com presents High Park Fire Benefit W CO. Craft Beer Show, Local Beer Tasting and music from Tori Pater & Eric Martinez Saturday June 23rd

Zamparelli’s Italian Bistro and Atlas Valley Wine & Spirits have teamed up with couch-tour.com to raise money for the victims of the High Park Fire.  The Colorado Craft Beer Show will broadcast from Noon until 2 p.m. In addition to the live broadcast there will be beer tasting from several Colorado breweries like Avery, Lefthand and Oskar Blues from 11 am until 4pm. The afternoon will be capped off with live music starting at 2:00pm from Tori Pater and Eric Martinez both of the Dyrty Byrds. Jimmy Z will be on the patio all day with Italian sausage sandwiches to go along with your beer.  10 percent of all sales will go to the Red Cross High Park Fire Fund.  The beer will be available for donation with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Red Cross fund. More information available at  303.664.1275

 

How our community is helping each other :

Beaver Meadows Resort and Ranch is offering free camping on their campgrounds to evacuees.  Discounted rates for anyone who needs to get away from the smoke.  Information is available at www.BeaverMeadows.com or by calling 970-881-2450

Foundations Counseling is offering 3 free counseling sessions to any evacuees of the High Park Fire more information is available by calling 970-227-2770

Bar Double S in LaPorte is accepting donations for the Colorado Red Cross at the Bar Double S.

Fort Collins Board of Realtors- FCBR’s Community Affairs Committee has put together a mission to raise money for the families and their animals that have been affected by the ‘High Park’ Fire.

Starting on Monday afternoon there will be containers in the larger offices where you can put your donations in and for the small offices and affiliate members you can drop them off at the Fort Collins Board office located at 110 West Harvard St or any of the following Member Offices; RE/MAX Advanced, RE/MAX Alliance offices, Coldwell Banker, Prudential Rocky Mountain, Gray Rock, Keller Williams, Wells Fargo, Cornerstone, Century 21 Humpal, & The Group Inc. offices. FCBR will also be collecting funds at Tuesday’s Rookie Club & Thursday’s Community Appreciation Luncheon.

www.fcbr.org/HighParkFire

PATIENTS SOUNDS & ACT SO BIG FOREST are collecting music submissions for a benefit compilation. All proceeds from the sales of this compilation go to victims. HTTP://PATIENTSOUNDS.COM

Fort Collins acupuncturists have collaborated to give assistance to the thousands that have been affected by the fire. Associated fatigue, emotional and physical stress related to the tragedy can have detrimental affects on health.

With some assistance from Acupuncturists Without Borders, volunteer acupuncturists from the community are offering free acupuncture treatments for all victims and workers from the high park fire.

Treatments will take place at the Northside Azlan Center at 112 East Willow Street in Fort Collins.

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Photo courtesy of the North Forty News

The Board of Larimer County Commissioners will hold a public update meeting for High Park Fire survivors on Monday, July 9^th beginning at 6:30p.m. in the Hearing Room, 1^st floor, Larimer County Courthouse Offices Building, 200 West Oak Street, Fort Collins.

The Board of Commissioners and County staff want to gather information from the High Park Fire survivors about current needs and concerns.

The Commissioners, County Manager Linda Hoffmann, and other agencies will provide preliminary information for High Park Fire survivors and discuss the kinds of services the County is organizing and expects to provide in the coming months.

Larimer County Emergency Information

InciWeb- Incident Information

Nathaniel Rateliff, Brent Cowles and Joe Sampson perform/interview on a special ” “Songwriter in the Round” session of KRFC 88.9FM Live@Lunch.

“While recording In Memory of Loss, Rateliff lived in Chicago, working with producer Brian Deck to craft the nuances: mournful harmonica on “You Should’ve Seen the Other Guy,” the ominous organ of “Longing and Losing,” propulsive bass drum on “Early Spring Till.” Rateliff’s Rounder debut is rooted in a bygone era. It’s both fresh and classic, imbued with a melancholy nostalgia, the rough candor of rock’n’roll’s past and the warmth and earnestness of folk storytellers. Rateliff has a personal connection to the sounds of the 60s and 70s. “It was more about songs, and not about an industry,” he says. “It was about a movement, not about making money. I think we’re moving back into that again. There’s still an importance in actually writing songs again. People are interested in hearing things that make sense.”

These thirteen tracks, with their soulful minimalism, certainly make sense. Hints of the music he grew up on – Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, the Beatles—shine through. (Album closer “Happy Just To Be,” with its pounding piano chords, is a close cousin to the Lennon-penned “Across the Universe.”) Yet Rateliff is also at home in what may be called, for lack of a better term, the neo-folk revival. His voice is so confident that you can occasionally imagine the music dropping out entirely, a song propelled solely by Rateliff’s a capella strengths—equal parts church spiritual and TV on the Radio riffing on the Pixies’ “Mr. Grieves.”

“The one thing that made me want to write and play music was trying to get the same feeling that it gave me when I listened to it,” Rateliff says. “Like having an anxiety attack—where you almost start to weep, at the same time feel a strange pressure in your chest.” This persistent troubadour has struggled and persevered to this point; now, the wider world is ready for Nathaniel Rateliff. “In Memory of Loss,” he says, “is for everyone who’s willing to listen.”

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“Hickman is best known for co-founding the band Cracker. His fiery lead guitar sound and spirited co-writing gave flavor to that band’s alternative radio hits, including Teen Angst, Low, Get Off This, and Eurotrash Girl. Cracker, founded in 1991 with childhood friend David Lowery, has eight full-length releases to date. Kerosene Hat (1994) remains an alternative music collection staple. Lowery and Hickman together are seen as godfathers of the alternative music scene, who turned gently away from plaid-clad grunge in the 1990s with more countrified and bluesy stylings. Their collaboration with the jam-band Leftover Salmon in 2003 further proved that no one genre could contain them.

Prior to his tenure in Cracker, Hickman toured as a solo/folk acoustic performer, had a brief stint in the Unforgiven (a tongue-in-cheek-Western guitar rock band), and co-founded the Inland Empire (California) cult band the Dangers. Influenced by punk rock, surf guitar, and true Bakersfield country, Hickman’s sound is often imitated but never perfected by anyone but he and his signature 1978 Les Paul.

Occasionally, Hickman ventures away from solo work and Cracker to spearhead side projects, such as All Thumbs Trio (with moe. guitarist Chuck Garvey, and East Coast guitarist Gibb Droll), and Crazysloth, an Arizona-based band. Film and TV work to date include one full film score for the independent River Red, as well as the placement of Lowery/Hickman songs in several popular films.”

~courtesy  © ReviewNetMedia.

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“Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, The Holler! presents a bluegrassy sound, rock n’ roll personality and passionate vocals delivered with mountaintop exclamation.  This quartet of prolific songwriters uses mandolin, guitar, bass, drums, and four bombastic baritone voices to create their Folkedelic sound.  In the canyons of influence, with child-like eyes and wonder, these tone chasers relentlessly explore their roots in acoustic music and dramatic lyricism.  This band’s bottomless cup of original repertoire is led by mandolin obsessed songsmith Michael Kirkpatrick, whose voice resonates with evangelical theatrics and gratitude.  Hot-shot guitar slinger Brian Adams picks some of the tastiest licks this side of Garciaville.  With Brad Poto on bass guitar and Kris Smith on drums, The Holler!’s energetic live show is fortified with a groove that induces movement of body and mind.   9 years of sonic wanderlust has seen the band through many forms, employing sitar, keyboards, tuba, lap steel, accordion and world percussion into their evolving acoustic folk-rock format.  Their repertoire artistically celebrates reverence for nature, the exploration of human consciousness, and their passion for festive community gatherings while echoing the Colorado landscape The Holler! calls home.

In addition to original music, The Holler! has fun twisting up songs by influences such as: Led Zeppelin, Bjork, The Grateful Dead, Ween, Roger McGuinn, Taj Mahal, The Highwaymen, and Darrell Scott.  They have a charismatic ability to connect with a diverse demographic of music lovers, shaking up dance floors, elevating love frequencies, and having lots of fun along the way!

“The group’s songwriting is second-to-none, creating a diverse album that holds quick to its mountain roots.  There is some subtle magic going on here as The Holler! swiftly and thoroughly draws you in with their one-of-a-kind lyricism and finger-pickin’ goodness.” -review of Gratitude by Dusty Ray, Scene Magazine July 2011

-awarded “Best Bluegrass Band 2011″ by the Fort Collins Musicians Association

-placed 3rd Place in Northern Colorado’s Scene Magazine Battle of the Bands 2010

History

Holler!WildPicked who?  Michael Kirkpatrick’s progressive acoustic vision goes back to 2002 with a project called Wildwood Holler! consisting of upright bass, banjo, and mandolin. This Colorado string trio made an underground name for themselves, from the Rockies to the Ozarks to the Cascades, in a big green school bus between 2004-2008. Eventually percussion and a tasty guitar player were added and banjo was traded for the tuba! This rock-tuba-grass quartet recorded and performed under the name Handpicked Holler! from 2008-2010. In early 2010, bass guitar was re-introduced to the band and the name was simplified to The Holler!.  Michael continue’s to walk this path of folk-rock and bluegrass with willing cohorts and enjoys the experience of working with great musicians.”

Band Members

Michael Kirkpatrick- Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar, Lap Steel

Brian Adams- Guitar, Vocals

Brad Poto- Bass, Vocals

Kris Smith- Drums

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“It’s fashionable these days for bands to call themselves “eclectic,” or “genre-bending,” but for Denver, Colorado’s Oakhurst, those terms aren’t the result of some marketing strategy, or even of well-meant wishful thinking—they’re the simple, unvarnished truth.  For proof, just look to the fact that Oakhurst has been nominated for their hometown’s independent weekly’s music awards in five different categories—or, even better, just listen to their brand new album, Barrel.  Because when you get right down to it, it’s all about the music, and while the music Oakhurst makes on Barrel isn’t the kind that defies description, it’s definitely the kind that defies any one description. The result is a perfect snapshot of an upward-bound quintet that’s as broad-ranging as any you’re likely to hear all year.

Produced by Joe Pisapia (Guster, K. D. Lang) and recorded at Nashville’s Middle Tree Studios, Barrel takes a noticeable turn from the bluegrass leanings that characterized the band’s previous effort, Jump in the Get Down. On Barrel, largely due to the mid-production departure of the group’s banjo player and the arrival of guitarist Daniel Lawrence Walker – whose slide work gives the project a bluesier edge – the band finds it self with a whole new sound. That’s not to say that there isn’t continuity in the prominence of acoustic guitar, mandolin and even some banjo throughout. In fact, there’s even a taste of just-about-straightforward ‘grass in the tribute to one of the group’s heroes, John Hartford.

“It’s much more roots-rock Americana,” bassist Johnny Qualley told the Aspen Times while the group was still hard at work on the album, and that’s right as far as it goes, but in the end, Barrel really does elude easy description; just when you think that you’ve got it pegged with the good-time, good-natured feel of the title track, your expectations are confounded by the electrified sonorities and heartfelt yearning of “Satellites,” and then by the country flavor of “Out West,” written with the help of the Infamous Stringdusters’ Jeremy Garrett.  There’s the easy R & B sway of “I’ll Be All Right,” the lilt of “Promises,” the moody cosmic American music atmospherics of “Surrender” and “Please,” which seamlessly blend a dozen different influences. Then there is the heartfelt appeal of “Time To Change” and even a raucous hoedown on “Mission,” which brings the banjo back for one more turn.

What’s more, there are also new accents, new rhythms, like in the loose, easy-going lope of songs like “Hallelu.” There are also new textures, and a new gravity, too, in the lyrics; these are boys who know how to settle back and have a good time, but they’re also men who know there’s more to life than that. Just within the three songs on the Barrel EP, there is prevailing optimism in the face of adversity, the importance of a father’s touch and awe for life itself.  Through these tunes the writers seem to be acutely aware that there are lessons and opportunity all around them and these songs inspire us to remember the simple things and not get  wrapped up in or trapped by the times, locations or circumstances we live in. They unpretentiously encourage us to simply enjoy life and all it brings.

Yet there’s a logic—even a kind of inevitability—to Barrel’s quicksilver shifts, reflecting the twists and turns of a collective career that’s now entering its second decade.  Qualley and lead singer/guitarist A. P. Hill are the lone holdovers from the founding lineup, with drummer Chris Budin, mandolin/guitar man Max Paley joining more recently and Walker the freshest recruit—but whether old or new, each member is an essential contributor.  The result is an ensemble that’s earned enough acclaim—and enough fans—to keep them on the road year-round.  Indeed, whether tearing it up around Denver, traveling across the country or crossing the oceans, Oakhurst have been tapped to appear with a dizzying variety of fellow artists, ranging from jam-grass favorites like Yonder Mountain String Band and Leftover Salmon to Americana staples like the Avett Brothers and John Hiatt to country icons such as Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett to flat-out rockers like Lynyrd Skynyrd. Heck, Zac Brown and a couple band mates sat in and played funk songs with Oakhurst one year at Telluride Bluegrass. How many genres does that cover? Wherever they have done their thing, they have always gotten audiences up on their feet with their infectious energy.

So when you hear Oakhurst—and their latest album—described as “eclectic,” resist the temptation to doubt.  Some artists talk the talk, but when it comes to music that knows no boundaries and no limits and yet remains deeply rooted in the American vernacular, Oakhurst is one tight group that knows how to walk the walk.”

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Eufórquestra is a seven-member unit that relocated to Fort Collins, CO in Summer 2008 after spending five years in Iowa City, IA. The band’s own brand of High Intensity Global Dance Music is a percussion and horn driven blend of modern music that fuses afrobeat, reggae, dub, funk, rock, soca and highlife with traditional sounds from Cuba, Brazil, West Africa and beyond. This is cutting edge music that ignites dance floors across the country with a sound that “explodes, dances and melts in your ear with sheer bliss” (Chris M. Slawecki; www.allaboutjazz.com). With three full-length albums to their name and a relentless tour schedule (averaging over 110 shows annually), Eufórquestra has become one of the hottest bands on Colorado’s live music circuit and has created a national presence with performances all over the country at clubs, theaters, community events, and many great festivals including Electric Forest, Wakarusa, moe. Summer Camp, 80/35, Sweet Pea Festival, NedFest, Groovefest, Montana Beer Festival, the Iowa City Jazz Festival and their own Camp Euforia (hosting the 8th annual in 2011). The band has also been fortunate enough to collaborate with and support many other nationally touring artists including Page McConnell of Phish, Kyle Hollingsworth of String Cheese Incident, the Gin Blossoms, The Motet, John Brown’s Body, Toubab Krewe, Great American Taxi and many more. Eufórquestra’s latest studio album “Soup” was released for free online and has been downloaded over 10,000 times since its release in Fall 2009. After adding new members Ben Soltau and Matt Wright (bass and keys, respectively) the band shows no sign of slowing with multiple album and EP releases in the works and busy 2011 tour schedule. Find them online, spread the word, see them live and find out what they put in that Soup…

Eufórquestra is:
Mike Tallman (Guitar/Mandolin/Vocals)
Ben Soltau (Bass/Vocals)
Matt Wright (Keys)
Adam Grosso (Drums)
Matt Grundstad (Percussion/Vocals)
Ryan Jeter (Tenor Saxophone/Vocals)
Austin Zaletel (Alto Saxophone/Vocals)

 

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Rock, Rhythm, Blues and a Whole Lotta Soul out of Fort Colins, Colorado. Mama Lenny & the Remedy vocals start off nice and soft, and then we finish nice and rough. With reviews like “The Soul! My God the Soul!” and “A sound unlike anyone else’s”; How can you go wrong! If you’re into kick ass vocals, soul stirring lyrics, face melting guitar solos, or pretty girls in sequins, we’ve got you covered. If you’ve got a fever, we’ve got the Remedy!

Laniece Micek-Schleicher “Mama Lenny” – Lead vocals
Ben Prytherch – Bass
Ken Monks – Guitar
Jeff Blayney – Drums
Thalia Stevenson- Keyboard / Vocals
Greta Cornett – Trumpet
Amanda Hofer-Ernst – Vocals
Kelly Keeler – Vocals

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