Friday, July 19th
Gates Opens at 6:00pm | Music Starts at 6:15pm | Event Ends at 11:00pm
TIERRO Band w/ Bridget Law
Comprised of five world-class musicians from very distinct genres. The group was formed in 2012 and has been winning over audiences ever since with its unique Roma Grass musical style. Colorado’s favorite folk fiddler Bridget Law, a founder of the Americana group Elephant Revival, brings her soaring, award-winning musicianship to the stage. Tierro Lee, of the world music band Kan’Nal and lead guitarist for blues-legend Otis Taylor, supplies world-beat inspired melodies. Charles Parker Mertens who studied ragas in India, jazz in the US, toured with Thievery Corporation and Rapidgrass, lays it down on the upright bass. Jonny Jyemo studied extensively in Cuba and Puerto Rico. He plays a percussion kit formed out of a cajon, bongos and a hi-hat and his rhythms are the backbone of the group. In 2019 the band added Nabin Shrestha, a true Tabla Master who was born and raised in Nepal and now lives in Colorado. Arriving on a floating carpet powered by a magical genie, this band of world-class musicians creates a rich tapestry of sonic elegance that stirs the soul as they take the listener on an inspired and creative journey around the globe. A listening experience over a decade in the making.
BIG RICHARD
The world-class musicians in Big Richard initially convened in 2021 for a festival date. The quartet showed up to the one-off like it had been together for years, bursting with jaw-dropping virtuosity; playfully irreverent stage banter; stunning four-part harmony vocal interlace; imaginative arrangements; a refreshingly eclectic repertoire; and a healthy dose of lady rage.
Quickly things for the Colorado-based, neo-acoustic supergroup morphed into something way bigger than a one-and-done appearance. The sellout club shows, and the confirmed festival dates across America drastically changed its members’ lives. Now, Big Richard is poised to penetrate the Americana music world and beyond. To date, the quartet has issued 3 singles, the Live from Telluride album, and it has new music on the way.
Big Richard siphons from traditional bluegrass, oldtime, classical, modern bluegrass, country, and pop. The four-piece band masterfully mash up genres, often using traditional fiddle tune pieces as instrumental flights of fancy between its storyteller original songs. The group also refreshingly reinvents beloved traditional tunes.
The four musicians have previously played together in various configurations, but united to rage fiddle tunes and smash the patriarchy in Big Richard. The band is platinum recording artist Bonnie Sims on mandolin (Bonnie & Taylor Sims, Everybody Loves an Outlaw, Bonnie and the Clydes), multi-genre musician Dr. Joy Adams on cello (Nathaniel Rateliff, Darol Anger, Half Pelican, Bruce Hornsby, Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, Ben Folds), Hazel Royer on bass and guitar, and Eve Panning on fiddle (Lonesome Days, TEDx, Barrage, Hollywood Film Score Orchestra).
Pesky Grape Seeds
Featuring Early Summer Music Festival Founder & Amazing Idaho Luthier; Lawrence Smart!
The Pesky Grapeseeds have been playing roots music around the Sawtooth Basin and Wood River Valley for the past 16 years. They honor the tradition of brother duet harmonies and traditionally interpreted more modern music.
The band is: Dave Muscavage on mandolin and fence repair and irrigation, Tim Cron on string bass and oatmeal pancakes, Lawrence Smart on guitar and stupid jokes.
Band’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063974026341
Lawrence’s Luthier Website: www.lawrencesmart.com