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Capital Americana
December 3, 2011

Rebroadcast On: 12/07/2011, 08/18/2012

We’re focusing on songwriting and The Planet Bluegrass Song School and Folks Fest. We’ll hear unreleased tunes recorded on the banks of the St. Vrain, explain “the running of the tarps” and hear the finalists in The Rocky Mountain Songwriter Showcase.

Program: Capital Americana
Hosted by: Jen Hitt

Description

Planet Bluegrass, based in Lyons, Colorado, is responsible for producing several music events over the course of the year: the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Rockygrass Festival and academy, the Wildflower Concert Series, and The Rocky Mountain Folks Fest and Song School.

Click on the listen links below to hear sounds from the 2011 Song School, as well as the finalists of the 2011 Songwriter Showcase.

Both the Song School & Folks Fest 2011 sold out, tickets for the 2012 Song School and Folks Fest are on-sale on December 7, 2011.

Listen to Segment 1 – Song School:
Joe Stevens (of Coyote Grace), Jill Brzezicki

Listen to Segment 2 - The Running of the Tarps

Listen to Segment 3 - Songwriter Showcase:
Kyle James Hauser, Olinde Mandell, Ryan Tanner

Listen to Segment 4 – Songwriter Showcase:
RJ Cowdry, Caleb Hawley, Annabelle Chvostek

Listen to Bonus Segment – Songwriter Showcase:
Cindy Woolf, David Berkeley, Maura Jensen, Jason Spooner

Video: The Running of the Tarps

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