The Mountain-Ear Podcast

Mar 07 2025 292 ep. 28 mins 4
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Music of the Mountains: Where to be and what to see -- Sky Kelsey

Mar 07 2025 24 mins  
Send us a text Together, Sky Kelsey and Marty Smith serve as founding members of the traditional Irish band The Safehouse. Kelsey and Smith have been the consistent leading members of the group and have played together for many years. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, they honed their sound as a duo for the first time. Kelsey and his then-girlfriend (now-wife) stay

Local Business Spotlight: Canyon Tavern and Wondervu Cafe under new management (with Mauro Gomez and Oscar Padilla)

Mar 06 2025 26 mins  
Send us a text Chef Oscar Padilla has been working in and running restaurants for over twenty-five years. Born in Los Angeles, he grew up in Mexico City with his grandmother, observing and admiring her culinary techniques, particularly her preparation of traditional Mexican dishes. Inspired to pursue a culinary career, he studied and worked in Mexico City, establishing his reputati

Maryann Rosen Shares Stories for Women’s History Month about Notable Women of Colorado

Mar 03 2025 25 mins  
Send us a text In this transition from February into March, correspondent Maryann Rosen tells stories of notable women of Colorado to usher in Women's History Month! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak! If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at [email protected]! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use t

Music of the Mountains: Where to be and what to see -- Michael Lenssen

Mar 02 2025 19 mins  
Send us a text Michael Lenssen (also known as Mickey Lenny) is a multi-instrumentalist and composer currently based in Denver. He plays trumpet, cornet, and multiple synthesizer-based instruments (including the Electric Wind Instrument), but he didn’t start out on those instruments. His brother, two years older than him, started playing the violin when he was about five, and Lenn

Maryann Rosen Shares Stories of Notable African Americans in Colorado History for Black History Month

Feb 24 2025 25 mins  
Send us a text In the previous segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, we brought you Black History Month articles from the paper. Now, correspondent Maryann Rosen shares more stories for Black History Month connected to Colorado! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak! If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact th

AUDIO LIBRARY - Black History Month: The Lincoln Hills trolley, Volume 48, Issue 18, February 20, 2025/Central City's Clara Brown, Volume 45, Issue 17, February 17, 2022

Feb 23 2025 13 mins  
Send us a text As the first of two dedicated segments of The Mountain-Ear Podcast for Black History Month 2025, writer Sara Sandstrom reads two articles about Black history in the Peak to Peak area from The Mountain-Ear! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak! If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host

Music of the Mountains: Where to be and what to see -- Old Pup (Will Hansen)

Feb 21 2025 30 mins  
Send us a text Will Hansen has been performing pedal steel guitar for various bands in his home base of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the majority of his musical career. Over the last couple of years, he’s leaned more into performing for his solo project, Old Pup. When Hansen first started performing as Old Pup near the end of the 2010s, he scheduled the odd show here and there outsid

AUDIO LIBRARY - 3,000 wildflowers and one wild heart, Volume 48, Issue 18, February 20, 2025

Feb 20 2025 7 mins  
Send us a text As this podcast's schedule gets back on track, here is another Audio Library segment for the Discover Colorado column in the February 20th, 2025 issue of The Mountain Ear! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak! If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at [email protected]! SUBSC

AUDIO LIBRARY - Life in Nature: Get a grip, Volume 48, Issue 17, February 13, 2025

Feb 16 2025 7 mins  
Send us a text Before getting this podcast's regular schedule back on track, we're reading an article from the Valentine's Day 2025 issue of The Mountain Ear! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring the news and culture from peak to peak! If you want to be featured in the podcast, contact the host at [email protected]! SUBSCRIBE ONLINE and use the coup

Music of the Mountains: Where to be and what to see -- Brendan Forrest

Feb 15 2025 32 mins  
Send us a text Brendan Forrest considers the folk tradition as his primary music pursuit. He focuses on bluegrass and Americana-adjacent styles, including singer-songwriter and flatpicking as a solo artist and roots with a full backing band. Forrest has been playing traditional music from a young age. He started playing the highland bagpipes at ten years old, falling in love with C