eTown

The wayback machine lands us back in 2017 to revisit a show featuring John Moreland and Phoebe Hunt. Nick joins John onstage for an acoustic tour de force of Oklahoma folk-flavored original tunes and Phoebe is joined by the eTones as she lends her silky-voiced twang to the Americana lexicon. We also hear from Susan Burton, a formerly incarcerated drug addict turned activist who has used her life experience to help and reform others with similar struggles. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

What a special eTown we have for you this week!. From Nashville, comes veteran singer-songwriter, Darrell Scott, whose songs have literally travelled out of this world. And, from the Netherlands comes a newcomer to the Nashville song factory, Jana Mila. Both artists share their unique takes on classics as well as original songs. Also, Nick chats with Allison Neswood about her social justioce work with the Native American Rights Fund. Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ If you'd like to support eTown's mission, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week on eTown we revisit a show from last year - eTown travels all of 30 miles from Boulder to The Mission Ballroom in Denver, Colorado to catch the amazing performances from two Austin, Texas-based acts: Charley Crockett, a street performing vagabond turned New Country star, and Greyhounds, a funky, funky trio of soulful gentlemen. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/

This week on eTown we feature two acts that are veteran stalwarts of the music world. From Nashville comes The Del McCoury Band, one the premier groups in Bluegrass, featuring multiple generations of the McCoury family. Ann Savoy joins us from Eunice, Louisiana and performs songs from her latest album, Another Heart, a collection of autobiographical remnants from her life. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

This week on eTown, we're headed back in time to 2020 to feature a tough-to-pin-down bluegrass-influenced band The Lil Smokies as well as English singer-songwriter Jack Broadbent. Nick also has a chat with a young indigenous climate activist Xiye Bastida. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

What a great show we have for you this week! The hilarious and talented John Craigie travels to eTown Hall from Portland, Oregon along with his band. Also on the bill is the Americana songstress, Jobi Riccio who comes to us from just down the road in Morrison, Colorado. She shares songs from her Nashville debut - Whiplash. Nick also interviews the first Native American Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities - Shelly C. Lowe. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

This week on eTown, we’re featuring indie-folk-rock band Big Thief and legendary Americana singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, live from Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO. While the theatre of Red Rocks is dramatic in and of itself, this year’s show was electric–-storms brewed overhead before, during, and after. Paired with incredible music from Big Thief and Lucinda Williams, set and setting combined for a night that was nothing short of magic. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

What a great show we have for you this week! Donavon Frankenreiter joins us from Hawaii and spreads all the chill beach vibes. From the great Canadian city of Toronto comes Donovan Woods to share his intimate brand of singer-songwriting. Nick also has a conversation with Zara Alexandra, (a singer-songwriter herself) who is the Organizer of the Colorado Chapter of the National Young Farmer's Coalition, about the joys and challenges of working the land in these contemporary times. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

Join us as we check out another show from the eTown archives! This week, we're featuring progressive Bluegrass-influenced Americana band Railroad Earth and Blues powerhouse Matt Andersen. Our interview guest for the week is the President of Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, Bill Bennet, who chats with Nick about providing financial assistance to struggling musicians. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

What a great show we have for you this week! Valerie June is a creative artist like no other. She not only plays and sings in a most distinctive voice but she also writes books on poetry and self-improvement. Larry & Joe are also a musical group like no other in that they play "Latin Grass" - a mix of Bluegrass and Latin American flavors. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

From the soulful gravelly voice of Bettye LaVette to the vintage guitar stylings of Vilray, we've got a great show from the archives for you this week. Nick also interviews Rose Tourje, founder of the non-profit organization ANEW that tackles issues of recycling and trash management to better our environment. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/

This week in eTown we are visited by two musicians from the great white north of Canada. Feist and her band make their first appearance along with fellow eTown neophyte, Sam Weber. Nick also has a chat with Sarah Townes, the CFO of the American Solar Energy SocIety, about aiding Native Americans in South Dakota. That's all this week on eTown!

This week on eTown we travel back a year to present Part Two of a special eTown Show featuring the wily veteran Bruce Cockburn and the wide-eyed neophyte Abraham Alexander. Nick also has an extended chat with Bruce about his life in music. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/

This week on eTown we travel back a year to present Part One of a special eTown Show featuring the wily veteran Bruce Cockburn and the wide-eyed neophyte Abraham Alexander. Nick also has an intriguing chat with author Kelsey Freeman about the dangers of Immigration along the Southern border. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/

We have a very special treat for our listers this week: freshly transplanted from New York City to Nashville comes Grammy-winning Folk artist Sarah Jarosz! And from the opposite coastlines of California and Florida come identical twin singer-songwriters The Brother Brothers. Nick also has an in-depth conversation with Stuart Cummings about the benefits of converting homes to energy-saving appliances. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

This week in eTown, we travel back in time to last year to present a show featuring musical guests The War and Treaty, comprised of husband and wife duo Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, along with "The American Songster" himself, Dom Flemons. Nick also has a chat with Mack Bailey, founder and executive director of Music Therapy of the Rockies, who discusses the role of music in healing trauma. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

This week on eTown, all our musical guests join us from "The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes" - Minnesota. The Cactus Blossoms are led by brothers, Jack and Page and perform their own flavor of alternative country music. Charlie Parr shares the bill and is joined by Nick, Helen and The eTones as they play some wonderful country blues tunes. Nick also has a sit-down with accomplished rock climber and climate activist, Tommy Caldwell. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan joins Nick, Helen, and the Etones at eTown this week to play some classic tunes as well as more recent originals. Also on stage are the young, and super-talented, AJ Lee & Blue Summit who represent the healthy and vibrant future of Bluegrass Music. In addition, Nick spends some extra time chatting with Peter as he shares stories from his nearly sixty years in the business and on the road. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

This week in eTown, we see the return of venerable singer-songwriter Anders Osborne from New Orleans and the eTown debut of fresh-faced folk artist Willi Carlisle from the Ozarks. In addition, Nick has a chat with the subjects and co-directors of the film Porcelain War about the harsh realities of the war in Ukraine. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!

This week we revisit a show featuring musical guests, Afie Jurvanen (also known as Bahamas)–a great singer-songwriter from Nova Scotia, along with Jess Williamson, a wonderful country-flavored singer-songwriter from Los Angeles by way of Marfa, Texas. Also, Nick sits down with Rod Moraga to discuss the complexities of wildfires and home protection in an evolving environment affected by climate change. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more!