The Mountain-Ear Podcast

LISTEN: When Aaron Mitchell was 15, he went on a family vacation to Mexico. While browsing around a marketplace, he happened to spot an old, cheap guitar and told his father how much he wanted it. His dad let him get the guitar, and he immediately started teaching himself how to play it so that he could write his own songs. When he was young, he mostly listened to alternative and punk, and country...

This is a story about the History, facts and description of the peak to peak scenic byway and a journey in story from along its 55 miles .. the towns, nature, activities , wildlife, history and beauty !” Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and...

In this rerun of The Mountain-Ear Podcast from 2021, we talk to Jill Dreves, founder of Wild Bear Nature Center, and ask her about the Enchanted Forest event!  Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages...

FROM THE ARCHIVES: An interview with Eric Richard Stone from our first season in 2021. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, con...

In this rerun of The Mountain-Ear Podcast from 2021,  Judd Kaufman of Gold Dirt Distillery and the Stage Stop Pub discusses renovations and classic drinks. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are...

In this rerun of The Mountain-Ear podcast from 2022, we hear from local musician Clay Rose about his career and an upcoming music event involving his band Gasoline Lollipops!  Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! A...

John Shepherd grew up listening to musicians like James Taylor and Cat Stevens, as well as Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and wanted to play like them someday. He picked up a guitar in law school, playing as a creative outlet when he should have been studying. He moved to LA to pursue his career as a lawyer, hanging around in coffee shops and becoming more interested in playing. He came to Bould...

Listen in for a can't-miss rerun of the Mountain-Ear Podcast. In 2021, we talked to Amanda MacDonald of Frozen Dead Guy Days and asked her where the festival was headed at that point. Listen in to see what she has to say! Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podca...

The Wild West , Myths , Lore  , Outlaws and Lawmen and the Story  of the Peak to Peaks  Marshall Robert Clark ,the first Colorado Marshall to Lose his Life in the Line  of Duty 155 Years Ago   Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture fro...

LISTEN: Pete and The Halbrooks Family Band formed recently. It started with a trio of Peter Herod, Em Halbrooks, and Kevin Halbrooks, with Jason Lowry eventually joining the group. Occasionally, the group will bring in a fifth or a sixth member as guest artists, but for the most part, the group consists of the three core members and Lowry. Herod says that bluegrass music was the most prevalent inf...

Emmit Scully and Victoria Smith both grew up in the town of Nederland but didn’t technically grow up together. Scully went to Boulder High, and Smith went to Nederland Middle-Senior High, and even though their dads worked together, they didn’t know each other very well at first. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the s...

LISTEN: Not your typical Valentine’s Day romantic story .. a tale of the love of a house , the opera and 2 couples Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!! Heather Taylor Lande and Otis Lande tell us about the time they danced in chocolate pudding and then fell in love! It's a look back and revisit to an interview we did last year for Valentine's Day. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podca...

LISTEN: Take a minute to hear a great interview with Cynthia Geary from the hit TV show, Northern Exposure. This is one from the vault! Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you...

LISTEN: Jamie Lammers interviews Mike Lamitola. He has lived in Colorado for nearly twenty years now. He grew up in Connecticut, where he was inspired to be a musician primarily because his father was one. In third grade, he started learning piano and joined his school band playing clarinet in fifth grade. Around his eighth-grade year, he discovered The Beatles, and hearing his father play the rif...

LISTEN: Nothing disrupts the peace and beauty of mountain living like transplants and tourists. Unless it’s a transplanted moose. They are the biggest transplant of all, bringing in more tourists and tromping through the mountains without abandon. And we love them. Special thanks to guest, Kara VanHoose with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife. https://cpw.state.co.us/ Here's a link to the CPW Mo...

LISTEN: Maryann Rosen shares a tale about Valentine’s  Day, the many different forms of Love, and ways to celebrate here in the peak to peak region. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked...

LISTEN: Brett Kretzer grew up in Maryland and lived in a few East Coast states before moving to Colorado. He’s been playing music since he was six when his mother forced him to take piano lessons. While he gave up after about a year, he decided at the age of nine that he wanted to learn the guitar. When his brother became interested in playing the guitar as well (thanks to his interest in Kretzer’...

LISTEN: This story kicks off in 1993, it's about a cartoon cheeseburger turned mascot of a mountain-born band and the adventures that followed…. If you are listening and happen to be an original spawning salmon head, this episode was written especially for you. LEFTOVER SALMON https://www.leftoversalmon.com/ ANDY FRASCO https://www.andyfrasco.com/ Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwrit...

Black History in Colorado: Kicking off the start of Black History Month, Maryann Rosen tells a story about the first black settlers arriving in the Rockies. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are...

Music of the Mountains: Where to be and what to see with Correspondent Jamie Lammers interviewing local band, Small Kid Band who will be playing at Very Nice Brewing soon Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additi...

Cheeseburglerized Have you seen this Cheeseburger? The proud parents of Mayor McCheese are heartbroken after a derelict absconded with the lovable grease ball. There’s a reward being offered for the safe return of the Mayor.  Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record  Better off Dead  here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcas...

Oh, those mountain boys sure can play!!! The Mountain-Ear, Volume 15, Number 4, October 31, 1991: Hot local band spawned at seafood counter By Barbara Lawlor Narrated by Dango Rose Have you ever wondered how some of those musical groups choose their names? Is there any rhyme or reason? Take, for example, Steely Dan, whose name has its basis in literature, after an item in Burroughs’ risque Naked L...

Chicago remains hit package from The Mountain-Ear archives, Volume 7, Number 47, August 31, 1984. " Chicago 17 comes to the record stores and radio stations showing Chicago’s consistent talent. And it is no wonder with seven of the original eight members intact. It is no secret that the golden age of their recording came through the production talents of James William Guercio, owner of Caribo...

AUDIO LIBRARY - Michael Jackson at Caribou, The Mountain-Ear, Volume 7, Number 50, September 21, 1984. " While the rest of the world thought Michael Jackson and his brothers had departed Denver the Sunday after his recent Mile High Stadium concerts, he brought a few of his entourage up to Caribou Ranch. "Michael originally was going to commute between a Denver Hotel and the ranch, but on...