Denver — Since 1979, Swallow Hill Music Association has brought the best acoustic, folk and roots music in the Rocky Mountain Region. Early autumn in 2007 brings the 16th Annual Swallow Hill Folk Festival, several heavyweight music legends, cross-cultural fare, Grammy nominees and pioneers in myriad genres. Tickets are now available online at www.swallowhillmusic.org or by phone at (303) 777-1003.

HIGHLIGHTS

16th Annual Swallow Hill Folk Festival
Friday, September 7 at 6 p.m., Saturday, September 8 at noon and Sunday, September 9 at 11:30 a.m.
Now in our 28^th year, Swallow Hill Music Association presents the 16^th annual Folk Festival, one of our largest fundraising events of the year, bringing a whole weekend of acoustic musical entertainment and community building. Spend a great time with vibrant concerts on three stages, jam sessions and good folk. Featuring the Ruthie Foster Trio, Dakota Blonde and Corinne West & The Posse, plus three stages with more than 150 of the best musicians in Colorado, who are giving their talents to help Swallow Hill continue its mission to present, teach, and preserve folk, roots, and acoustic music and dance.

Kelly Joe Phelps with Gregory Alan Isakov
Friday, September 14 at 8 p.m.
Join us for a special evening of masterful musicianship and superb songwriting. Phelps has a proven track record with a catalogue of original songs infused with what The Washington Post calls "poignancy, passion and spirituality." Up-and-coming new talent Gregory Alan Isakov will open the show. Isakov was recently named the winner of this year's Telluride Troubador Competition and has shared the stage wtih greats such as Ani DiFranco and Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Karla Bonoff
Saturday, September 15 at 8 p.m.
The queen of the lovelorn ballad returns to Swallow Hill. Billboard Magazine recently summed up her career by writing: "Long before Alanis and Jewel, there was a breed of singer/songwriters whose earthly anthems of soul-searching, heartache and joy touched souls in a way few can muster today." There is no question why her career has spanned such a long, full and successful number of years, and her shows are indeed very special engagements.

Tommy Emmanuel
Friday, September 21 and Saturday, September 22 at 8 p.m. at the L2 Church, 1477 Columbine Street in Denver
Two-time Grammy nominee and fingerstyle virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel has a professional career that spans over four decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world. Swallow Hill is pleased to have Mr. Emmanuel performing for two nights in a row at the L2 Church at 1477 Columbine Street in Denver. On Saturday, September 22 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Tommy Emmanuel will deliver a special guitar workshop. Space is limited and early registration is encouraged.

John Stewart
Saturday, September 29
Rolling Stone says John Stewart is "a man who hasn’t lost his enormous faith in people and who earnestly but eloquently compresses more than four decades of dreams and regrets into his songs." A member of the Kingston Trio and the pen behind "Daydream Believer," Stewart is revered by fellow musicians and serious music listeners as a pioneer and ongoing force in what has become known as the Americana genre—a tougher, more rootsy tributary of the singer/songwriter movement.

Lowen & Navarro
Saturday, October 6 at 8 p.m.
For 20 years, Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro have written, recorded, and toured for a growing national audience. Songwriters of notable cachet, their works have been recorded by artists as diverse as Pat Benatar (the worldwide Top 5 smash "We Belong"), The Bangles, The Four Tops, Dave Edmunds, The Temptations and a host of others. Out of their success as songwriters came the impetus for forming Lowen & Navarro: they wanted to sing their songs themselves. Their nine CDs showcase self-penned songs of experience, colored by supple acoustic-based arrangements centered around their intertwined voices.

Dry Branch Fire Squad
Friday, October 19 at 8 p.m.
For more than 25 years, Dry Branch Fire Squad has been one of bluegrass music's most popular bands, renowned for its spry mix of front-porch standards, modern ballads, and the old-time sounds from which bluegrass first sprang. To date, the band has recorded more than 21 projects and has performed at the most prestigious acoustic music venues and festivals in North America. The band’s all-gospel release, Golgotha, was chosen by the Library of Congress for its Select List of significant recordings of American music. Dry Branch Fire Squad is one of most entertaining and emotionally moving performance groups in American music today.

Rosalie Sorrells & Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Saturday, October 27 at 8 p.m.
Swallow Hill is very pleased to welcome folk music legends and folklorists Rosalie Sorrells and Ramblin' Jack Elliott for a very special evening of marvelous music. Both these artists have careers spanning from the 1950s and are almost mythic in their stature, having befriended and worked with other heavyweights such as Woody Guthrie and having influenced other greats such as Bob Dylan. Pivotal figures in music history, this is a show any true folkie wouldn't dare miss.

Upcoming Concerts in September & October:

For tickets visit www.swallowhillmusic.org or call (303) 777-1003. Discounts are available for Swallow Hill members.

About Swallow Hill Music Association:
Helping people make music since 1979 years, Swallow Hill Music Association is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the United States as a source for folk, roots and acoustic music. With more than 2,100 members—some of whom are also volunteers—Swallow Hill provides a place to celebrate music that is rarely heard elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three concert venues house more than 150 performances a year, featuring some of the world's great artists as well as up-and-coming new talent. The Julie Davis Music School at Swallow Hill provides a valuable and affordable extra-curricular educational resource to the community with more than 50 music instructors involved in more than 240 adult classes and 70 children's classes annually.

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