eTown

We go back in time to share an eTown show from 2024 that features musical guests Mipso and Jake Xerxes Fussell. Mipso's enchanting blend of folk, bluegrass, and indie-rock promises to carry you away on a melodic journey, their harmonies weaving tales of heartache and hope. Jake Xerxes Fussell adds a soulful touch with his deep-rooted Southern sound, effortlessly channeling the spirit of traditional American music. Nick also has an insightful interview with Steve Weiss, curator of UNC Chapel Hill's Southern Folklife Collection, that offers invaluable insights into the cultural significance of folk music and its enduring impact on society. 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/.

This week, we travel back in time to revisit a show that brought Hurray For The Riff Raff to eTown Hall! This show features a special acoustic duo version of the group consisting of Alynda Segarra and accompanying guitarist Johnny Wilson. Sharing the stage is Peter One, originally from Africa and now located in Nashville. Nick also has a sit down with members of the Green Grad Buffs who share their ideas about re-purposing a defunct coal-fired power plant in Denver. 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/.

We dig into the archives this week to revisit a dynamic show featuring comedic characters and hidden treasures. The Milk Carton Kids balance their humorous banter with dark folk music, while Rose Cousins shines like gold with her distinctive voice and songwriting. Nick also chats with Roz Babener, who shares the story of Community Warehouse, a furniture bank that serves those in need in Portland, Oregon. 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/.

We bring you a very special show this week from Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado featuring Amos Lee and the inimitable Indigo Girls. Nick goes backstage to chat with the artists who share their unique perspectives on life and 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/ 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/.

This week on eTown, we have Part Two of our special on-the-road show from Macky Auditorium in Boulder, Colorado featuring Rufus Wainwright and Madison Cunningham! Madison and Rufus perform more wonderful songs on their own, and also a few magical tunes together! Nick also has a sit-down with author and climate activist Margaret Klein Salamon, Ph.D. 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/.

eTown takes a hike up the hill to Macky Auditorium on the CU Boulder campus to present a magical show featuring two brilliant award-winning musical artists: Rufus Wainwright and Madison Cunningham! Rufus has won two Juno awards and been nominated for several Grammy awards while Madison won the Grammy for Best Folk Album in 2023. It is our great pleasure to have their voices on eTown this week. 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 treat we have in store for you this week! From San Fransisco and Chapel Hill comes the Americana-Rock band Goodnight Texas, led by Patrick Dyer Wolf and Avi Vinocur. And from Queens, New York comes the old-timey flavors of the dynamic duo of multi-instrumentalists, Jerron Paxton and Dennis Lichtman. Nick also has a chat with Nicole Watson about her non-profit, Econic Earth that provides solar lights to families in Africa. 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/.

Join us as eTown goes on the road to the historic Ogden Theatre in Denver, Colorado to catch a show featuring two musical guests from the American South whose music reflects their experience living there. Hiss Golden Messenger is an Americana band from North Carolina led by M.C. Taylor and Adeem The Artist is a non-binary country music artist from Knoxville, Tennessee. 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/.

Join us this week as we head back to 2019 to revisit a wonderful show that features musical guests William Fitzsimmons and Raye Zaragoza. William writes songs that are sensitive, intimate and heartfelt and Raye sings songs of protest and inspiration. Also sharing his story is Bryan Ware, Founder and President of The Crayon Initiative, an organization that provides kids in hospitals with colorful crayons to help alleviate stress. 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/.

We travel back in time yet again to revisit a show from 2019 featuring musical guests Ron Pope and Pieta Brown. Nick also has an amazing chat with wildlife educator Martin Tyner and his Golden Eagle buddy Scout! 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/.

Wow - what a dynamic show we have for you this week! From Oakland, California comes the Blues and R&B stylings of The California Honeydrops, led by the charismatic Lech Wierzynski. Also from Oakland comes our second musical act, Miko Marks who brings with her a soulful voice and presence. Nick also visits with Emma Weber, a teenage environmental activist from the Boulder hub of Sunrise Movement, about her work toward a better future. 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/.

This week we continue our dive into the archives with a show that features musical guests Christone "Kingfish" Ingram from Clarksdale, Mississippi, and Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms from Portland, Oregon. Nick also sits down with Nona Yehia, co-founder and CEO of Vertical Harvest to discuss the virtues of vertical greenhouse farming. 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/.

Join us at eTown Hall as we revisit a show from 2019 featuring tattooed teddy-bear Timothy Showalter, who goes by the stage name Strand Of Oaks. Sharing the bill is singer-songwriter Anna Burch. Nick also interviews Murray Fisher of the Billion Oyster Project about the importance of oysters for clean water and storm mitigation. 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/.

Kathleen Edwards is back! After a 17-year hiatus, Kathleen returns to the eTown stage with her cohort, Gord Tough, to share with us her beautiful and tear-conjuring songs. Also on this week's show is Colorado based singer-songwriter Cary Morin who is joined by his wife, Celeste Di Iorio. Cary is a unique guitar player with a soulful voice and a great story to tell. 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/.

This week on eTown we dig into the archives to listen to a show from 2019 featuring American singer-songwriter Patty Griffin and British singer-songwriter John Smith. Nick also has a chat with Dr. Jordan Kassalow about providing eye care to the needy. 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/.

This week we travel back to 2019 to revisit an acoustic-ish and bluegrass-esque show featuring The Infamous Stringdusters and Molly Tuttle. Nick also has a chat with Maria Rose Belding about the value of donating food and paying employees a living wage. 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/.

Let's pop the top off of the time capsule this week and check out a dynamic and eclectic show featuring two Denver-based musical guests. Headlining the show is the well-established band DeVotchKa and supporting them is neophyte singer-songwriter Kyle Emerson. Nick also has a sit down with Sister Edna Lonergan to discuss how she pioneered the combination of adult and child daycare. 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/.

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore are still here! Join us as we present great music and fun conversation with this wonderful duo of musical legends. Also on stage is Brennen Leigh from Texas who shares her flavorful blend of classic Country music. Nick also has a sit-down with Lisa Morey, inventor of EcoBLox, to discuss the future of building with ancient materials. 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/.

This week on eTown we present Part Two (of Two) of a very special show from 2019 featuring Anders Osborne and Chatham County Line and making a surprise appearance are the amazing McIntosh County Shouters! 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/.

This week on eTown we present Part One (of Two) of a very special show from 2019 featuring Swedish export to The Big Easy, Anders Osborne, and from North Carolina, Chatham County Line. Nick also has a sit-down with Gary Fine to discuss how reading and writing helps rehabilitate prison inmates. 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/.