Allison Lorenzen & Midwife

by Brianna Suazo | Nov 29, 2022

Presented by KGNU

Doors: 7:30 PM
Showtime: 8:00 PM

Come to Allison Lorenzen and Midwife’s haunted Valentine’s Prom at the Chautauqua Community House, kissing booth included! They will be releasing a cover song with a music video that they recorded and produced together. Haunted prom attire encouraged!

Allison Lorenzen

Midwife

Midwife is the project of Madeline Johnston, a self taught multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer, currently based in Southern New Mexico by way of Denver, Colorado, where she spent the last decade developing her sound. Midwife began while Madeline was a resident of the beloved/infamous DIY space Rhinoceropolis in 2014. She has released three albums with The Flenser, most recently, Luminol (2021), which received national and international acclaim. On stage, Johnston is known for her sparse, emotionally charged experimental pop music. On record, she produces intricate and lush sonic environments in her own little corner of the heavy music scene. She describes her sound as “Heaven Metal,” AKA emotional music about devastation: catharsis. Johnston writes primarily about grief, and the many faces it can inhabit. 

Stelth Ulvang with special guest Alex Woodchek – SOLD OUT!

by Brianna Suazo | Nov 29, 2022

Presented by KGNU

Doors: 7:30 PM
Showtime: 8:00 PM

Stelth Ulvang

Stelth Ulvang never slows down. Even on stage as the multi-instrumentalist of The Lumineers, he dashes from piano to guitar, from drums to accordion. His solo music has been described as “raw and whimsical chamber folk” though at times enveloping just a simple folk song, bursting at the seams. His recordings stretch his melodies and lyrics, at it’s grandest, with a 20 piece chamber orchestra. Live, Stelth is mostly accompanied by his partner in crime, Dorota Szuta. Together they waltz around instruments, handing guitars or a bass back and forth, and building harmonies on tops of the trails of each others melodies. Dorota adds a lightness to his ferocity, and other times her violin tears rapidly through their raucous tunes. Inhabiting all edges of the stage, Stelth Ulvang puts on a hell of a performance of infectious storytelling bookended by shouts and murmurs of his many thoughts and explorations with nature, space, and people.

Alex Woodchek

There is an intersection of song and spirit, pain and poetry, where musician and writer Alex Woodchek invites listeners to meet. She crafts songs out of Fort Collins, Colorado in pursuit of opening up expansive spaces for self-exploration and connection. Often found writing and performing with alternative indie-folk band Frail Talk, Woodchek explores new territory in her solo music endeavors, using the tools of guitar, melody, voice, and language to create a synthesized soundscape offering of gentleness and honesty.

Patrick Dethlefs & Sound Of Honey

by Brianna Suazo | Nov 29, 2022

Presented by KGNU

Doors: 7:30 PM
Showtime: 8:00 PM

Patrick Dethlefs

Innocent of his own haunting melodies and lyricism. Dethlefs’ music offers folk Americana with effortless sincerity at a time when many acts strive purposefully to revive the stripped-down feel of a musical history long past.

“Dethlefs finds poetry in the memories and that slight pain in the laugh lines.” – Daytrotter

Sound of Honey

Where there’s honey, there’s a buzz. This rings true for the Colorado based band, Sound of Honey. Emma Rose (Big Richard) has been steeped in the music scene since she entered this world. Raised by two talented musicians and with a natural knack for songwriting, Rose has spent the last few years fine tuning her quiver of indie-soul-folk songs with only the finest pollen that the spring flowers have to offer. Rich, crystalline vocal melodies weave themselves through a sweet sonic landscape created with the help of Tobias Bank (Whippoorwill) on drums, percussion, and backup vocals, Will Kuepper (Sturtz) on bass and backup vocals, and Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose (Railroad Earth) on electric guitar. Together their warm hues, sultry harmonies and gentle tones create an experience of overall mellow- sparking curiosity of oneself and the emotions that come with diving into the human experience.

Thom Lafond & Fruta Brutal

by Brianna Suazo | Nov 29, 2022

Presented by KGNU

Doors: 7:30 PM
Showtime: 8:00 PM

Thom Lafond:

Thom LaFond’s music is danceable, but with depth in the craft of songwriting Thom’s approach to music is to deliver pure emotion, tangled in rhythms for the dance-floor. Fans of Tom Waits, Andrew Bird, & Elliott Smith may appreciate the sonic and lyrical worlds that Thom creates. Transplanted from NY to Nederland, CO, LaFond is actively producing, performing, and touring nationally with his quartet Banshee Tree.

Fruta Brutal:

Fruta Brutal emerged from Martín Better Longo’s search for a musical identity as an Ecuadorian who immigrated to the U.S. at a young age. During his college years, spent in the bustling music scene of New Orleans and extensively traveling through South America, Martín was exposed to various subversive musical movements, including Brazil’s Tropicália and Argentina’s iconic rock, which would inspire Fruta Brutal’s bilingual repertoire. Martín’s latest single, Cultura Vampira, released with Denver’s Soundbreaker Records, showcases his eclectic sound that mixes popular Latin American rhythms with indie rock pop.