Broadcasts – 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/

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/

Let's travel back to 2017 and revisit a show featuring two weathered and veteran musicians from the South. Delbert McClinton travels from Texas to Boulder with his big band to showcase his own brand of slippery swing-blues and Robert Finley from Louisiana shares his homegrown blues sound while backed up by the venerable house band, The Etones.  Nick also sits down with Chris Pallister, co-founder of Gulf of Alaska Keeper to discuss the environmental impact of plastics in our oceans. 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, we head home to eTown Hall and welcome back The Band Of Heathens from Austin, Texas. Making her first visit to the eTown stage is outlaw Country phenom Jaime Wyatt from Nashville, Tennessee. Nick also has a sit down with Aaron Miripol, President and CEO of the Urban Land Conservancy to discuss the benefits of neighborhood preservation. 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/

Jack Johnson brings his Hawaiian vibes to eTown this week. Also joining in on the musical front is Tamara Lindeman of The Weather Station. And Nick converses with Jeff Orlowski, the director/producer of the documentary film, Chasing Coral. 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/

The R&B classic singer and songwriter William Bell joins this week along with the genre-bending Alejandro Escovedo. Nick also discusses the value of connecting people struggling with mental illness to volunteer opportunities with Project Helping founder, Justin Kruger. 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/

eTown travels back to Bentonville Arkansas this week to the first ever FORMAT Festival. Nick goes backstage to interview Adam Granduciel and Elle King and we are treated with live performances from each from the South of Oz Stage, one of six unique stages on the beautiful festival grounds in Bentonville.     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/

eTown heads to Athens, Georgia for the first time to tape musical guests JJ Grey and Georgia natives, Cicada Rhythm. Nick also discusses the value of summer reading for young students with Melaney Smith - founder of Books for Keeps.   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/

Join us as we head back to the stage at eTown Hall in Boulder, Colorado for the first time in over two years!  This week we feature local hero, Daniel Rodriguez of Elephant Revival fame as well as Sarah Voss and her band Dead Horses from Wisconsin. It's good to be back!   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/

Join us as eTown goes on the Road to Bentonville Arkansas. Our musical guests include the hilariously funny yet seriously talented duo The Milk Carton Kids along with the tradition-stretching sonic talents of Buffalo Nichols. Nick also discusses the community-building magic of barbeque with a local Bentonville hero. 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/

Join us as we visit the beautiful natural wonder of Red Rocks Colorado where Wilco and Margo Price take to the venerable stage!   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/

More special moments from our 2016 season: Great conversations and wonderful live musical ‘one-of-a-kind’ performances from the eTown stage.

Highlights from the year 2016 abound, both musically and conversationally, in part one of this ‘Best Of’ show, featuring some of the incredible offerings of this particular season.  

Back by popular demand! It’s eTown’s Holiday Special: to get you in the mood for the season! A look back on performances by (and conversation with) the likes of The Indigo Girls, Robert Earl Keen, The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Subdudes and more. Join Nick and Helen Forster for some holiday cheer and memories!

This week eTown continues our ‘look back’ at stellar shows from our archives, with a rebroadcast from 2016 featuring legendary guitarist, composer and long-time friend of the show Bill Frisell. Bill shares music from his collection of recordings inspired by television and film. Also joining us is independent folk artist Sam Amidon, who grew up in a musical household and began performing at an early age. Lots of great music and conversation on the show this week, plus an inspiring eChievement Award story. Be sure to tune in!

As we continue our ‘look back' through our archive of great shows, we offer an incredible full rebroadcast from 2016, when hosts Nick and Helen Forster welcomed the eclectic sounds of Arizona-based music veterans Calexico to eTown’s solar-powered stage. Drawing from the vast landscapes of the desert territories surrounding them, the band has been fusing their influences of various Latin musical styles, country, jazz and rock to create a sound that has been all their own for decades.  Also joining us in this repeat program is underground Texas music legend Ray Wylie Hubbard who shares some great music and hilarious stories, plus a warning about visiting snake farms (tune in to find out more about that). Also, our eChievement Award story is one of Helen Forster’s favorites! We showcase a young California college design student who found a great way to both provide comfort and warmth as well as employment for the homeless. It’s an eTown classic this week!

eTown continues celebrating 30 years of great programming. This week, from season 2015, we feature singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham (he’d just made a big splash with his work on the soundtrack of the popular movie Crazy Heart). And Nashville-based country singer Nikki Lane gives us a taste of her irreverent and original take on a classic country sound. Plus, we’ve got an inspiring eChievement Award story about a couple collecting and distributing food to offset weekend hunger for kids in their community.

On we go with eTown’s special 30th anniversary series, serving up highlights from the past three decades of programming. This week we revisit some of eTown’s most stellar live performances featuring guests from our 2015 season, including musical icon Robert Earl Keen, the hilarious Matt the Electrician, smooth jazz vocalist Kat Edmonson, the intimate sound of Iron & Wine, the innovative collaborative duo Aimee Mann and Ted Leo, the legendary genre-bending artist Ben Folds and more. And of course, great conversations abound as always! It’s that delicious potpourri of music and discussion, for which eTown is so well known, with gifted host/musician Nick Forster at the helm.

In this eTown program from 2015, hosts Nick and Helen Forster welcome Swedish indie folk artist José Gonzålez and his band to the eTown stage. Jose has only gained in popularity since then with his relaxed, uplifting and almost hypnotic  songs. Also with us is North Carolina-based husband and wife musical duo Mandolin Orange playing original songs with some traditional acoustic instrumentation. Plus there’s a great eChievement Award story about a woman who is keeping office supplies out of landfills and getting them into the hands of teachers. 

eTown favorite and American musical legend, David Bromberg joins Rockabilly legend, Wanda Jackson for an unforgettable eTown show from our 2014 season. Bromberg’s versatile variety of bluegrass, blues and country is a perfect foil for Wanda’s unmistakable take on her classic songs she made famous in the 50s, back when she was on tour with Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash. Bromberg, who got his start playing with his own set of legends like Jerry Jeff Walker and Bob Dylan, joins Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Wanda Jackson at the end of the show, but their conversations with host Nick Forster make great radio.  Great music, insightful conversation and an E-Chievement Award winner who is feeding her Idaho community in a sustainable way. Be sure to join us!