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After a year of unemployment, Colorado musicians are fed up with low rates and poor treatment by venues, according to guitarist Aidan Pagnani. So he and sax player Sarah Mount have been recruiting musicians to join the recently formed Colorado Musicians Union, hoping that they can prevent the music industry from going back to business as usual characterized by what they say is rock-bottom pay (when musicians are paid at all), rampant mistreatment and even assaults on musicians.
Although the Denver Musicians Association has been around for decades, they note that it largely represents musicians working for larger organizations, not gigging artists whose careers are more precarious and who are harder to organize.
Ivory Circle s Connie Hong is introducing herself to Denver s music scene all over again and this time, she s taking even more risks than she did the first time.
In late March, the singer-songwriter of the established Denver indie band launched a new project, releasing her first album as solo artist Fair Elle. The album,
I m Sorry You Feel That Way, includes ten tracks exploring the process of putting your heart on the line, getting it broken and picking up the pieces. After numerous successes with Ivory Circle, Hong says she was excited to break into the solo-artist scene, debuting with a subdued album that combines electronic vibes, Hong s natural voice, layered harmonies and empty space. Fair Elle s sound may come as a surprise to Ivory Circle fans which, Hong says, was the point of all this.
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Denver based folk/hip-hop/electronic duo Grim & Darling talk with KVNF about their recent album release Three. After a little break Colorado musicians Jessa Love and Jordan Polovina found themselves back in the studio during the 2020 pandemic.
Appropriately titled this is the duo s third album. The duo describes Three as a good balance of both Jessa and Jordan. Be on the look out for more new music from Grim & Darling in 2021.
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