Featuring Megan Burtt, Jayme Stone, Emma Rose, Alexa Wildish
Arranged & Presented by Ilan Blanck
Presented By KGNU
Door time: 7:30
Show time: 8:00
Join four of Boulder’s favorite artists as they perform all new arrangements of their songs, accompanied by a quintet of world-class string players. Arranged by Ilan Blanck.
String players:
Violin: Jordan Grantonic
Violin: Laura Pérez Rangel
Viola: Ally Stibbards
Cello: Sophie Stubbs
Double Bass: Will Kuepper
Megan Burtt
Megan Burtt is an award-winning singer/songwriter and international touring artist, honored by the Kerrville NewFolk, Rocky Mountain Folk Festival, and Westword Music Awards. Her albums — It Ain’t Love, The Bargain, and In Good Company — highlight her powerful songwriting and collaborations with artists like Louis Cato and SHEL. She’s toured with Gregory Alan Isakov, Lissie, and LeAnn Rimes, performed with the Colorado Symphony, and for over a decade has shared music in Pennsylvania’s maximum-security prisons.
Jayme Stone
Jayme Stone is a two-time Juno Award–winning musician known for uncovering sounds from around the world. With seven albums and over 500 songs spanning Gullah spirituals to indie-pop, he’s collaborated with artists like Margaret Glaspy, Tim O’Brien, and Bassekou Kouyate. His projects — including The Lomax Project, Room of Wonders, and Folklife — reimagine folk traditions for modern ears. Featured on NPR, BBC, and CBC, Stone has performed internationally, sharing the stories, people, and places that inspire his music.
Emma Rose
Where there’s honey, there’s a buzz. This rings true for the Colorado-based band, Sound of Honey. Emma Rose (formerly of 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, Frail Talk) on drums, percussion, and backup vocals, Matt Cantor on bass, and Enmanuel Alexander 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.
Alexa Wildish
Alexa Wildish is a storyteller with a voice that resonates deep in the bones. Based in Lyons, Colorado, she weaves together the rich traditions of Americana and folk with a rare honesty that captivates and moves. From her breakout moment on The Voice (2023) to the soul-stirring performances that have earned her a reputation as one of the genre’s most compelling new voices, Wildish transforms every song into an intimate and cathartic experience.
Ilan Blanck
Ilan Blanck is a composer/arranger and guitarist currently living in Fort Collins, CO (by way of WI and MN). As an arranger, he’s worked with everyone from Ellie Goulding and the LA Philharmonic to your cousin’s high school show choir; as a guitarist, he’s toured nationally (often in a bright purple 2004 barely-functioning Dodge Sprinter), sharing the stage with acts ranging from Guster and Here Come the Mummies to Andrew Marlin and Kristen Andriessen/Chris Eldridge. He is currently the Artist Development Associate Manager at the Music District in Fort Collins, after having been producer/Doomtree Records CEO Lazerbeak’s (Lizzo, Dessa, Doja Cat) “paid guy” for five years. His cat, Gato, is 21 years old
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