The Mountain-Ear Podcast
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Episodes
467 episodes
Music of the Mountains: Charlie Lou
Musician and artist Charlie Lou has found inspiration in the forests and mountains of Nederland for the last four years and has embraced performing since then. Today, we talk to her about her artistry and her upcoming show at the Nederland Farm...
Gilpin launches virtual therapy for residents
On today's show, we hear about a new virtual behavioral health kiosk for Gilpin County residents that's removing barriers to access for mental health services for the rural community.The program, provided through a partnership with Jeffe...
Music of the Mountains: Ned Jazz Wine 2026 with Founder Stephanie Andelman
With the 5th annual Nederland Jazz and Wine Festival just around the corner, we bring on the festival's founder Stephanie Andelman to talk about what to expect at the upcoming event. Be sure to buy tickets at nedjazzwine.com to attend the event...
Under the Influence with BMoCA artist family
This week, we're featuring a story from reporter and producer Shay Castle. Shay wrote a piece for the August edition of Caribou Current about a family of artists being featured in a Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art exhibit through September, ...
Music of the Mountains: Ned Jazz and Wine Fest -- Joslyn Ford-Keel of JoFoKe and Same Cloth
Gearing up for the 5th annual Nederland Jazz and Wine Festival, we're interviewing Joslyn Ford-Keel, multi-genre artist known professionally as JoFoke. She'll be performing as the middle act with her group Same Cloth between noon and 2 p.m. You...
Inside Town Hall with Nederland Mayor Nichole Sterling
This week we've got our very first edition of our Town Hall Podcast with Nederland Mayor Nichole Sterling.OVer the past week, we asked you to submit your questions for Mayor Sterling. Today, we've got answers. We cover everything from do...
Music of the Mountains: Brian Bucca of The Full Tilts
Debuting as a group with their first public performance, The Full Tilts will play at Two Bears Bar and Grill in Idaho Springs on August 1st. Lead guitarist and singer Brian Bucca joins the podcast to talk about the new group, with host Jamie La...
Mysterious dead fish in Barker Reservoir, drama at Central City Council and more
This week we've got just the headlines.We get to the bottom of community concern sparked by a large number of dead fish washing up on the shore of Nederland's Barker Reservoir, and rehash a surprise motion accusing Central City's Mayor J...
Music of the Mountains: Paul Kowert of Punch Brothers
In this episode of Music of the Mountains, Punch Brothers bassist Paul Kowert joins the podcast to talk about his involvement in the Grammy-winning group in anticipation of their closing performance at RockyGrass 2026 at Planet Bluegrass in Lyo...
Ned adds to Eldora debt, Gilpin eyes TABOR and more
This week we've got just the headlines.We've got tons of news coming your way, from Gilpin's preliminary discussions of a "de-Brucing" ballot measure that would remove the county's TABOR restricted budget cap, to Nederland's $325,000 con...
Music of the Mountains: Gilpin County Fair 2026 (with Marilyn Ashmore)
The 2026 Gilpin County Fair is coming to Black Hawk from July 17th to 19th, and to prepare for the event, we talked with volunteer organizer Marilyn Ashmore to talk about the fair and what to...
From the archives: How hippies rode an asteroid into Boulder
Today's show is a rerun of one of our most popular episodes ever.Back in February, we produced this story about how Boulder ended up as a hot bed for hippies and counterculture. If you didn't catch it then, you're in for a treat.H...
Music of the Mountains Flashback Episode: Treeline String Band
This week, we're flashing back to the very first segment of Music of the Mountains to celebrate the five-year anniversary of journalist and host Jamie Lammers writing for the column. This first interview features bassist Dolores Berbaum talking...
In the zone with BoCo-based band Prairiewolf
The July issue of Caribou Current hit the racks this week, so today we're featuring an exclusive interview with Boulder County-based cosmic Americana group Prairiewolf.Our editor Jezy Gray sat down with Jeremy Erwin, Tyler Wilcox and Ste...
Music of the Mountains: Ravin' Wolf (Jamey and Heather Bilyeu)
In this week's Music of the Mountains, Jamey and Heather Bilyeu take time out of their breaks performing at Very Nice Brewing Company in Nederland to talk about their history as a duo before their follow-up performance at the Gilpin location on...
Inside CU's world-class alpine research center
Today, we’re taking a trip to CU Boulder’s Mountain Research Station. This little plot of land in the Indian Peaks Wilderness operated by CU’s Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) is one of the longest running high elevation resea...
Music of the Mountains: Down River
Rachel Cole and Gus Miller have been performing music as a duo for years, but for the first time, they're cementing a duo project they've called Down River. This week, we talk to Rachel and Gus in preparation for their upcoming performance at t...
Your neighbor has Paul McCartney's phone number
We've got another segment from our friends at Boulder Valley Frequency today featuring prolific music journalist, outdoorsmen and Ward-adjacent resident Grayson Haver Currin. Grayson has profiled Willie Nelson, Peter Frampton, Tame Impala and o...
Music of the Mountains: Emily Pennington of Trouble's Braids
Local indie folk unit Trouble's Braids released their newest EP Tarantula on June 5th, and to talk about the release and their upcoming group performances, co-founder Emily Pennington joins this week's episode of Music of the Mountains!
Ned eyes new housing, summer music preview and more
Take a break from national headlines and tune in to what's going on in your neighborhood. On this week's episode, we've got just the headlines: a quick round up of everything that's been happening in the Peak to Peak these last two weeks, from ...
Music of the Mountains: BlackDog
Colorado guitarist Jon Ridnell has released his first new BlackDog album in over a decade, Freak the Funk. Tune into this week's episode to learn more about Jon and his new release.
Boulder Comedy Festival preview
The June issue of Caribou Current hit the racks yesterday, so we've got another sneak peak at all of this months content today. In honor of our cover story about Boulder Comedy Festival, coming to venues across The People's Republic June 16-21,...
Music of the Mountains: Dango Rose
In this week's episode of Music of the Mountains, we bring on Dango Rose to talk about his musical endeavors, celebrating his opening at Ned General for Redd and the Paper Flowers on May 30, 2026. From a new documentary focusing on his songwrit...
Nederland skateboarders teach us a lesson
The general public tends to write off skaters as grungy, lazy, troublemakers. But that's far from the truth.In reporting a story for the May issue of Caribou Current, I asked Nederland skateboarders about the lessons skating can...
Music of the Mountains: Tony Crank
Guitarist Tony Crank recently performed with friends as Tony Crank Music at The Old Gallery in Allenspark. On this episode of Music of the Mountains, we talk with Tony about his time as a guitarist in Colorado and the reasons he continues playi...