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The Mountain-Ear Podcast

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4 days ago

Send us a text The Gold Hill Inn is shut down for the season and will reopen in May 2026. To celebrate the venue and its incredible repertoire of performers, we're flashing back to a 2021 interview with Gold Hill Inn performer Finn O'Sullivan! Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chef, at ...

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Send us a text The Gold Hill Inn is shut down for the season and will reopen in May 2026. To celebrate the venue and its incredible repertoire of performers, we're flashing back to a 2021 interview with Gold Hill Inn performer Finn O'Sullivan! Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chef, at ...

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Episodes (20/405)

The Mountain-Ear Podcast

Music of the Mountains Flashback Episode: Finn O'Sullivan

Send us a text The Gold Hill Inn is shut down for the season and will reopen in May 2026. To celebrate the venue and its incredible repertoire of performers, we're flashing back to a 2021 interview with Gold Hill Inn performer Finn O'Sullivan! Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chef, at ...

4 days ago

12 minutes

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What was it like to live through a 19th century blizzard?

Send us a text In today's show, Maryann Rosen recounts the historic blizzards of the Peak to Peak that buried the region under snow that reached second-story windows. What was it like to live through a storm without access to your snowblower, or without plows clearing the streets? It wasn't easy. These storms could decimate towns, and they could strand settlers for weeks with nowhere to go. Listen to today's show to hear true stories of these legendary storms. Plus: Nederland approves Eldora ...

5 days ago

19 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Andre LaMotte

Send us a text In the first 2026 episode of Music of the Mountains, The Mountain-Ear Podcast promotes Andre LaMotte, a Spanish guitar instrumentalist who brings an acoustic twist to modern rock and pop. The physical and digital music column will be out in the January 8th issue of the newspaper, a day before LaMotte's performance at Monarch Casino in Black Hawk. Listen to the episode for more details -- and if you're listening before January 9th, please spread the word however you can! Suppor...

1 week ago

17 minutes

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What does Eldora sound like?

Send us a text Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday to the Mountain-Ear Podcast! Today marks our fifth anniversary of being on the airwaves. We've come a long way, and we have a lot to be proud of - plus a lot to look forward to. To ring in the New Year, we have our first "Sounds of the Town" submission from Eldora resident David Hallock, a bird lover and conservationist who says the song of the American Dipper is what defines the quiet, natural ambience of the historic mountain village. ...

1 week ago

12 minutes

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Mountain Folk Tales: Roger and Lori Drienka (New Year's Eve Special!)

Send us a text Roger and Lori Drienka have lived together in the Colorado mountain community for nearly 50 years, with Lori’s connections to the state reaching back generations. In 1936, her grandfather built a teepee near his family’s property in the town of Pinecliffe. Lori was born in Denver, where she lived until around the age of ten. She moved to Southern California, where she met Roger in a high school construction class. As the only girl in the class, other guys would often make thems...

1 week ago

37 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Chris Daniels and Freddi Gowdy

Send us a text Musicians don’t build their legacies overnight. They learn, they tour, they perform, and they sometimes stumble into their defining moments. Rhythm and blues musician Chris Daniels and soul musician Freddi Gowdy have built their legacies over decades. In 2025's final episode of Music of the Mountains, prepare for the end of the year by bringing Daniels and Gowdy on to talk about their upcoming New Year's Eve Show at Oskar Blues Grill and Brew in Lyons. Support the show Thank y...

2 weeks ago

39 minutes

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Did 19th century miners get a Christmas holiday?

Send us a text Did miners in the Peak to Peak get Christmas day off in the 1800's? In this week's episode, our guest host Maryann Rosen digs into the history of Christmas, and what the holiday meant for early settlers in Nederland. Winters were long and the holidays in the Colorado mountains weren't always merry and bright - especially for the laborers who worked year-round in the historical mines. But the spirit of Christmas always had a way of brightening the harsh lifestyle that came with ...

2 weeks ago

18 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Richard Shine of Beyond Comprehension

Send us a text There’s a special joy that comes when people play music together. Richard Shine, who has primarily performed acoustic solo sets over the last few years, is now experiencing that joy with fellow guitarist Steve Scheidker. “I met Steve playing pickleball,” Shine recalls. “We had him over one night, and he said he played some guitar and did some singing, so we started fiddling around, and next thing you know, I’ve invited him to a gig of mine.” Both performing acoustic guitar, wit...

3 weeks ago

20 minutes

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Caribou Current: Our New Arts and Culture Monthly

Send us a text We are excited to announce an endeavor that has been months in the making: Caribou Current, our new, free arts and culture monthly coming in February 2026. A cast of former Boulder Weekly staffers, who lost their jobs when the Alternative Weekly newspaper ceased publishing this past summer, are teaming up with The Mountain-Ear to bring you stories about music, arts, entertainment, food and more, spanning the Peak to Peak, Boulder County and Golden. We sat down with Jezy Gray, C...

3 weeks ago

31 minutes

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Community Spotlight: The Art and Inspirations of Brent Warren

Send us a text On Friday, December 12, 2025, the Nederland Community Library hosted a reception for its current art exhibit, A Plague of Parody, with its artist, Brent Warren. Community members mingled and drank amongst the artwork in the library’s community room, with the filmmaker, musician, magician, and multimedia artist providing guitar accompaniment. Warren also discussed the meanings of his artwork, digital graphic photos that he creates with the help of Photoshop. The photos, often ac...

3 weeks ago

16 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Chapel Mountain Rounders

Send us a text Gospel music has the power to bring people together, no matter where they’re from or what they believe. The emerging lineup Chapel Mountain Rounders embrace the style for that exact reason. Longmont resident Elijah Donovan, Nederland resident Matt Thomas, Rollinsville resident Courtlyn Bills, and Steamboat resident Kay McKenzie have consistently drawn hope from gospel music. While Christian messages build the foundation of the style, the bluegrass musicians emphasize the joy ...

1 month ago

34 minutes

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A Winter Drive on the Peak to Peak with Maryann Rosen

Send us a text On today's show, we’re bringing you a segment from our guest host Maryann Rosen, who paints a beautiful picture of a winter drive down the Peak to Peak highway. Bundle up, watch out for moose, and try not to let the breathtaking scenery distract you while you make your way from Blackhawk to Estes Park on one of the prettiest drives in the state of Colorado. Also Reindeer games (literally) in Blackhawk on Sunday, December 14thNederland Cross Country coaches nab regional aw...

1 month ago

16 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: The Tortesians

Send us a text William Nicholson has passed down the idea of Tortesia for years. The legend began at a previous job, where he frequently talked to “a guy named Cole,” who constantly showed up hungover. When Nicholson asked Cole where he had been the night before, he said he was down in Tortesia. Nicholson asked where Tortesia was, and Cole pointed in one direction and responded, “It’s down the road about 10 or 12 beers.” “I just kept it as kind of a funny thing,” Nicholson says. “When someone...

1 month ago

26 minutes

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Peak to Peak News: Skill Share Starter Kit

Send us a text Ever wanted to learn how to sharpen your knives like a professional chef? Or dip your toes into music theory? Try asking your neighbor. In this week's episode, editor and reporter Shay Castle sits down with Fourmile Canyon local Anna Stifter to talk about a community skill share she's been organizing for the past few months. Anna details the steps you can take to start a skill share in your own community, and takes us behind the curtains of the exciting workshops she has planne...

1 month ago

20 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Danny Shafer and Wendy Woo

Send us a text Danny Shafer opens up through music. The Americana singer-songwriter pours his heart into every song he writes and performs, hoping to make honest connections with his listeners. “I don’t have to hide anything when I’m on stage,” he says. “There’s no spot in my personality that I can’t show.” Tune into this week's Music of the Mountains episode to hear from and learn more about longtime Colorado performers Danny Shafer and Wendy Woo. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear...

1 month ago

32 minutes

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Peak to Peak News: Nederland High School Harvest Feast

Send us a text It's not often that students, parents and teachers get to share a meal with each other. But once a year, on the Friday before Thanksgiving, the whole Nederland Middle-Senior High School community get's together for the Harvest Feast, a traditional more than a decade old. Media specialist Jamie Lammers stopped in to the potluck lunch to chat with the hungry cafeteria patrons to see what it's like to sit down and have a meal with people they seldom eat with. We pulled some of the...

1 month ago

10 minutes

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The Real Thanksgiving Story with Maryann Rosen

Send us a text We've all been told the story of the first Thanksgiving - but what actually happened? As with much of colonial American history, the real story is much darker. In Maryann Rosen's annual retelling of the story, she dives into the facts, giving us a true recounting of what colonial and indigenous relationships were like when pilgrims first began colonizing New England. Listen today, and keep these stories in mind while you celebrate and give thanks with your families this w...

1 month ago

18 minutes

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An Homage to Ned with Maryann Rosen

Send us a text Ned's got history - a lot of it. From the glacier carved valleys walked by indigenous peoples, to it's early mining settlements, to the vibrant music scene that evolved at Caribou Ranch, the town has been through countless ebbs and flows of time. History changes though, and in early October the Caribou Village fire that destroyed 20 storefronts and the livelihoods of many locals signified a seismic shift in the town's timeline. But the people of Nederland have been through it a...

1 month ago

14 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Arn and Karen Current of Slopeside

Send us a text Two things tie together Arn Current’s musical life: family and community. The longtime local musician worked his first job at the Caribou Ranch under founder James William Guercio, and he graduated from Nederland High in 1989. Now, Current is returning to his hometown for a show at Busey Brews as part of the Ripple Effect Benefit Series. The concert series has been scheduled through November, raising funds for the Nederland Fire Department in the aftermath of the Lakeview Fire...

1 month ago

29 minutes

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Peak to Peak News: What does your town sound like?

Send us a text On today’s show, we’re launching a new joint segment with Boulder Valley Frequency we’re calling “Sounds of the Town”. The Mountain-Ear wants to know: What does home sound like to you? We are accepting submissions for Sounds of the Town, a new podcast series that seeks to highlight the sonic signatures of our area: from Allenspark to Idaho Springs, and all the canyons and communities in between. Tell us what the sound is, where you hear it and what it means to you....

1 month ago

12 minutes