Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now calling Colorado home, horticulturist/musician Gregory Alan Isakov has cast an impressive presence on the indie-rock and folk worlds with his six full-length studio albums: That Sea, The Gambler; This Empty Northern Hemisphere; The Weatherman; Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony; Evening Machines (nominated for a Grammy award for Best Folk Album), and Appaloosa Bones. Isakov tours internationally with his band, and has performed with several national symphony orchestras across the United States.

Isakov’s new record, Appaloosa Bones, was released via Dualtone/Suitcase Town Music. Of the album, MOJO states, “Prime Isakov: his velvet baritone glides over elegant and shimmering Wild West mirages.” The Associated Press proclaims, “He has that magical ability to convey both urgency and grandeur at the same time…Simple. Straightforward. Utterly evocative.” And No Depression declares, “this is Isakov’s genius. He turns a short poem into a magnificent piece of music that can captivate for hours.”

When he is not on the road, he runs Starling Farm (a small farm in Boulder County), which provides produce to CSA members, restaurants, and Community Food Share (a local food bank).

Damien Jurado’s musical career began with the release of his debut ‘Water Ave S’ on Sub Pop in 1997. He went on to release three more records for the Seattle label before joining Secretly Canadian, a move marked by the release of 2003’s ‘Where Shall You Take Me?’, a return to his trademark low-key folk-ballad style. Early in 2005 his next full-length, ‘On My Way to Absence’, arrived. Jurado continued to keep busy with ‘And Now That I’m in Your Shadow’, a spare, hushed collection of songs that arrived late in 2006; early the following year, ‘Gathered in Song’ was reissued with bonus tracks. His eighth full-length, ‘Caught in the Trees’, arrived in 2008, followed by the Richard Swift-produced ‘Saint Bartlett’ (2011) and ‘Maraqopa’ (2012).