Claire Heywood takes songwriting seriously. The 27-year-old Denver-based vocalist, lyricist and guitar player debuts her professed perfectionist tendencies on a new single.

Americana outfit Bison Bone releases its second album, Take up the Trouble, produced by Mark Anderson of Paper Bird, on February 22.

The Colorado-hatched folk band Elephant Revival took an indefinite break following a performance at Red Rocks last spring, and since then its members have pursued new directions. For singer-songwriter Daniel Rodriguez, the change has allowed for some welcome growth.

Reed Foehl’s fifth album, Lucky Enough, drops on February 1.

The musicians in Elder Grown hope 2019 is their best year yet.

As Leftover Salmon nears its thirtieth year, the musicians’ inspiring story is told in a new book, Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival! to be released this February by Rowman & Littlefield.

Fruition released its fifth full-length, Watching It All Fall Apart, back in February, and recently dropped an EP titled Fire, which the group is now using to help raise funds for victims of the recent California wildfires.

Jackson Emmer, who released an album titled Jukebox last April, honed his folksy chops in the bar rooms of Aspen before capturing his sly brand of musical grit in the studio.

“We’re hosting a festival-style thing with us and a bunch of our musical buddies.”

Tenth Mountain Division, which fields a sound somewhere between the Band and Zac Brown, began with bluegrass-flavored tones of acoustic instruments, then eventually sidled over to the louder expression of electric music.

Since The Motet started in Boulder in 1998, the band has earned a devoted fan base through steady touring, energetic performances and occasional theme-based shows.

“We like to work on the soul of our music, not just playing the songs.”

Brandishing a new release, The Butcher’s Share, Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird come to Denver from Berlin with a sound that strikes at oppression.

These high school bluegrass virtuosos are raising money for mental health awareness.

The group Wood Belly has garnered acclaim in the bluegrass scene.

Jordan Brandenburg is, literally, the son of a preacher man. The singer and mandolin player for Denver’s Turkeyfoot is also a devout believer in the gospel of pickin’ and grinnin’.

David Burchfield thought he was done pursuing music when he moved to Denver. The songwriter arrived in the Mile High City from Kansas in 2013 to begin work as an elementary school teacher. Then things changed.

We Banjo 3, which originated in Galway, Ireland, plays a fusion of traditional Irish, old time, and bluegrass music that has been dubbed “Celtgrass.”

The eclectic and joyous folk pop of Kuinka is rooted in the state of Washington, though the bandmates first met in the Big Apple.