Audio By Carbonatix
Keep Westword Free
We’re $2,500 away from our spring campaign goal!
We’re aiming to raise $20,000 by April 26. Your support ensures Westword can continue watching out for you and our community. No paywall. Always accessible. Daily online and weekly in print.
This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. To commemorate the occasion, organizer Planet Bluegrass is releasingTelluride Bluegrass Festival: 40 Years of Festivation, a book full of photos and essays by various artists who’ve performed there. We’ve reprinted the introduction, written by Telluride’s longtime master of ceremonies, Dan Sadowsky, in this week’s music feature, now posted on the Backbeat blog.