This weekend, a flock of folk musicians will migrate to Macky Auditorium on the University of Colorado Boulder campus to usher in the fifth annual Bluebird Music Festival.
Much like the medium-sized, cyan-plumed and mostly insectivorous thrush from which the festival hails its name, the Bluebird Music Festival will return at the height of spring to deliver listeners some sweet tunes — and maybe a story or two along the journey.
Strings & Stories is Bluebird’s version of VH1’s Storytellers, in which artists share a selection of songs from their catalog and regale audience members with a storytelling session of how those songs came to be. This year’s festival lineup leads with three-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Ben Harper, known for his masterful and thought-provoking lyricism. Harper transcends and blends genres, combining blues, rock, folk, soul and reggae into one marvelous discography.
“Ben Harper is a big deal,” said Boulder-based musician Bob Barrick, who will perform at the weekend festival. “My high school friend, Sam, would always play his CDs while we cruised around central Indiana. I love the simple sincerity in his songwriting. You’ve gotta be truly fearless to write songs that cut like his do.”
Another band making its Bluebird debut is Heavy Gus. The trio features The Lumineers touring pianist Stelth Ulvang, Blind Pilot drummer Ryan Dobrowski and marine biologist-turned-songwriter Dorota Szuta, Ulvang’s partner.
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