Join us for the second installment of our new songwriter showcase. Curated and hosted by Bonnie & Taylor Simms, the evening will feature original music from singer-songwriters from across the Front Range, including Andrew Sturtz, Dechen Hawk, and Alysia Kraft. 

FREE

Attend live concert in the Museum Courtyard, or watch the livestream:

1. On the Longmont Museum’s Facebook page
2. On Longmont Public Media’s website or through LPM Roku App for your Smart TV
3. On Channel 8/880 on your TV

About the Songwriters

Andrew Sturtz’s music falls somewhere at the intersection of folk and soul. He has been writing and performing his music since he was just 15 and has performed all across the United States. His main musical project now is Sturtz, a band based out of Boulder, CO.

Like Stevie Wonder and Jeff Buckley thrown in a blender, Indie Soul Balladeer Dechen Hawk creates music that ranges from beautiful ballads to gritty throwback funk and soul. He believes conscious music has the power to heal and transform humanity for the better. Hawk’s call pierces the state of unawareness and asks you to speak the truth. Though musical his whole life, it wasn’t until the death of his father when he was 14, and the search for a way to express that loss, that Hawk found his calling as a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His desire to create and express the joy and fragility of life has kept him busy for the past 25 years performing locally and internationally. His work creates community by bringing people together from all walks of life to do something they all have in common and enjoy.

Alysia Kraft has amassed a devoted regional following for projects Whippoorwill and The Patti Fiasco as a celebrated songwriter and incomparably magnetic frontwoman. She’s sold out most of Colorado’s big stages and directly supported icons Bon Jovi, Blondie, Nathanial Rateliff and Bonnie Raitt on significantly bigger ones. Embracing the complexities of growing up queer on a cattle ranch in small-town Wyoming and choosing to love within a landscape that didn’t always love back, “First Light” is a triumphant homecoming and a defining solo debut. Smart, retro-influenced indie pop and lush, bioluminescent folk will find crossover appeal with fans of HAIM, Sheryl Crow, Sharon Van Etten, and Waxahatchee. Enlisting close collaborator J. Tom Hnatow & Grammy-nominated Justin Craig to produce and mix, with acclaimed engineer Sarah Register to master, “First Light” is open-hearted and thoughtfully hook-adorned – with soundscapes as dimensional as Kraft’s western upbringing and the liberated narratives contained therein.

Summer Concert Series

The free Summer Concert Series in the Courtyard of the Longmont Museum happens on Thursday evenings from June 18-July 28. View upcoming concerts and events.