Trouble’s Braids is a musical duo from Colorado’s Front Range that creates dynamic folk music with teeth. They have been featured artists at Rock Inn Estes Park, Bricks on Main, Bootstrap Brewing, Gold Hill, Laughing Goat, St. Julien Hotel, Bread Bar, Roots Music Project, and many others.

Trouble’s Braids combines poignant lyricism, rich female and male harmonies, and great hooks with an unflinching curiosity about the dark and hidden corners of the human experience, all with a wink and a nod that invites the audience to come play.

Their influences are broad and deep, drawing inspiration from classic songwriters like Bob Dylan, John Prine, and Lucinda Williams, as well as more contemporary acts like Big Thief, Mitski, The Decemberists, The Mountain Goats, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits and Nick Cave.

Colorado’s blues duo Hundred Pound Housecat packs plenty of punch.  Their sound is a foot-stomping mix of original blues and soulful Americana that feels like it is simultaneously from another time and perfect for this one.

Melly Frances’ vocals are incomparable.  She sounds like a beautiful, eerie Bessie Smith 78 one minute, before letting out a ragged scream that would make Leon Russel blush, the next.  She does all of this while holding down the rhythm with a mix of bass, washboard and stomp box.  Keke Lee punctuates Housecat’s music with a mix of slide and piedmont blues guitar, reminiscent of Tampa Red, Memphis Minnie and Johnny Shines.