Longtime local musician, educator, and JAS In-Schools faculty member Mark Johnson tragically passed away earlier this year in a car accident. Mark committed years of his tenure with JAS and was a leading force behind the music programs at Carbondale Middle and Roaring Fork High Schools. Currently, these schools are without a full-time music teacher.
Morgan James Saturday June 28th- 6:30pm & 8:45pm @ Aspen Art Museum BUY TICKETS Morgan James (MJ) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and producer. She graduated from The Juilliard School with a bachelor's degree in classical voice, with a concentration in opera. Morgan has been in the cast of five Broadway productions and a
Alex Cuba Fri & Sat June 27th & 28th- 6pm & 8pm @ Bad Harriet BUY TICKETS Getting to Know: Alex Cuba – The Soul of Latin Fusion If you haven’t heard of Alex Cuba, it’s time to change that. This Grammy-winning singer-songwriter brings serious soul to the Latin music scene—but not in the way
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Saturday, June 28th - 5:30pm @ Wheeler Opera House BUY TICKETS Ingram’s journey began in the city of Clarksdale, in Coahoma County, Mississippi, just 10 miles from the legendary crossroads of Highways 61 and 49. Born to a family of singers and musicians, he fell in love with music as a child,
OLATUJA Saturday, June 28th - 6:30pm & 8:30pm @ Unravel BUY TICKETS Olatuja is a band, a project, an album full of the uplifting, joyful music of the African diaspora, and a beacon of healing in a divided world. Michael ‘Leye’ Olatuja first met Alicia ‘Lisa’ Olatuja when both were students at the Manhattan School
Showtimes 6:30pm & 8:45pm @ Aspen Art Museum Rooftop Brooklyn’s Kaleta & Super Yamba Band are fronted by Afrobeat and Juju veteran Leon Ligan-Majek a.k.a. Kaleta. The singer/guitarist from the West African country of Benin Republic lived his adolescent life in Lagos, Nigeria where Afrobeat was born. Kaleta's guitar chops earned him decades of touring
Showtimes 6:30pm & 8:45pm @ Aspen Art Museum Rooftop Cuban music has a new global ambassador: Cimafunk. With a name and image that pays tribute to the Cimarrons – Cubans of African descent that resisted slavery – and music and showmanship that re-embodies funk legends from the last century, the medical-school student turned funk artist
Showtimes 6:30pm & 8:45pm @ Aspen Art Museum Rooftop Nearly sixty five years after he moved to the United States from Kingston, Jamaica, his hometown, Grammy ® nominated pianist Monty Alexander is an American classic, touring the world relentlessly with various projects, delighting a global audience drawn to his vibrant personality and soulful message. His
Thursday, August 7th @ 8:45pm | Tickets $45
Showtimes 6:30pm & 8:45pm @ Aspen Art Museum Rooftop In Memory of Judith Steinberg Certain experiences burn themselves in your memory from the very first encounter. The jaw-dropping audio pyrotechnics that Naturally 7 put on display every night absolutely belong in that category. “A capella group” so vastly underplays what they create onstage that they
