The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Many a hit record owes its inspiration to a stranded songwriter, so it’s only fitting that Esme Patterson’s ...

Everyone in the audience was armed,” says Paper Bird’s Esme Patterson, recalling making that horrifying discovery on stage at a recent show. “It was like that scene in The Blues Brothers, where they ...

She would rather talk about the weather. In fact, while on the road, Denver, Colorado-based singer-songwriter Esme Patterson often does. "I find it strange that people find [talking about the weather] ...

If you're familiar with Esme Patterson — through her years fronting Colorado folkies Paper Bird, her two previous solo albums or, most likely, her Feist-y duets with Shakey Graves digger Alejandro ...

Esme Patterson turns off her brain and let's her body sing. It's her philosophy that at Rock n Roll's core our animal nature meets our hearts and minds, and we can't agree more when we listen to " ...

On this week's episode we've got one of the sunniest bands of all time, mesmerizing music from the Sahara and an elegy to growing old. New Mix: The Monkees, Esmé Patterson, Adia Victoria, Matt The ...