The University Program Board (UPB) holds an annual competition to determine which student bands will open for the headliner at the Purple Reign festival. This year, South House and Von
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Near the beginning of the pandemic, the members of Denver psych-rock band Eldren were in the same position as other acts around the globe: They couldn’t tour, and they couldn’t rehearse or record together.
But they wanted to keep collaborating in some way, so singer/guitarist Nasir Malik proposed that the band challenge itself by creating an album solely of cover songs. That would eventually become
Separation Sessions, which started streaming on digital platforms in April.
Not long after Bill Withers passed away, on March 30, 2020, Malik and singer, guitarist and keyboardist Tyler Imbrogno, who formed the band about a decade ago, started working on the Withers staple “Ain’t No Sunshine” with fellow members violinist Josh Lee, bassist Mason Shelmire and drummer Forrest Raup. They each recorded separate parts, sharing them on Google Drive, while Imbrogno mixed the songs in his Daymoon Studios.