Genre: Folk/Appalachian
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It’s the quiet awe of wild places that most animates the music of the Roaring Fork Valley’s own Natalie Spears. Drawing inspiration from the language of birds and the patterns of migration outside her front door, Natalie crafts songs that offer a constant invitation to open the aperture of life to something wider and wilder. Her latest album, Hymn of Wild Things, chronicles a journey of wonder, loss, and metamorphosis—threading together her experience with the natural world and the intimate corners of humanity.
Raised in a home brimming with music and later discovering the clawhammer banjo while building straw-bale houses in Colorado, Natalie has mastered the art of communal, old-time Appalachian storytelling. Her work has earned her a spot on Billboard’s bluegrass album chart and stages across the country, from the Wheeler Opera House to the Blackpot Festival. Whether she’s sampling the calls of Sandhill Cranes or setting Wendell Berry poems to music, Natalie Spears threads opposites together: tradition with innovation, and the human experience with the more-than-human world.