Denver – Folk singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Edwards comes to Swallow Hill on Friday, September 29 at 8 p.m. to perform songs from his latest release Man in the Moon, featuring 12 songs of life, love and adventure. Known for his 1971 Billboard #4 pop protest hit-song “Sunshine,” earning him a gold record that same year, he has recorded 15 CDs since. Jonathan has said of “Sunshine,” “It was just at the time of the Vietnam War and Nixon … It was looking bad out there. That song meant a lot to a lot of people during that time—especially me.” His children’s album Little Hands has sold over 20,000 copies, was a National Library Association “Notable Children’s recording” and he has performed on the soundtrack for Cruising America’s Waterways, a PBS television series that he also narrated.

Early in his career Jonathan opened for the Allman Brothers Band and B. B. King. He has worked with composer and piano master Kenny White, Wendy Waldman, Mike Robertson, Cheryl Wheeler and Emmylou Harris among others. In 1994 Jonathan performed in the “Back to the Future” tour along with Tom Rush, Dom McLean, Jesse Colin-Young, Steve Forbert and Al Stewart. Jonathan performed as the lead in the Broadway musical Pumpboys and Dinettes. He produced Cheryl Wheeler’s Driving Home and Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar, and the Seldom Scene’s Blue Ridge along with producing his own albums and writing the musical score for the movie The Mouse.

For tickets visit swallowhillmusic.org (please note this alternate web address for public access) or call (303) 777-1003. Discounts are available for Swallow Hill members.

About Swallow Hill Music Association:
Helping people make music since 1979, Swallow Hill Music Association is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the United States as a source for folk, roots and acoustic music. With more than 2,100 members—some of whom are also volunteers—, Swallow Hill provides a place to celebrate music that is rarely heard elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three concert venues house more than 150 performances a year, featuring some of the world's great artists as well as up-and-coming new talent. The Julie Davis Music School at Swallow Hill provides a valuable and affordable extra-curricular educational resource to the community with more than 50 music instructors involved in more than 240 adult classes and 70 children's classes annually.

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