Stone Cottage Studios Presents
David Berkeley & Megan Burtt
Join us Saturday, May 27th as we present a special, intimate outdoor Artist Series Concert with highly acclaimed singer songwriters David Berkeley and Megan Burtt right here in the gardens at Stone Cottage Studios. You are welcome to bring drinks, food, blankets and low back chairs. The Address for The Stone Cottage is 3091 7th St, Boulder, CO
About David Berkeley
“Berkeley crafts his songs like watercolor paintings. Intimate and introspective, his gentle yet colorful melodies are graceful and resonate long after the last note fades.” – Creative Loafing,
David Berkeley’s gift as a songwriter and storyteller is that he sees the tragedy and comedy in life, writing songs capable of both breaking and healing the heart. Berkeley has been called a “musical poet,” by the San Francisco Chronicle, and the New York Times praises his “lustrous, melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake.” That voice and his gift with words is what first sets Berkeley apart from all other guitar-slinging songwriters. But it is his onstage charisma and unparalleled between-song repartee that truly puts him in a class by himself. Each show is completely unique, and David’s humanity shines through every note he sings and every word he speaks. Berkeley has released seven studio albums, one live album, and authored two books, each of which pairs with one of his albums. He was a guest on This American Life, telling an outrageous story of a private serenade he was once hired to perform, and he has won many songwriting awards and
About Megan Burtt
WINNER 2015 Best Singer/Songwriter Westword Music Awards
Finalist 2014 Songwriter Serenade Competition
WINNER SW Region 2011 Mountain NewSong Competition
WINNER 2011 Kerrville NewFolk Competition
WINNER 2010 Rocky Mountain Folk Festival
Finalist 2011 Great American Song Contest
Megan Burtt is an international touring singer/songwriter decorated with national recognition. She is the winner of the Kerrville NewFolk, Rocky Mountain Folk Festival and Westword Music Award and a finalist in Mountain NewSong, Songwriter Serenade and Great American Song Contest.
In 2010 she released “It Ain’t Love”, a 12-song collection she made with bandmates, among them, Louis Cato (of Jon Batiste and Stay Human, house band for Stephen Colbert, Marcus Miller, Snarky Puppy, and Bobby McFerrin). She worked with the same group for her 2015 release “The Bargain” which charts her recovery from a serious illness with songs that move from darkness to light. In 2013 she released “In Good Company: The Colorado Sessions” a collaborative album of co-writes with Colorado bands including SHEL and Covenhoven.
December 2019 marked the 10th year Megan performed throughout the Pennsylvania state maximum security prison system with her band.
Megan has toured as a headlining artist, and as support for acts including Gregory Alan Isakov, Marc Cohn, Brett Dennen, Glenn Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket, Lissie, Stephen Kellogg and Leanne Rimes. In 2015 she collaborated with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra as a featured artist.
Megan is also a member of an Americana-Roots band called Gingerbomb made up of five redheads.
“Soulful, confessional, and sublime in a rustic way.” – Pop Matters
“ an attractive and organic sound” – Pancakes and Whiskey
“Pulsing, powerful and lovely, Burtt gracefully manipulates words and melody into a sultry delight. Her velvety voice seeps right into your being as she pulls you into the gorgeous foray.” – Guitar World
“straightforward composition lends to radio hit potential.” – Paste
"All of the songs are constructed from elements that blend together, not tacked on. Berklee degree or not, you can't hit the mark as squarely and as consistently as Burtt does without having the right stuff" - Vintage Guitar Magazine
