The Retake is an ensemble of Northern Colorado musicians heavily influenced by hip hop, next wave soul, Latin rhythms, and jazz.  All coming from larger Fort Collins-based bands/musical groups (Salsa Forte, Fort Collins Wind Symphony, Girls on Top!, Funky Business, 12 Cents for Marvin, and Choice City Seven among others), this group wanted to challenge themselves in different ways musically and take some risks. Their sound is inspired by bands like Moonchild, Robert Glasper, Hiatus Kaiyote, Cory Wong, and Nubiyan Twist.  

The Lull Band was formed in March 2019 with deep roots in the Denver, Colorado, blues community. The band members have played together on different occasions and different sets at various Denver blues jams stages: El Chapultepec, Busty G’s, Rusty Bucket, and others. The band's first set of original songs were written by Dino Coyote and acted as a starting point for the band's first CD project: ‘Mr. Moxie.' The main idea for the music is a dance-able, articulated rock with distinctive vocals.

Like everyone, the King Stan Band has experience major hardship over the last 18 months. The loss of one of our founding members was hard to survive, but the band has rebounded with several new members and the release of a new album. KSB is led by the soulful vocals of Dina Baker and the hard driving guitar work of Ted Loughry. The band has been nominated for an unprecidented number of awards by the Colorado Blues Society including: Best female singer, Best guitar, Best horn section and Best live performance.

From humble beginnings covering soul standards in their unlikely hometown of Greeley, Colorado, The Burroughs have traversed a decade of growth and reinvention to become a band that defies odds and transcends categorization. Since 2013, the 9-piece act has lit up stages around the country with their trademark brand of “sweaty soul music,” an invitation for audiences to dance, celebrate, and connect under a unifying and infectious groove.

The Aggregates started in 2010 from a collective of talented musicians looking to fill a missing genre. Made up of saxophones, flute, keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, and vocals, this five-piece plays an assortment of danceable originals with tasteful lyrics that engage the audience like no other. Their sound is best described as a mix of Greyboy All-Stars with Soulive and a sprinkling of Lettuce and Motet. The sets consist of originals and some covers with vocals mixed in around attention-grabbing instrumentals.

SolSatellite is a name with many layers, Sol being the sun, a solfege pitch, and a play on the word “soul”, and Satellite referring to both a celestial body which revolves around a planet and an artificial body which is put in place to orbit the Earth. SolSatellite is the embodiment of this idea through music by combining powerful, soulful vocals with funkadelic rock-based instrumentals and orbiting an eclectic fusion sound. Each member of this five-piece band draws from a unique musical background with a multitude of influences in order to pioneer a new genre, coined nu-soul funk.