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EPISODE · Nov 3, 2025 · 19 MIN

Music of the Mountains: Mark May

from The Mountain-Ear Podcast · host The Mountain-Ear Staff

Send us Fan MailDenver-based folk-grass musician Mark May first picked up a guitar at nine years old. Since then, he’s developed his performance and songwriting, graduating from Fort Lewis College in 2016 with a music business degree.Playing music has helped May personally throughout his life, allowing him to express himself and find solace in his and others’ music. He was born hard of hearing in his left ear, but that has never dampened his enthusiasm for music as an art form. He hopes his music can bring comfort to listeners in the same way it brings comfort to him.Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the showThank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below.If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact:Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at [email protected] Hickman, multimedia producer, at [email protected] Lammers, podcast host, at [email protected] inquiries: [email protected] to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online.Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website.Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.earListen and watch on YouTube today.Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout.Thank you for listening!

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Send us Fan Mail Denver-based folk-grass musician Mark May first picked up a guitar at nine years old. Since then, he’s developed his performance and songwriting, graduating from Fort Lewis College in 2016 with a music business degree. Playing music has helped May personally throughout his life, allowing him to express himself and find solace in his and others’ music. He was born hard of hearing in his left ear, but that has never dampened his enthusiasm for music as an art form. He hopes his...

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