Author: Cole Mitchek

‘smallsongs’ is a youtube series brought to you by Americana Highways with small & stripped down performances on the streets of different cities around the world, featuring musical acts at their rawest. About a year ago my wife and I bought a 1991 party bus, and a week later we found out that we were […]

‘smallsongs’ is a YouTube series brought to you by Americana Highways with small & stripped down performances on the streets of different cities around the world, featuring musical acts at their rawest. Once COVID hit, ‘smallsongs from home’ was birthed, a place where artists play their tunes from the comfort of their homes. This week […]

March came around, and readjusted all of our schedules. For me, I was going out multiple times a week to meet with artists touring through Colorado, and sharing multiple ‘smallsongs’ a week. ‘smallsongs’ are small & stripped down performances on the streets featuring artists at their rawest. That process quickly died out due to social distancing, […]

‘smallsongs’ is a YouTube series brought to you by Americana Highways with small & stripped down performances on the streets of different cities around the world, featuring musical acts at their rawest. The very last ‘smallsongs’ that I got to shoot before the city of Denver went on lockdown was with Tyler from Diners. He borrowed a […]

Back in September 2019, when the outside world functioned a bit differently, I met the talented musical duo Chase & Melia in Morrison, CO for a couple ‘smallsongs.’ I brought my wife Andy along to meet them, and we all related on everything from our time spent in Germany, to Red Rocks Church, to #vanlife. […]

‘smallsongs’ is a YouTube series brought to you by Americana Highways with small & stripped down performances on the streets of different cities around the world, featuring musical acts at their rawest. In January I got the opportunity to meet the great Stevie Kin at “Stella’s Gourmet Coffee & Such” on S Pearl Street in Denver where […]

‘smallsongs’ is a YouTube series brought to you by Americana Highways with small & stripped down performances on the streets of different cities around the world, featuring musical acts at their rawest. A few months back I was listening to Colorado’s Indie 102.3 (which at the time was CPR) on the radio when a new […]

A week ago, the great Sammy Brue announced his upcoming album Crash Test Kid and shared two songs off the album, “Teenage Mayhem” & “Crash Test Kid.” A week before that I got the opportunity to meet him on top Lookout Mountain near Golden, Colorado! He was on tour with Michael Kiwanuka and had a […]