Chicago singer/songwriter, Dave Tamkin, currently resides in Boulder, CO. He has created his own unique style of rhythmic-acoustic rock that's based around a fresh musical vision. His shows vary from intimate solo acoustic performances to a full band experience encapsulating a mixture of personal lyrics and skilled songwriting set against a high-energy percussive backbone.

He's shared the stage with Guster, The Samples, Rusted Root, Michael Galbicki, Butch Walker, Matt Wertz, Eric Hutchinson, Stroke 9, The Violent Femmes, and Carbon Leaf to name a few. Tamkin has a style that's hard to resist. His lyrics are unabashedly honest and his passion for playing is undying!

Rainbow Rider #196

I start off with a half-hour of some great funk & soul from 2014. Then for the rest of show I play some of my favorite (mostly instrumental) trip-hop & hip-hop of 2014, featuring Skinshape's eponymous debut album, as well as Erik Jackson's new LP Vintage.

Peace Of Mind

Nature As Transformational

Laidback and Smoke Fairies

Bones and Ghosts for Halloween

Romeo Santos playing duets with various artists, live versions.

Rainbow Rider #195

Some of my favorite instrumental hip-hop & trip-hop of 2014.

Tracks by MEDL4 are available for free stream/download from his netlabel Dusted Wax Kingdom: 

http://dustedwax.org/dwk279.html

Tracks by Vanilla are available for free stream/download from his bandcamp page:

https://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/

Tracks by Shag are available for free stream/download from his bandcamp page:

https://shag.bandcamp.com/

Tracks by Moderator are available for free stream/download from his bandcamp page: 

https://moderator.bandcamp.com/

Tracks by P.SUS are available for free stream/download from his netlabel Dusted Wax Kingdom: 

http://dustedwax.org/dwk277.html

Meet Me In The City

The Bell of Truth

Laura Marling and Xavier Rudd

A selection of women who will be attending the FARM (Folk Alliance Region Midwest) conference this weekend, finishing up with a feature set by Emily White, who just released her new album, "Staking Flags in the Valley", yesterday!

Bachata music!!