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Martin Gilmore is an award-winning Colorado singer-songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and educator whose music lives at the intersection of folk, bluegrass, Americana, and the musical traditions of the American West. Raised on the prairies of the Nebraska Panhandle and now based in the Denver area, Gilmore has built a career around preserving traditional roots music while creating original songs for a new generation.

And the accolades are impressive. Martin won the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Competition in 2024, the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Songwriter Showcase in 2024, and was a 2025 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk winner. He was also nominated for the 2025 IBMA Momentum Award for Mentor of the Year.

Martin's career reaches far beyond Colorado. He has performed throughout the United States and internationally, including Ireland, Canada, Egypt and Cyprus. He has shared stages with artists including The Infamous Stringdusters, Stephen Stills and Judy Collins, while his Martin Gilmore Trio was selected as an official showcase group at the 2021 IBMA World of Bluegrass.

He's also a dedicated music educator. Martin has taught folk and bluegrass music through the University of Northern Colorado, Swallow Hill Music Association, and the University of Denver Enrichment Program, sharing his knowledge of guitar, songwriting, singing, bluegrass and American roots-music history with the next generation of musicians.

His recent work continues to explore Western stories and traditions. His 2025 release Thea Is a Light Blue was followed by "The Dry & Dusty West" and the 2026 release "Last Ride of an Old Cowhand." "The Dry & Dusty West" combines traditional bluegrass instrumentation with orchestral arrangements from the Colorado Symphony and celebrates the stories and landscapes of Colorado.

Musical Miles Podcast caught up with Martin Gilmore at the 2026 Grand Mesa Songwriter Festival in Cedaredge, Colorado, where we talked about songwriting, bluegrass, Western music, teaching, and a musical journey that has taken him from the Nebraska plains to stages around the world.

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• Grand Mesa Songwriter Festival
• Songwriter

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