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Welcome to the home of
Greyrock Commons House Concerts!
GCHC is a new Northern Colorado house concert series, located in NW Fort Collins at Greyrock Commons, an intentional co-housing community of 30 families living on 16 acres of land.
Local singer-songwriter Kathryn Mostow started the series with the goal of bringing talented, thoughtful acoustic songwriters to the area who are seeking a home-grown venue and receptive audiences.
What is a house concert? It is, essentially, a concert that takes place in someone’s living room (or barn, or studio or, in this case, a spacious and beautiful community room). It is music: intimate, up-close, and unadulterated. Audiences get to chat with performers between sets, and performers get to share their music with an attentive audience.
GCHC will offer three concerts in 2008, but check back regularly for updates and a possible summer outdoor concert!
NEWS: Please check out the Rocky Mountain Chronicle's recent article on area house concerts by Elliott Johnson, prominently featuring Greyrock Commons!
 January 12, 2008 • Justin Roth
Our Inaugural House Concert!
"One of the best singer/songwriters I've heard in ages ... Justin Roth is a flat-out talent. Roth rivals a young Willy Porter ... his vocal delivery is smooth, his guitar playing extraordinary."
— The Journal Times, Racine, WI
Justin Roth hails from Minnesota, where he picked up the guitar in 9th grade, taking lessons from a heavy metal guitarist. His path to acoustic music was solidified at 17, when he saw guitarist Michael Hedges open for Crosby, Stills & Nash. Justin is known for his truly innovative guitar playing (check out this Youtube video on Justin's MySpace page) as well as his award-winning songwriting (he's been a finalist in Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Telluride Troubadour, and Kerrville Folk Festival).
Justin has toured with Red House recording artist John Gorka and has shared the stage with some of the biggest acts in the acoustic music scene, including Shawn Colvin, Martin Sexton, Lucy Kaplansky, David Wilcox and Richard Shindell.
Kathryn Mostow will be playing an opening set for Justin.
Showtime: 7:30 pm
Suggested Donation: $10 – $15/person
Please RSVP to:
or call 970-484-1544 and leave a message with the number of people to attend
For directions to Greyrock Commons House Concerts, click here
 April 5, 2008
Larry Murante
"One of the best voices
in folk music."
— Chuck Pyle, Zen Cowboy
It's no surprise that Seattle-based Larry Murante is gaining a reputation as one of the finest contemporary singer songwriters to emerge from the Northwest in recent years.
Larry's two CD releases, Kiss Me One More Time and Water's Edge have garnered critical acclaim from all over the country and parts of Europe. In the past decade he's racked up a string of national and regional songwriting awards and honors including first place winner of the Wildflower Songwriting Contest in Richardson, Texas and a showcase finalist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
Larry grew up in the small rural town of Nazareth, Pennsylvania (also the home of Martin Guitars). In high school, Larry began singing in working bands of every kind. Larry's voice today is a testament not only to good pipes but to years of training — which he's done, logging over a decade of study with opera, jazz, and musical theater stylists (Larry continues to lead a double life as a jazz/rock/R&B singer in his ten piece variety band, Second Wind, which has been together for over 15 years).
His songs are full of the sense of how lucky and fragile our lives are: to have music, companionship, family, a roof overhead, a semblance of mental health, food on the table and the opportunity to grow — these are gifts that in Larry's songs seem tenuous, revocable, and tender.
Larry has shared the stage with such artists as Peter Mulvey, Greg Greenway, Pierce Pettis, David Broza, Cosy Sheridan, and Laura Love.
Brad Warren
"Brad Warren is one of my favorite songwriters
on the West Coast; heck, he's one of my
favorite songwriters anywhere."
— Darryl Purpose
With a guitar and a knack for drawing people out, Brad finds stories that deserve singing everywhere. Imagine a crossroads where Bruce Cockburn, David Wilcox, Marc Cohn and Lyle Lovett might meet to swap songs, that's where you'll find Brad's work, too.
 TBA: Summer 2008 date to be announced soon! • Randall Williams
Randall Williams studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of Mons, Belgium, but left the world of black tie tuxedos and Verdi operas for a life of folk music. His journeys have been numerous:
he’s written songs in train stations, sung and played on street corners, cafés, and pubs. For a time he lived aboard a 20' sailboat that he bought for $800, teaching himself how to sail by single-handing through the Baltic and North Seas with his guitar sleeping in the berth beside him at night. He moved to North Africa, then set off across the Sahara by hitching with locals - bouncing through a minefield on the way that made his mother have bad dreams. He loved the adventure, but he missed the music.
In 2005, Randall returned stateside to scrounge up a career as a performing songwriter, hoping it wasn't too late. So far, it hasn't been. As the "Partial Capo Guy," Randall has written two books for Hal Leonard, recorded a DVD for Kyser Musical Products, and given workshops at some of the biggest festivals in United States. As a performer, Randall has been a finalist in the Founder's Title and Mid-Atlantic Song Contests, A regional finalist at Kerrville, a showcase artist at Northeast and Midwest Folk Alliance, and at the International Folk Alliance in Memphis, and an Audience Favorite at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. His 2007 live release, "One Night in Louisiana" made a respectable dent in the folk DJ charts (One single, "Lebanon," was #8 in May,) and he's generally a nice guy to have around, capos or not.
Showtime: 7:30 pm
Suggested Donation: $10 – $15/person
Please RSVP to:
or call 970-484-1544 and leave a message with the number of people to attend
For directions to Greyrock Commons House Concerts, click here
 FRIDAY October 3, 2008 • Sara Hickman
"...Hickman is a singing poet...while her songs are often peaceful and gentle, she comes equipped with sharp edges, an eagle eye and a unique ability to work a house with stories,
quips and dedications..."
— Jim Beal, San Antonio Express-News
Sara Hickman was raised in Houston, Texas and launched her professional career at age 14 at a Houston Oilers party with just her guitar and voice. Her independently-released debut, Equal Scary People, was picked up in 1989 by Elektra. Sara has twice been a guest of NBC’s Tonight Show, hosted her own VH1 special, and produced an independent video, Joy, which won first place in the USA Film Festival.
With the help of fans, Sara raised $50,000 to buy back the shelved masters of her third album, Necessary Angels, from Elektra. The album was released on Discovery. She has since released three discs on Shanachie: Misfits, Two Kinds of Laughter (produced by Adrian Belew), and Spiritual Appliances, produced by Sara herself. Sara returns to the world of adult music after five years of creating award-winning music for children. Sara has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Association of Music Therapists, the Kerrville Folk Festival, and the Dallas Observer.
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2265 Shooting Star Lane, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
Greyrock Common House phone: 970-221-9846
From downtown Fort Collins:
Take Mulberry heading west, all the way to Taft Hill Road . Make a RIGHT onto Taft Hill Road . You are now heading North. Go about 1 mile. You will come to a traffic circle at Vine Drive. Go around the east side of the circle so that you stay on Taft Hill Road. Take your first LEFT after Vine onto Liberty Drive. Take the first RIGHT onto Briarwood, which dead ends into Greyrock Commons (you will see a sign welcoming you to the community).
PARKING: Once you enter the Greyrock Neighborhood, please follow the signs for parking. We have designated "visitor parking" spots as well as marked “overflow” spots (look for signs). You can also park along Briarwood Drive.
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