Daniel Mescher

Kyle Craft’s musical story begins in Shreveport, La., where he found inspiration in the swamp music of his home state and the glam rock of David Bowie. Those two genres meet on his debut album, “Dolls Of Highland,” which he recorded in a laundry room. Craft and his band stopped into our studio to perform four songs from the album and speak with Alisha Sweeney about sneaking into the Sub Pop Records office to drop off his demo, the seedy characters on his debut album and his classic rock influences.

The South Carolina native evokes the spirit of Robert Johnson and Victoria Spivey on her debut full-length, “Beyond The Bloodhounds.”

Robin Edwards’ music career began in Denver. She played in bands like Lust-Cats of the Gutter and The Matildas, and booked concerts at venues like Rhinoceropolis and Bar Bar. When her earlier groups ended, the singer and guitarist started writing and performing pop-punk music as Lisa Prank — backed only by a drum machine. Edwards now lives in Seattle and often collaborates with bands like Chastity Belt and Tacocat. This year she released “Adult Teen,” her debut album as Lisa Prank. Edwards stopped into our studio to play four songs from the album and talked with OpenAir about her early days in the Denver music scene, what it means to be an “Adult Teen” and her love for the music of They Might Be Giants.

Denver band For Keeps started as a collaboration between co-lead singers Merideth Pryor and Cody Witsken while teaching in China. Now the band is a five-piece that writes fun and light-hearted indie pop. ​Pryor and Witsken — now engaged — and the other three members of For Keeps stopped into the CPR Performance Studio to play some songs from their debut “The People We Let In” as well as some new material. They also spoke with Alisha Sweeney about their self-described “BFF pop,” the influence of fellow Denver bands Dressy Bessy and Apples In Stereo and their upcoming acoustic tour in South America.

Drummer and founding member Greg Saunier tells OpenAir how the band thrives by never replicating past successes.