Singer, songwriter, cellist, pianist -
Ian Cooke has appeared in SPIN magazine, Finished #1 in the Denver Post Music Poll in 2009, and has been voted Best Avant-Pop for 3 years by Westword Magazine. He also plays cello on Crooked Fingers’ album Forfeit/Fortune and his two songs appeared alongside Billy Bragg, Owen Pallett, and M Ward on ‘Versions of Joanna’ – a Joanna Newsom covers-album.
He has toured in the US and Australia playing with: The Dresden Dolls, Crooked Fingers, Built to Spill, The Decemberists, The Flaming Lips (Monolith Festival), Blonde Redhead, Devotchka, Rasputina, Wovenhand, Pedro the Lion and many more.
Cooke’s 2009 album, ‘The Fall I Fell,’ has sold out of two pressings and has been re-pressed with a DVD with solo live versions of songs, videos, a 5.1 surround mix of the album, etc.
His new album ‘Fortitude’ was released 11/11/11 and Cooke will be touring this winter and all of next year, booked by the Vinefield Agency.

Recently overcoming his paralyzing shyness instilled by a harsh music conservatory environment, of which he only lasted three semesters, Tyler Ludwick actually managed to complete a healthy handful of folk songs! And gather an all-star cast of distinguished musicians from the greater Denver area to perform them under the name "Princess Music"! This group includes Laura Goldhamer on banjo, Robin Chestnut (from the Shift), recent CU masters graduates Psyche Cassandra Dunkhase and Rachel Sliker on cello and violin, and math-metal bassist Jeremy Averitt (from The Shift).

The group got its title from an unassuming 3-year-old audience member named Ezry at their first show, who was curious as to whether it was indeed going to be "princess music" performed that night. Luckily, it was. She would have been the harshest of critics and tantrum throwers if it were not to have accommodated her tastes. Thus, on that eighth day of January 2010, the name and the family of "Princess Music was born.

The music is both for the heart and the head, with poignant narratives and spiritually evocative content found within classically influenced rock structures. Princess Music is essentially a rock trio (electric guitar, bass and drum kit), with banjo and string parts often taking a primary role. Tyler takes his classical guitar training to a fender telecaster, his composition skills to cello and violin textures, and his drumming background to the overall polyrhythmic and irregular meters of the music.

The members of Princess Music are glad to have found one another. Tyler is elated.

Princess Music…made excellent use of the band's string-ensemble setup, topping off with a jam that started as percussion-based groove and built to a grand, orchestral close. -westword