Some people call music “thrash-grass,” but really, itap too intricate to be thrown into the thrasher’s mix. The Wichita band’s instrumental grouping — bass, mandolin and a banjo — makes it sound like a bluegrass band. But it isn’t.
There isn’t one right way to explain Split Lip Rayfield. The band’s essence is a conglomeration of so many things. And they’re all wonderful.
Split Lip Rayfield plays eight Colorado shows in the coming weeks — starting with Denver’s on Jan. 16 and moving on to Grand Junction’s on Jan. 17, the Black Sheep in Colorado Springs on Jan. 18, Fort Collins’ on Jan. 20, the in Breckenridge on Jan. 21, Vail’s on Jan. 22, the in Steamboat on Jan. 23 and Nederland’s Winterfest on the Mountain festival Jan. 24.
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Photographer Marla Keown shoots regularly for Reverb. Keown befriended the Split Lip boys years ago and has since photographed them on stage, backstage, on the road and in the studio. See her work at
