Ritt Deitz w/ Bob Pellegrino

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Friday, October 14, 2005

Ritt's songs are rough and smooth at the same time, acoustic roots rock with just enough mountain music in it to remind you he is from Kentucky. He is joined by his trio, musicians he has played, recorded, and consorted with over the last fifteen years.

After sifting through the legions of performing guitar players reviewers agree that Bob Pellegrino may well be Colorado's finest blues guitarist. After more than two decades of history playing Denver's blues music scene - including stints as lead guitarist for some of Denver's most acclaimed bands - Bob holds fast to his legacy by entertaining traditional rhythm and blues music lovers all over the nation.

Pellegrino's authentic renditions of blues classics, and his original compositions recently earned him a place in the Chelsea Theatre Works (Boston, MA) 2005 production of "The Grapes of Wrath"; where he performed live. His original composition "Somewhere West of the Mississippi" - from the Pellegrino CD, was featured in the original score.

If you want to know what traditional blues really sounds like you simply must see Bob Pellegrino perform!

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