{"id":2444784,"date":"2019-05-30T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=306667"},"modified":"2019-05-30T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T22:00:00","slug":"let-them-roars-i-see-my-light-to-support-colorado-immigrants-in-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/let-them-roars-i-see-my-light-to-support-colorado-immigrants-in-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":": Let Them Roar\u2019s \u2018I See My Light\u2019 to support Colorado immigrants in sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"
Carbondale-based band Let Them Roar will release the single \u201cI See My Light\u201d in June, benefitting Colorado immigrant women in sanctuary and the groups that shelter them.<\/strong>
Lewis Cooper\/Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Inspired by immigrant women who have taken sanctuary in Colorado churches to keep their families from being separated by federal authorities, Carbondale-based band Let Them Roar is releasing a benefit single and launching a benefit tour this summer.<\/p>\n

The song, \u201cI See My Light,\u201d will be released June 21 with a concert at the Launchpad in Carbondale that also will feature speaker Sandra Lopez, who was in sanctuary<\/a> at Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist church in Carbondale for 10 months through August 2018. The event will launch a tour including performances at sanctuary churches around the state.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018I See My Light\u2019 is a song that we wrote to celebrate and honor the women who are living in sanctuary in Colorado,\u201d Let Them Roar singer Olivia Pevec told a crowd at the St. Regis in March.<\/p>\n

The four-piece progressive folk band has joined with activists, faith organizations and social justice groups around the state in the growing \u201cPeople\u2019s Resolution\u201d movement to support immigrants and the people protecting them.<\/p>\n

They befriended Lopez during her time sheltered in Carbondale and have spent time performing for others around the state like Rosa Sabido, who has been in sanctuary at Mancos United Methodist Church for more than two years,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten to know her and played music for her and we\u2019ve developed a strong connection,\u201d guitarist and vocalist Sophia Clark explained. \u201cSo we wrote a song for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

The song is the centerpiece of a $40,000 Let Them Roar fundraising campaign and of the popular local band\u2019s social justice mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s galvanizing,\u201d Pevec said. \u201cIt motivates. We seem to be willing to work really hard for other people. When you get an opportunity to have people listening to you it seems important to do something of benefit with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI See My Light\u201d is an impassioned anthem of hope and resilience, sung from the perspective of Sabido and other Colorado immigrants taking shelter in churches. It includes Let Them Roar\u2019s signature dual harmonies in the chorus and striking lines like \u201cWalking tall, I hear the call\/My choice is bravery\/Until there are no border walls my heart will set me free.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past decade, Let Them Roar has made a case for itself as the best band based in the Roaring Fork Valley, growing a devoted following with regular shows at Steve\u2019s Guitars in Carbondale and residencies at the St. Regis in Aspen, festivals like Wildfest and Mountain Fair along with private parties.<\/p>\n

Always up for a creative challenge, the band this spring wrote a reinterpretation of the Zager and Evans song \u201cIn the Year 2525\u201d for an opening by artists Annette and Andew Roberts-Gray at the Carbondale Clay Center. Let Them Roar also collaborated with the SoL children\u2019s theater company this spring to compose and perform the score for a production of \u201cThe Wizard of Oz.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody knew what it was going to be like when we said yes \u2014 how it was going to work,\u201d Pevec said. \u201cIt was fun and scary to rise to the occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Let Them Roar was founded by vocalist Pevec and guitarist Mateo Sandate, beginning with sessions in Sandate\u2019s living room when he was working for the U.S. Forest Service at the Aspen Ranger Station. The band\u2019s lineup has rotated through the years<\/a> and its ambitions have grown. They\u2019ve expanded to play regional tours and take on new creative challenges, while harnessing their talents for social impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs our reach grows, the more we can do and the bigger impact we can have,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n

At the band\u2019s St. Regis winter residencies, they play three-hour sets weekly in the Mountain Social Bar. They\u2019re not playing the stereotypical apres-ski fare of John Denver songs and covers. Instead, their thoughtful sets focus on originals, experimenting with in-progress songs and an eclectic mix of freshly arranged folk classics.<\/p>\n

At the St. Regis gig, they never play to the same crowd twice. Sometimes the tourist-heavy audiences are silent and disinterested. Other times the bar is full of dancing and singing revelers. Over spring break, the band played to a small crowd of families, stylish couples drinking brown liquor and groups of tourists chatting quietly by fireside. The show included a rendition of \u201cI See My Light,\u201d minus the strings included on the studio version.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s completely different every time we play here,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n

Band members all share songwriting duties, and often share vocals. They\u2019ll frequently work for a year or more on perfecting a song, using their St. Regis residency to perfect them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the goal with having a residency,\u201d Sandate explained. \u201cWe can try out new stuff. It\u2019s like a little science lab.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also created some rare opportunities. In March, a man sat on a couch close to the band and watched intently through the set. Afterward, he came up to meet the band and get some CDs, and introduced himself as Scooter Braun, the influential tech entrepreneur and manager to Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. Such is the gigging life in Aspen.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know who is in the crowd,\u201d Sandate said.<\/p>\n

Staying in the valley, despite its remoteness and disconnection from music industry hubs, is natural for the band as it grows its sound and its activism. Clark and bassist Ashton Taufer are lifelong valley residents, Pevec and Sandate have long put down their roots here and the band has found a groove playing the valley\u2019s odd mix of venues and festivals while recording regularly at Cool Brick Studios.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of opportunities for live music here and amazing talent and access,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n

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