2022 CRFW Fund grantee. Identified from an August 2023 grant-cycle email in which Jane Anne Ferguson refers to “the Rare Bird Band that we funded last year” — meaning their 2022 award. The plan in the same email contemplated having Rare Bird play at the proposed 2024 CRFW celebration event at the Evans School auditorium.
Research gaps
- Members and full project details not yet located.
- Confirm whether they performed at the August 2024 CRFW celebration event.
- Bandcamp / Soundcloud presence not yet confirmed.
Web-search status (2026-04-25, Session 13)
Public-web sweeps for "Rare Bird Band" Denver Colorado music, "Rare Bird Band" Denver CRFW Fund grant, "Rare Birds" Denver Colorado band 2022, and "rare bird band" bandcamp soundcloud returned no Denver-specific match. Bandcamp surfaces unrelated bands in Orcas Island WA, Richmond VA, Atlanta GA, Columbus OH, and Toronto. Wikipedia surfaces the 1969 English progressive-rock band of the same name. No public web evidence of the Denver-area band that received the 2022 CRFW grant.
This is consistent with the broader pattern Session 12b flagged: small Denver-scene bands often have no public footprint and have to be sourced from Gmail / family correspondence. A future Gmail sweep restricted to August 2022 (the grant-announcement window) is the most likely path to members and confirmation.
Source
- Gmail thread
189f5e407e08005a— “Fwd: CRFW Fund - Grant Cycle” (August 2023)