Take a five-minute stroll from the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado, on roads that are wrinkled and worn like elephant’s skin, and you’ll find a cluster of industrial buildings.
This is the city’s art district, home to several art galleries, music venues, and craft beer brewstations. On the periphery lies Rhincoeropolis, the former artist co-op which housed and provided a lifeline to 15 of the city’s local musicians.
Madeline Johnston, who records under the moniker Midwife, was among them, living beside these artists in one of the venue’s windowless rooms, wiling away each day with her guitar and pedals, and being kept awake at night by the sound of others doing the same.