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After the disbanding of seminal alt.country band Uncle Tupelo in 1994, Tupelo co-founder Jeff Tweedy organized Wilco with three of his Uncle Tupelo bandmates. Based in Chicago, the band has released a slew of CDs, each of which stretches the boundaries of outlaw country and good, old fashioned Americana folk-rock. In addition to their work together as a band, Wilco's members have all pursued several solo and side projects, and have collaborated with Billy Bragg on one of the best tribute albums to Woody Guthrie—Mermaid Avenue. Nonetheless, in their workings as a unit, Wilco's musicianship is among the best and tightest in their genre (whichever one they happen to be toying with at the time), and Tweedy's lyrics run from irony to brash honesty. While much of the group's aesthetic roots are in alt.country (as was the affiliation of Uncle Tupelo), Tweedy's influence and the revolving line-up of band members has inspired them more in the direction of roots rock and more edgy areas of Americana. Read more about this show, and find out how to buy tickets!
Mark Olson was a founding member of The Jayhawks, the most acclaimed band to emerge out of the alt-country scene. He left the Jayhawks in 1996, after the release of the band's biggest-selling album, Tomorrow The Green Grass, but continued to record music with his new band, The Creekdippers, at his new home in the California desert. Mark recently finished recording his first true solo album, The Salvation Blues, with producer Ben Vaughn. A deeply personal album, Mark's voice and poetic lyrics are complemented by Vaughn's gorgeous musical backdrops featuring the work of some of LA's best studio musicians. The album also features the long-awaited reunion with his former Jayhawks bandmate and writing partner, Gary Louris, on three songs. Read more about this show, and buy tickets!
Show sponsor: OGB Architectural Millwork Cowboy Junkies formed in 1985 in Toronto, and the band is still comprised of its four original members: Margo Timmins (vocals), Michael Timmins (guitar), Peter Timmins (drums) and Alan Anton (bass)—all siblings except for life-long-family-friend Alan. Few bands have lasted nearly as long with their original line-up intact, and fewer still have created as consistently satisfying a body of work. Cowboy Junkies' latest studio album is At the End of Paths Taken. Despite its title, the album is as much about new beginnings as it is about endings. It is also about human connections, the struggle to sustain those connections over time, and the complexities that can arise even when those connections are maintained. It is, in other words, a classic Cowboy Junkies album—a suite of smart, richly textured songs. The band also recently released a CD/DVD set called Trinity Revisited, a 20th anniversary celebration of its classic 1987 album The Trinity Session. Read more about this show, and find out how to buy tickets!
They draw freely from the old school and the old world, but The Waybacks are no throwback. They've been erroneously pigeonholed as a bluegrass band and celebrated as purveyors of "acoustic mayhem." They are as uninhibited and unpredictable as the eclectic San Francisco Bay area that claims them, and for nearly a decade, their experiments have always proven sharp-witted and musically dazzling. They're living proof that in music anyway, evolution and intelligent design are entirely compatible. The Waybacks are enjoying a refreshed repertoire—one that's touched by Memphis soul, honky-tonk, Parisian swing, classical music, vintage blue pop and much more besides. Read more about this show, and buy tickets!
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Show sponsor: Zoukfest Moira Smiley and VOCO dig deep into the amazing spectrum of human voice as they sing post-folk, improvised-built ditties, ballads, vocal symphonies and dance songs. VOCO, founded in 2004 in Los Angeles, sings with the energy of street singing, the risks of improvisation and the wild side of harmony and rhythm. The unusual, rich and percussive combination of cello and banjo weave the funk and low end into the vocals. The members of VOCO (who have played with artists from Rufus Wainwright to Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Peter, Paul & Mary to Pauline Oliveros) bring their joyous energy to the stage with original song, body percussion, a cappella shape-note sets and even Bartok. Read more about this show, and buy tickets!
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Revisit ¡Globalquerque! 2007 by returning to the outdoor Fountain Courtyard for a night of Gnawan Moroccan trance music featuring the Hassan Hakmoun trio. Hakmoun, originally from Morocco, is currently a New York-based musician who will take you into the mysterious world of the Gnawa. Former slaves originally from the Sudan who travelled to Morocco and converted to Islam, the Gnawa people of Morocco serve as intermediaries in the spirit world and also as entertainers. Hassan was raised in Marrakech and began to study the healing rituals of tagnawit, the Gnawa-related arts and lore, at a young age; by age four, he performed alongside snake charmers and fire-breathers on the streets of Marrakech. His travels led him to Europe and the U.S., where he has absorbed elements from a variety of popular styles including jazz, rock, funk, and hip-hop, and eventually to participate in several WOMAD tours, recordings with his fusion group Zahar and work with Peter Gabriel. Read more about this show, and find out how to buy tickets!
In the early nineties, in a tiny cafe on the outskirts of Little Tokyo Los Angeles, Quetzal Flores, a son of two community organizers, formed Quetzal - a new experience in Chicano Music. His goal was to push the boundaries of Chicano Music as we knew it. Twelve years later Quetzal has become one of Los Angeles' most important and successful groups. Proclaimed by no less an authority than Los Lobos as "ready to carry the torch for Los Angeles's Chicano community," Quetzal embodies the soul and the struggle at the heart of the Mexican-American legacy. Their mix of Mexican and Afro-Cuban rhythms, Jazz, R&B, and Rock is supercharged by the dynamic vocals of Martha Gonzalez. Their commitment to using art as a tool for social change is informed and inspired by global grassroots movements. Aside from touring, the band frequently engages in organizing and participating in opening spaces for transnational dialogue. For the past five years they have been instrumental in developing Fandango Sin Fronteras, a dialogue between Chicanos from California and Jarochos (musicians from Veracruz, Mexico). Opening the show will be Afro-Latino percussion ensemble Concepto Tambor. Read more about this show, and find out how to buy tickets!
It has been an eclectic 30 years since Tim Finn's first band Split Enz took his native New Zealand and Australia by storm, scoring hits such as "I See Red," "I Hope I Never" and "Six Months In A Leaky Boat," while thrilling audiences with their transcendent live shows. Finn has since recorded several acclaimed solo albums, including his most recent, Imaginary Kingdom, which has been called "an atmospheric and joyous collection of beautifully written songs," and collaborated with his brother Neil in both Crowded House and Split Enz. Read more about this show, and buy tickets!
New Mexico's Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture will return to the NHCC in September! Our fourth annual show, produced in partnership with Avokado Artists, will feature a brand-new lineup of great artists from all over the world! Don't miss it!
The big hit of ¡Globalquerque! 2007! Fiamma Fumana began as a studio project in 1999—a tribute to the female vocal tradition of Northern Italy (like the choirs of mondine, the rice gatherers who were all young girls) revitalized by a new generation and electronic dance music culture. The result is an intriguing blend of old Italian dance tunes played to new Italian dance grooves, traditional ballads and state-of-the art electronica. To these young urbanite Europeans, electronic beats make a natural bedrock for re-interpreting the songs of previous generations. Female vocals connect past to future with unforgettable pathos. One other key ingredient, a rare regional bagpipe called the piva Emiliana, adds an unexpected Celtic-sounding flavor to the mix. The result is clearly Italian yet broadly international in its appeal. Read more about this show, and buy tickets!
Greg Brown's mother played electric guitar, his grandfather played banjo, and his father was a Holy Roller preacher in the Hacklebarney section of Iowa, where the Gospel and music are a way of life. Brown's first professional singing job came at age 18 in New York City, running hootenannies (folksinger get-togethers) at the legendary Gerdes Folk City. After a year, Brown moved west to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a ghostwriter for Buck Ram, founder of the Platters. Tired of the fast-paced life, Brown traveled with a band for a few years, and even quit playing for a while before he moved back to Iowa and began writing songs and playing in midwestern clubs and coffeehouses. Brown's songwriting has been lauded by many, and his songs have been performed by Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Michael Johnson, Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. He has also recorded more than a dozen albums, including his latest release, Live from the Big Top, which documents one of Greg's live performances at the Big Top Chautauqua in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Read more about this show, and find out how to buy tickets!
Thanks To Our Sponsors! There is a lot involved in putting on these events. We couldn't do it without our sponsors, McCune Charitable Foundation, Southwest Roots Music, 999dine.com,New Mexico Tourism, Holiday Inn Select-Albuquerque Airport, and WESTAF. We are happy to have sound support from Audio Excellence. Endless gratitude to these folks for providing exceptional goods and services. Contact neal@abqmusic.com if you'd like to discuss sponsorship options or discounted rates at our sponsor hotels.
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