¡Globalquerque! Around The World In 35 Hours Second Annual Celebration Offers World Music, Food And Fun What a difference a year makes. In 2005, the inaugural edition of ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s celebration of world music and culture, took place [...] Mel Minter \ Sep 21, 2006 Read More Oliver Mtukudzi
Sonic Reducer When singer Bernadette Seacrest split and left her band, the Yes Men, high and dry, these talented groove merchants (Michael Grimes, bass and [...] Mel Minter \ Jul 27, 2006 Read More
The New Mexico Jazz Festival A Collaboration Between Albuquerque And Santa Fe Jazz Presenters Debuts With A Monster Lineup If you think you can pull together a 10-day summer jazz festival featuring a collection of international megastars—from scratch, in only eight months—you’re [...] Mel Minter \ Jul 13, 2006 Read More Tom Guralnick, executive director, Outpost Productions (Wes Naman)
Saxophonist Glenn Kostur Airs It Out With Trifling Concert/Cd Release Party At The Albuquerque Museum When saxophonist Glenn Kostur first arrived in Albuquerque 11 years ago, coming in from Chicago to head up the Jazz Studies program at [...] Mel Minter \ Jun 08, 2006 Read More Glenn Kostur takes you to school.
Sonic Reducer All One, the latest from Brazilian guitarist/arranger/composer Oscar Castro-Neves, includes a “grooming” credit, and OCN sure looks good. Nor is there a hair [...] Mel Minter \ Jun 01, 2006 Read More
Lily Maase Ex-Albuquerque Composer Brings Her New Quintet To Outpost’s Creative Soundscape Festival Guitarist, composer and Albuquerque native Lily Maase has been living in Brooklyn, N.Y., for about 10 months now, yet she’s accomplished what sounds [...] Mel Minter \ May 18, 2006 Read More Lily Maase
The Magic Of Ben Mciver Saxophonist Opens Saturday Night Jazz Series At Seasons Native son Ben McIver needs to perform more often. Not because he needs the practice, though he might tell you otherwise. Not because [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 20, 2006 Read More