Rock Reads: You Can’t Always Get What You Want In his autobiography, Sam Cutler—tour manager for The Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead in their raucous heydays—seems coy about the path his [...] Adam Perry \ May 06, 2010 Read More
Jazzed: Ila Cantor’s Playful Puzzles Guitarist Ila Cantor's Trio Finds New Routes To Familiar Destinations Listening to the variety of compositions penned by guitarist Ila Cantor, you get the sense that she is as comfortable in Brooklyn’s new [...] Mel Minter \ May 06, 2010 Read More Ila Cantor
Garden, “Night" Music Installation Gently Leads Audiences Down The Garden Path A Musical Installation Gently Leads Audiences Down The Garden Path Garden is a three chapter series of performances, incorporating live music and video projection, exploring themes of night, place and the intersection of [...] Summer Olsson \ May 06, 2010 Read More Del Sol String Quartet performs “Night” in the center of the installation. (Petr Jerabek)
Show Up!: Cowboys Are My Weakness A Night Of Disparate Local Americana Years ago Kate Mann traded her New Mexico home for Portland, Ore. She’s just returned to Taos, guitar in hand, packing a songbook [...] Captain America \ May 06, 2010 Read More Kate Mann
Song Roulette: David Hevener Of Gnossurrus David Hevener Of Gnossurrus David Hevener is a preschool teacher and the guitarist, vocalist and mystic rattle player for Santa Fe’s Gnossurrus. The robe-cloaked mystic-prophecy metal band [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ May 06, 2010 Read More
Fotw: Willy J And The Storytellers Cd Release Show Willy J And The Storytellers Cd Release Show Despite having a name that might suggest Americana, Willy J and the Storytellers plays lively and cathartic alternative rock, and the members cite [...] Alibi \ May 06, 2010 Read More
Black Maria’s Long Overdue Debut Album Black Maria’s Overdue Debut In the pack of snarling dogs that is a music scene, scraps of praise, stage time and fans are hard-won. Somehow, Black Maria [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More Black Maria (from left): Terry Sells, Marc Crovella, Brian Banks, Gordy Andersen and Brent Sells (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Song Roulette: Little Bobby’s Technicolor Tracks Little Bobby’s Technicolor Tracks Little Bobby is an avid runner, vegetarian and fan of psychedelic music. His band Shoulder Voices is realeasing its first album this week. [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More
Fotw: Cinco De Mayo Frito De Pie-O Fiesta! Cinco De Mayo Frito De Pie-O Fiesta! This week we honor a flyer designed in-house by Jeff Drew for our Cinco de Mayo party. [See this week’s feature for more [...] Alibi \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More
Music Magnified: Dr. Dog Makes A House Call In Santa Fe On its cross-country tour two years ago, Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog—a quirky, lovable indie-soul band—packed bars that held 200 people when the fire department [...] Adam Perry \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More Dr. Dog, learning a new song (Jason Nocito)