Show Up! Ready, Set, Thrash! A Skull-Crushing, Band-By-Local Band Preview Of Friday’s Headbangers Ball A skull-crushing, band-by-local band preview of Friday’s headbangers ball: In a rare stage performance (these guys prefer to be on ground level at [...] Captain America \ Mar 04, 2010 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Burque Bop Is Grown-Up Music In A Setting For Families Early To Rock, Early To Rise Remember when you used to go out on the town almost every night of the week, sampling the ripe fruits of your town’s [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 25, 2010 Read More The Squash Blossom Boys
Dirt City Archives—¡Un Grito Electrico! —The Chinese Love Beads The Chinese Love Beads Not long ago, the musical road between the ’Burque and El Chuco (that’s El Paso, Texas, to you) was well-traveled. It was easy [...] Captain America \ Feb 25, 2010 Read More A treasure chest full of Chinese Love Beads (Captain America)
Sonic Reducer: Brief Reviews Of Tobias Gebb & Unit 7, Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore, And The Besnard Lakes Sonic Reducer: Brief Reviews Of Tobias Gebb & Unit 7, Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore, And The Besnard Lakes Tobias Gebb’s limber drumming and the adept pianism of Eldad Zvulun provide the underpinnings for four different combos (two quintets and two sextets [...] Alibi \ Feb 25, 2010 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: The Porter Draw Bids Vince Farewell You Git Now, Vince Soon Albuquerque’s burliest bluegrass band will lose its bass player, Vince Edgerton, to the northerly mecca of Denver. The Porter Draw will continue [...] Alibi \ Feb 25, 2010 Read More
The Spirit Of The Boogie: An Interview With Kool Of Kool & The Gang An Interview With Kool Of Kool & The Gang It’s a good thing that Mr. Robert "Kool" Bell didn’t answer his cell phone when I first tried to call him. Had he [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 25, 2010 Read More [Left to right] Dennis Thomas, George Brown, Robert “Kool” Bell and Ronald Khalis Bell (Silvia Mautner)
Sonic Reducer: Omar Sosa, Spoon And Brian Jonestown Massacre Cuban multi-instrumentalist Omar Sosa composes vividly lyrical music that draws on traditions from five continents, combining the folkloric and the contemporary in a [...] Alibi \ Feb 18, 2010 Read More
Spotlight: Ex-Soul Coughing Frontman Mike Doughty Is Keen On Tweeting Ex-Soul Coughing Frontman Keeps It Lean Of course Mike Doughty is keen on Tweeting. First known for defining Soul Coughing with his spare and striking lyrics, 140 characters would [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 18, 2010 Read More Mike Doughty imagines his next tweet.
Concepto Tambor Returns To Albuquerque With An Alleykat Cabaret Concepto Tambor Returns To Albuquerque With Vaudeville In Tow In March, it will be a year since “Afro-Latino” percussion ensemble Concepto Tambor bid farewell to Albuquerque, seeking the sunny shores of Long [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 18, 2010 Read More La Flamilia with Concepto Tambor (Sarah Garcia)
Music To Your Ears: Win A Guitar And Support Peace Talks Radio, There’s Another Festival In Monterrey, Mexico And Congratulations To The Local Ladies Of Poema Give Peace Guitar A Chance Peace Talks Radio, a nonprofit organization devoted to bringing the world peaceful dialog is, like many of us, having a hard go of [...] Alibi \ Feb 18, 2010 Read More
