In Memoriam: The Virtual Michael Jackson Shrine Rest In Peace, King Of Pop One of the blessings we’ve gotten from Michael Jackson is the archive of filmed, documented milestones. Looking back, it can be considered the [...] Gene Grant \ Jul 02, 2009 Read More
Show Up!: Post Honeymoon A Rock-Cycle Built For Two Nick Kraska and Rachel Shindelman wanted to be the sole creative forces in a band—but first they had to tie the knot."We started [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More Domestic bliss: Post Honeymoon’s Rachel Shindelman and Nick Kraska (Marni Shindelman)
Jazzed: The Cal Haines Connection The Drummer Debuts A New Cd And Trio, Capped By A Performance By The John Proulx/Bobby Shew Quintet Since returning to New Mexico a few years ago—and packing a résumé that includes performances with Diahann Carroll, Al Greene and Clark Terry—drummer [...] Mel Minter \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More John Proulx (left) and drummer Cal Haines
Sonic Reducer La Junta toys with rap-rock and lives to tell the tale. Bands like P.O.D. and Limp Bizkit have sullied that genre’s name, but [...] Alibi \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More
Fotw: Old Townies Old Townies Nels Andrews, a favorite son abroad, revisits Albuquerque for the Old Town Americana Block Party on Friday, June 26. The free, all-ages show [...] Alibi \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More
Fotw: Team America Team America Religious Girls (East Bay, Calif.), Jessie Williams and Colton Saylor (California, California), and Our Brother the Native (Ann Arbor, Mich.) split the cross-country [...] Alibi \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More
Music To Your Ears All Folked Up You can only squeeze so many banjos, two-steppers and fiddlers into a single Saturday afternoon. If you don’t watch your elbows, you might [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More
Show Up!: Rahim Alhaj And Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Two Musical Masters Serve The Single Purpose Of Peace Though rooted in two different cultures, Iraqi oudist Rahim AlHaj and Indian sarodist Ustad Amjad Ali Khan have each flourished under the same [...] Mel Minter \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More AlHaj (left) and Khan unite on Friday, June 19, for a world premiere performance that marries Middle Eastern and Indian music.
Kannaroo 3: Killith Fair Music For Music's Sake Usually, drunken ideas only sound brilliant while you’re sloshed. Max Moulton and three of his friends from Dixon beat the odds and came [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More A mosh pit erupts during the first Kannaroo music festival two years ago. (Jessie Martin)
Sonic Reducer Albuquerque’s Nikki Kelly sounds like she just woke up. Her sleepy, raspy and understated vocals set up the scene for everything she crafts [...] Alibi \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More
