Spotlight Ebullient Cubano Brings Grammy-Winning Crew To Second Week Of The 2008 New Mexico Jazz Festival On virtuoso clarinetist/saxophonist and award-winning composer Paquito D’Rivera’s most recent Latin jazz recording, Funk Tango, his omnivorous musical appetite provides a wide-ranging feast [...] Mel Minter \ Jul 24, 2008 Read More (Lane Pederson)
Show Up! Leaning On Floyd The Life and Times’ lead singer Allen Epley knows the term “alternative rock” conjures up negative images of post-grunge hackery. He’s also aware [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 24, 2008 Read More
Allen Toussaint: In A Grooving Way New Orleans Legend Crowns The First Week Of The 2008 New Mexico Jazz Festival When asked who wrote vocalist Irma Thomas’ 1963 hit “Ruler of My Heart,” later covered by Otis Redding and The Rolling Stones as [...] Mel Minter \ Jul 17, 2008 Read More Allen Toussaint (Lee Crum)
Cd Release: Who Is Zoltán Székely? The Self-Proclaimed Mad Hungarian Opens Up ... A Little You may have seen him walking down Central, head down, guitar on his back, handlebar mustache and long, blackened fingernails. He’s not much [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jul 17, 2008 Read More Zoltán Székely
Fotw: Post Script Post Script The Cell Theatre (700 First Street NW) opens up Sunday, July 20, for an all-ages wall-banger with Hit By A Bus, The Material, [...] Alibi \ Jul 17, 2008 Read More
New Mexico Jazz Festival Schedule, Week One The Third Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival Runs From July 17 Through July 28. Tetragon Outpost Performance Space, 7:30 p.m. Pharoah Sanders Quintet The Lensic, 7:30 p.m.New Mexico Jazz Workshop presents Salsa under the Stars— Son Como [...] Alibi \ Jul 17, 2008 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Unit 7 Drain • Fast Heart Mart • The Dirty Hearts Albuquerque’s new wave, post-punk fivesome Unit 7 Drain keeps catching lightning in a bottle. The band can do a catchy tune and give [...] Alibi \ Jul 17, 2008 Read More
Music To Your Ears Poster Child Riffing on this week’s New Mexico Jazz Festival kick-off (see "Spotlight"), Santa Fe’s Vintage Poster Gallery (901 Canyon, 505-577-7419) is mounting the largest [...] Laura Marrich \ Jul 17, 2008 Read More
Sonic Reducer The second U.S. release from this fine quartet—Avishai Cohen (trumpet/flügelhorn), Yonatan Avishai (piano), Omer Avital (bass) and Daniel Freedman (drums)—continues its collective exploration [...] Alibi \ Jul 10, 2008 Read More
Fotw: Architects Of Rhythm If You Can't Stand The Heat, Get Down In The Kitchen The Architects of Rhythm ( DJ Eldon and Justin Roberts) cook up a mess of soulful sounds every blessed Sunday from 7 to [...] Alibi \ Jul 10, 2008 Read More
