Rocking The Railroad Grand Funk Is Your Captain Here’s my story about Grand Funk Railroad—a Michigan rock band with big hair and an even bigger sound that made the big time [...] August March \ Sep 19, 2019 Read More Grand Funk Railroad (Allen Clark/Courtesy of the band)
Music Interview: Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd Makes Me Feel Right At Home The music of Southern boogie rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd is woven into American culture to the extent that it shows up—the threads become visible—even [...] August March \ Sep 19, 2019 Read More Rickey Medlocke and Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd rock out. (courtesy of the artist)
All Is One: ¡Globalquerque! Returns 15 Years, One Planet, Many Sounds If you were able to see this world, the Earth, from space, you could confirm its spherical shape. Floating downward into the atmosphere, [...] August March \ Sep 19, 2019 Read More Natu Camara (¡Globalquerque!)
Dancing With Baracutanga A Groovy Movement Forward Through Cumbia And Kindness At some point, you’ve got to dance. Why even the former folks strutting their stuff—or what’s left of it—at the opening of the [...] August March \ Sep 12, 2019 Read More Baracutanga (QQ Jade)
Show Up!: Easy Breezy, See A Show Live Amongst The Concerts In Your Week “Take it easy/ Walk with a light step, baby/ Catch a breezy/ Live amongst the life forms in your day/ Marinate a good [...] August March \ Sep 12, 2019 Read More Smash Mouth (Jay Blakesburg/Courtesy of the artist)
Jay Leno Returns To Burque Jay Leno Brings The Laughs To The Showroom For nearly 50 years, Jay Leno has been committed to the art of comedy. With his first appearance on “The Tonight Show” in [...] Dan Pennington \ Sep 12, 2019 Read More Who could forget this iconic face? (Jay Leno)
Music Interview: New Mexico Academy Of Rock And Blues After School Program Honors And Educates This story about the local music community goes in two different directions that are remarkably intertwined.From one direction, a music education program designed [...] August March \ Sep 05, 2019 Read More Keith Sanchez (L) leads students from NMARB. (Eric Williams Photography)
Music Interview: Dave Payne And Salt Cedar On Dave Payne And Salt Cedar It’s the perfect name for a crew of genre-busting honky-tonk experimentalists.Think about it: The name Dave Payne and Salt Cedar could be about [...] August March \ Sep 05, 2019 Read More Dave Payne & Salt Cedar (courtesy of the artist)
Sonic Reducer: A New Leaf, Songs For The Strange And We Wasted John Wayne This is an experimental, sometimes exasperating album. But it’s listenable, much in the same way “Revolution 9” or Trout Mask Replica serve as [...] August March \ Sep 05, 2019 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Pay Attention I spent some time talking with Russell James before he pulled up stakes and left for the Left Coast. It seemed like a [...] Alibi \ Aug 29, 2019 Read More
