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Big events and intimate delights characterize the popular music season
Posted by E Christina Herr in Music on September 1st, 2010
Varied venues strive to bring talent from near and far
By E Christina Herr
As the golden spinning light begins to shift and change, a rich crop of aural delights gleams ahead of us. Look behind the curtain and see the passionate promoters who spend their time creating enticing reasons for us to go out and experience amazing local and traveling artists. They are the unsung heroes of our local culture. Next time you go to a show, seek them out and say thanks, or become a volunteer and hear great music for free while helping to make it all possible.
Non Stop Bhangra
Promoter Neal Copperman of AMP Concerts truly embraces the eclectic, ranging from folk, bluegrass, Americana and jazz to world music. This year he started a free Public Library Series, and he continues to spice up the local music scene by running the spectacular sixth annual Globalquerque! (with co-producer Tom Frouge). This two-day festival runs Sept. 24-25 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC).
This year all the acts are new except Albuquerque’s own Rahim Alhaj . The Iraqi oud virtuoso, composer and two-time Grammy nominee and his Little Earth Orchestra will debut a special project, performing live with guest musicians from his upcoming new CD.
Some festival highlights are Peru’s Susana Baca , Chile’s Inti-Illimani , The Flatlanders —Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore—with Tom Russell, Emeline Michel from Haiti, Native American Bill Miller, and Líber Téran from Mexico.
Liber Teran
A multi-media show presented by Oreka Tx, from Spain, mixes travel videos and musical collaborations from around the globe as a backdrop to their live music. They are reviving an almost lost instrument called the txalaparta, which takes two people to play. According to Copperman, “It’s pretty wild.”
Globalquerque! hosts a big dance party driven by Non Stop Bhangra, from India, with an MC, drummer, DJ and dancers.
For the entire schedule click here ¡Globalquerque!.
On the horizon
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll , Americana singer songwriter and winner of Best Song—“She Left Me for Jesus”—at the Americana Music Awards in 2008 will play The Cooperage on Oct. 7. From the Texas songwriting tradition of such heroes as Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, Carll puts a flavor of irony, humor and romance with a twist that is truly his own. Carll is a fine singer and musician with a tight, multi-talented band that will have you laughing and toe tapping simultaneously.
Tom Tkach and staff at Popejoy Hall are bringing many delights to town throughout an exciting season. First up is “Benise—The Spanish Guitar ,” Oct. 14. Benise and his Emmy Award-winning “Nights of Fire” cast return with an all-new world music and dance production, traveling to worlds both far away and deeply personal. It is presented in partnership with KNME .
DRUMLine Live
DRUMLine Live will grace Popejoy’s stage Oct. 16-17. Strutting on stage with riveting rhythms, bold beats and electrifying energy, this performance is based on the Historical Black College and University marching band tradition of soul-infused, intense drum riffs and colorful choreography in a spectacular, synchronized musical showcase.
In at The Outpost
Tom Guralnick at The Outpost continues to host some of the most sophisticated shows in Albuquerque. He brings John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension to the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe on Nov. 30. In the early 1960s, McLaughlin was the guitarist for Georgie Fame’s rocking Blue Flames; later he explored the electric guitar, developing his revolutionary jazz-rock fusion style with Tony Williams’s “Lifetime” and Miles Davis’s “Bitches Brew.”
Ravi Coltrane, the son of legendary saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Alice Coltrane, will play with his group at the Outpost Performance Spaceon Dec. 1-2.
Holly daze
Danú–A Christmas in Ireland: An Nollaig in Éirinn, visits Popejoy Hall on Dec. 9. Joyful music and dance honor the season in grand Irish style, with personal family songs and traditions. Also at Popejoy, Mariachi Christmas returns for its 12th season, with Ballet Folklorico Paso del Norte on Dec. 16. Then enjoy the Nebraska Theatre Caravan production of “A Christmas Carol” on Dec. 22-23.
If you like a blues Christmas, don’t miss the 13th Annual Legendary Christmas Extravaganza with Cadillac Bob and The Rhinestones Cadillac Bob and the Rhinestones on Dec. 11. Gracing the stage of The Historic El Rey Theater for their tenth year headlining the event. This New Mexico band has performed with legendary blues players Ray Charles, Bo Diddley and Ben E. King, and recently opened for “Beatlemania” in Albuquerque. Known for a repertoire of standards and chartbusters, they bring their own zest to all your favorites. This is a 21+ event.
–E Christina Herr is a contributing editor to albuquerqueARTS.
Albuquerque reaps musical abundance
Posted by Peggy Herrington in ArtSPREE, Music on September 1st, 2010
Classical music series thrill from chamber to church
By Peggy Herrington
Synesthesia refers to sensory fusions or crossovers among the fields of music, art, literature and linguistics – such as the visual manifestation of “colored hearing,” or the ability of colors to call up certain chromatic musical pitches.
Open now until Jan. 2, the Albuquerque Museum of Art & History brings together 24 artists, lecturers and local chamber music group Chatter in “Sensory Crossovers: Synesthesia in American Art,” to illuminate the relationship between visual art and other areas of the arts. To that end, the museum will premiere “Onomatopoeia,” on Nov. 14, an original composition for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello by Jonathan Chenette, performed by Chatter.
Andrew Connors, the museum’s curator of art, conducts tours of this unique exhibit each month. Visit the Albuquerque Museum of Art & History for details.
A fiery season for the Symphony
Igor Stravinsky
“We are thrilled to present Stravinsky’s early masterpiece, ‘The Firebird,’” said Guillermo Figueroa, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra music director and conductor. “And it is especially gratifying and exciting to have a New Mexico legend, Patricia Dickinson, the director of Festival Ballet Albuquerque – and, I may add, my dear friend – choreograph the dances for this event.
“As opposed to a ‘normal’ ballet performance, in which the musicians are in the pit and the dancers are the main show, both the full orchestra and dancers will share the stage, highlighting the deep relationship that Stravinsky envisioned between the music and the dance, and promising one of the most exciting concerts the NMSO has ever produced. Magnificent, glorious music, and powerful, dynamic dance, all together on one stage – how can it be better than that?”
The Firebird Dance Spectacular runs Sept. 24-26 at Popejoy Hall.
Among the NMSO’s impressive line-up of classics this season, performed at Popejoy and at the National Hispanic Cultural Center are Beethoven’s Seventh, Oct. 22-24; Violin Pyrotechnics, Nov. 5-7; and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Dec. 16-18.
“We have a new chamber music series at Robertson and Sons Violin Shop Recital Hall,” said Marketing Assistant Ashley Gray of the NMSO. “It combines a small, intimate group of musicians performing some of the most profound and important works of the most influential composers of all time.” Details are on NMSO’s website New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.
Opera Southwest’s 38th
Eve Giglio
Eve Gigliotti (who debuted last spring as Mercedes in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Carmen”) stars in Opera Southwest’s season opener, the comedic “The Italian Girl in Algiers” (“L’italiana in Algeri”) on Oct. 2, 8, 10, one of two operas that catapulted Gioachino Rossini to international fame when he was just 20 years old. It demonstrates beautifully how a bored dignitary who trades his wife for a shipwreck survivor – the Italian girl of the title – ends up defining “be careful what you wish for.”
“‘L’italiana’ promises to be the most sparkling and energetic comic opera we have ever produced,” observed David Bartholomew, artistic director. “The singing is spectacular and the music is fabulous.”
Opera Southwest’s spring production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” (March 19, 22, 25) tells of young love, separation and reconciliation in that eternal city of love, Paris.
September events include Opera Southwest Extravaganza at the Church of Beethoven, and their 4th Annual Fundraising Gala at the Hotel Andaluz featuring “L’italiana” cast members, music excerpts and belly dancers (505.898.7669 for reservations), both on Sept. 19. Get details at Opera Southwest, 505.243.0591 or Church of Beethoven.
The Chatter around town
Chatter Chamber Ensemble specializes in 20th and 21st Century music. Definitely edgy, it’s always interesting. Five composer portraits at Kosmos Theater (unless specified elsewhere) constitute this season:
Fall: Spotlight on New Mexico Composer Eric Walters, Tues. Sept 28; and Music Noire, featuring acoustic instruments, electronics, and appropriate lighting; on Oct. 27, music by Saariaho, Marshall, Feldman and a world premiere by New Mexico composer James Shields.
Early 2011: Spotlight on New Mexico composer Fredrick Frahm, Jan. 30. Plus Music by Living African-American Composers, Feb. 5, at the African-American Performing Arts Center with music by Coleman, Mumford, Baker and Singleton. Chatter and special guests from the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, Mar. 15, at Keller Hall (UNM) with music by Glass, Penderecki, Barber and Johnny Greenwood.
Albuquerque Chamber Soloists
Local professional music luminaries will (de)light your senses this season. On Oct. 3, ACS celebrates bicentennials of Chopin and Schumann, the 100th anniversary of Barber and 20th birthday of ACS.
“You’ll hear the Largo from Chopin’s cello Sonata, Mahler’s one-movement Piano Quartet that was featured in Martin Scorsese’s thriller, ‘Shutter Island,’ and Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E flat Major, op. 44,” said Arlette Felberg, ACS founder and artistic director. “Join us for the party after the concert. This is your celebration too, as your support and enthusiasm have been our inspiration for 20 years.”
Figueroas, Felbergs & Friends VII present “Morphing” on Jan. 9 featuring Schubert, Strauss and Dvorak performed by Guillermo Figueroa, Leonard Felberg and Valerie Turner, violin; and other local greats.
All performances are at St. Paul Lutheran Church on Nob Hill. Details: 505.255.8468 and Albuquerque Chamber Soloists.
Church of Beethoven
David Felberg and James Shields arrange Sunday morning services (sans religion) in September and the modest admission includes espresso, tea and baked goods. Details at Church of Beethoven.
Sep. 5: Two French pieces for clarinet and piano (Schmitt and Cahuzak), Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, Poet: Maria Leyba
Sep. 12: Copland: Quiet City, Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano Op 102, No 1, Poet: Carlos Contreras
Sep. 19: Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata (Mvt 3), Opera Southwest Extravaganza with Frederick Jackson, Poet: Lauren Camp
Sep. 26: Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, Uccellini: Aria Quinta sopra la Begamasca, Boyce: Trumpet Voluntary in D, Hertel: Concerto for Oboe, Poet: Margaret Randall
Chamber Music Albuquerque
In its 70th season, the Chamber Music Albuquerque CMA powerhouse brings international groups to the Simms Performing Arts Center. This is a tantalizing auditory appetizer to their 2010-2011 June Music Festival. Reservations are available for:
The Assad Brothers, Brazilian Guitar, Then and Now, Sun. Nov.7
Dan Franklin Smith, La Vida Iberiana from New York City, Dec. 5
The Cypress String Quartet, time-honored classics, Fri., Feb 4; Sun., Feb.6
The Leipzig String Quartet, acclaimed internationally, Fri, Mar. 31
Music in Corrales
The celebrated Moscow String Quartet opens the season with favorites by Borodin, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Music in Corrales imports a stunning variety of styles including a performance by one of the most successful chamber music ensembles in the country, Imani Winds.
Imani Winds
“Imani Winds has enjoyed numerous visits to New Mexico where they always find warm and receptive audiences,” said their manager, Rob Robbins. “They especially enjoy the unique and intimate space of the old San Ysidro Church, the venue for Music in Corrales concerts.” Meet this contemporary group and tour their latest release here watch?v=D2fJSDE7ag0.
The 2010-11 season features the Moscow String Quartet, Sept. 11; Manhattan Piano Trio, Oct. 16; The Woods Tea Company, Nov. 14; Douglas Cardwell Trio, Dec. 11; DI WU on piano, Jan. 15; Petar Jankovic, Feb. 19; and Imani Winds, Mar. 19.
Placitas Artist Series
Willy Sucre and Friends again opens the Placitas Artist Series 2010-11 season in Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, playing String Quartet No. 2, Intimate Pages by Janáček, and String Quartet in C Sharp Minor, op.131 by Beethoven. Details at the Placitas Artist Series.
Choral Artists of the Southwest
Explore the wonders of creation, the cosmos and nature as Quintessence: Choral Artists of the Southwest, debuts its 2010-11 season with Earthsongs: Music of Creation on Oct. 9-10, featuring Aaron Copland’s “In the Beginning” among others.
Celebrate the holidays on Dec. 4-5 with sacred and secular pieces including Susa’s “Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest” on Mar. 5-6, with a musical feast of audible delicacies by Carey, Bernstein, J.S. Bach and others. It’s “Happy 25th anniversary, Quintessence” for the finale on May 14-15 featuring Rutter’s “Birthday Madrigals” and works by Purcell, Menotti, Handel and Liszt. (Remember: great musicians never play Lisztlessly.)
Saturday performances are at Immanuel Presbyterian Church with Sundays at St. John’s United Methodist Church. For details, call 505.672.8863 or go to the website Quintessence: Choral Artists of the Southwest.
Music at St. John’s also hosts Voces8, an a cappella octet from Britain, on Sunday, Feb. 13.
–Peggy Herrington is associate editor to albuquerqueARTS.
Music Guide
Albuquerque
Airland 3400 Constitution NE
Blue Jeans 9018 Central Ave SE Albuquerque, NM 87123-2508 (505) 291-8182
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino
The Cooperage 7220 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM (505) 255-1657
National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC)
Prairie Star Wine Bar (Santa Ana Pueblo)
Q Bar (Hotel Albuquerque) 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW Albuquerque, NM 87104-2007 - (505) 222-8718
Sandia Bar (Corrales) 4445 Corrales Rd, Corrales, NM 87048 (505) 897-7577
Smokehouse BBQ (Rio Rancho)
The Range Café (Bernalillo)
Embudo
Santa Fe
Evangelo’s 200 W San Francisco St Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-9014
the Lensic Performing Arts Center
Mineshaft Tavern (Madrid)
Molly’s Tavern (Tijeras)
Tiny’s Restaurant & Lounge 1015 Pen Rd Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 983-9817
Socorro
Taos
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Chuck Mead’s (of BR549) Monday, August 23rd at Low Spirits
He’s been known as the co-founder of the three-time Grammy nominated BR549, the honky-tonk heroes that almost single-handedly lit and carried the blowtorch for the mid-‘90s alternative country explosion. He’s been hailed as ‘The Hillbilly Renaissance Man’ for his subsequent successes as a songwriter, performer, producer and musical theater director.
Now after more than a decade as one of the most uncompromising and consistent talents in the American roots music movement, Chuck Mead at last emerges with the most anticipated role of his entire career: Solo Artist.
With Journeyman’s Wager, Chuck Mead throws down the gauntlet with an album that defies all sonic expectations while re-defining his position as one of the hardest-working artists in the business. “I respect the term ‘journeyman’,” Mead says, “because that’s I what consider myself. I’ve been living by my wits musically for more than 20 years now, going from job to job and doing them all pretty well. Certainly there’s a hustle to what I do, but there’s always been a gambling aspect to it, too. With this album, it’s finally all me going all-in. It’s a record that challenges listeners in a good way. Best of all, I’ve challenged myself.”
Produced by Grammy-winner Ray Kennedy, the eleven tracks on Journeyman’s Wager embody not only the core of country music, but also the pulse of pop, R&B, hillbilly rock, Gospel and beyond. “Why be confined by barriers or genres?” Chuck asks. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s all American Music. These are the sounds that made up my musical vocabulary. I still believe that American Music is about real things, good stories and unique songs. And I’m willing to bet that most everyone else does, too.”
“It’s hard to believe that it’s taken him this long to make a solo record,” says producer/engineer Ray Kennedy, best known for his work on classic albums by Lucinda Williams and Steve Earle. “What sets Chuck apart from so many artists is that he’s a genuine hard-working, blue-collar performer. I hate the word ‘old-school’ but we didn’t want this album to sound like a lot of modern records where everything is over-tweaked and perfect. We knew we had to make it intimate and real.” Kennedy recorded the entire album analog on two-inch tape, in a studio full of both state-of-the art and vintage equipment that included ‘60s tube microphones, a Vox Continental organ, and a badass band that featured Kenny Vaughn (Marty Stuart), Audley Freed (The Black Crowes), Mark Miller (BR549), Mark Horn (The Derailers), Dave Roe (Johnny Cash), Mike Henderson (The SteelDrivers), Pat Sivers (The Everly Brothers) and Jen Gunderman (The Jayhawks). “Chuck is the same in the studio as he is on stage,” Kennedy explains. “He loves working without a net. There are a lot of multiple voices singing into one microphone and the band playing together in one room. Most of all, it’s an album that really represents his worldview song-wise. It has humor, intelligence, sarcasm, a bit of politics and a lot of spontaneity. Plus he’s singing his ass off. Chuck doesn’t have a model; he really is a journeyman in that songwriting and entertaining is his life.”
For Mead, life and music have always been irrevocably intertwined. “I joined my first band at 12 years old,” he explains with a laugh. “Ruint me forever.” Throughout his 20s, he led several groups in and around his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas, including the popular Mid-western cult band The Homestead Grays. By the early ‘90s, Chuck found himself as an itinerant musician on Nashville’s then-seedy Lower Broadway. It was a place in time where a performer armed with only the vision of a sonically relentless hillbilly band with nothing to lose could try anything. Within months, Mead co-founded a quintet that began playing must-see marathon sets in the front window of bar/bootery Robert’s Western World. Seven albums, three Grammy nominations and millions of worldwide fans later, BR549 would become one of the most improbable success stories of the past decade.
ACLU Benefit Arts for Your Rights ~ Saturday ~ August 28
Fight injustice with art! ART for Your RIGHTS is an ACLU-NM benefit bash with hip-hop MC Hakim Bellamy, live bands, free food, cash bar, spoken word performances, and a silent art auction.
Featuring a broad cross section of artists, artisans, musicians and performers who are donating their time and talent to help protect your rights, especially your right to free expression—no limits!
Date: Saturday, 28 August 2010
Time: 7:30 PM.
Admission: $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
Performers: Hakim Bellamy and a broad cross-section of artists, musicians, and performers who are donating their time and talent to help protect your rights, especially your right to free expression—no limits!
Email: info@elreytheater.com
Save $5 by buying advance tickets today!
If you are an artist and are interested in donating art work, jewelry, services, or catering to this event, or if you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please fill out the appropriate form and email to Valerie Torrez at vtorrez@aclu-nm.org or print and mail to:
ACLU of New Mexico
c/o Valerie Torrez
PO BOX 566
Albuquerque, NM 87103L
This is a 21+ event.
August 14th Old Town 6th Annual Salsa Fiesta
Saturday, from 1:00 – 9:30 pm
This event began as a small gathering on Church Street, has grown to attract well over 10,000 attendees each year.
8 y Mas
The annual “Hot Time in Old Town” has salsa tasting, salsa music and salsa dance taking over the entire area. One of the most popular features is the Homemade Salsa Competition with entrants preparing their secret salsa recipes onsite. Visitors can purchase a $4 wristband that carries a tab for voting for their favorite homemade salsa. Winners will receive cash prizes of $1000 for 1st place, $500 for 2nd place, and $250 for 3rd place.
An exciting lineup of entertainers will take the stage at the Gazebo as well as performing in patios and courtyards throughout the Old Town area. Headlining the event is 8 y Mas, one of the hottest new bands to burst onto the Latin music scene. The band is the cooperative effort of internationally recognized Latin musicians/producers, Bobby Allende, Angel Fernandez, Ricky Gonzalez and Marc Quiñones. Although the band is new, its members are anything but new to the industry. Considered by many to be some of the best musicians in NYC and beyond, the band boasts an impressive group of stellar veteran musicians that, in addition to Bobby and Marc, includes Willie Torres (lead vocals), Victor Baro, Samuel Baretto, Arturo Ortiz, Jose Tabares and Manuel Ruiz.
The members’ individual achievements are impressive; together, they are a force to be reckoned with. They have played individually, and collectively, with a “Who’s Who” of music greats that cover many genres including: Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Ruben Blades, Ray Barretto, Tito Nieves, Marc Anthony, La India, Dave Valentin, Willie Colon, Allman Brothers Band, Grover Washington, Jr. and Spyro Gyro, to name a few.
Musically, this Salsa Fiesta features a variety of Salsa music and dance performances both at the Gazebo and in patios and courtyards throughout Old Town. This new addition to the exciting program will bring that hot Latin beat to visitors as they wander through shops and dine at Old Town’s restaurants.
Starting the evening performances at the Gazebo is an Albuquerque-area favorite, Ivon Ulibarri & Café Mocha, appearing at 6:30 pm.
At 7:45 pm. 8 y Mas will take the stage to keep the crowd moving to the beat until the 9:30 pm closing.
Several Old Town area restaurants will be featuring special offerings of New Mexico wines provided by members of the New Mexico Winegrowers Association. Each participating restaurant will offer its own version of Salsa Fiesta specials that will introduce patrons to new food and wine pairings.
A Children’s Corner at Plaza Don Luis will feature music, stories, arts and crafts and more fun for the younger group, and, as always, Old Town’s unique shops and galleries will entice visitors to check our their offerings.
No admission fee to attend the Old Town Salsa Fiesta.
With a Rapid Ride stop at the southeast corner of Central Avenue and Rio Grande Blvd., visitors are encouraged to choose public transportation to travel to the event.
For more information, call 311 or visit the City’s website here.
For accessibility, call Relay NM or 711.
Green Chile Gumbo – Felix y Los Gatos – New Mexican Home Grown
Posted by E Christina Herr in Music on August 2nd, 2010
By E Christina Herr
Hot and Spicy Soul Music
Green Chile Gumbo, Felix y Los Gatos latest recording is a rich, intoxicating blend of flavors. ”Santa Fe likes to call it Zydejaño, a fusion of New Orleans Zydeco and northern New Mexican ranchero and tejaño. It has also been described as Burqueño blues and gypsy jazz, gypsy rock, Americana (to put it shortly), southwestern honky-tonk. We just play whatever we want and don’t really think about what it’s called when we’re playing it”, says Felix Peralta.
It all started when keyboardist Dave Barclay brought a button accordion to a blues jam leading them to create their own original New Mexican fusion. Officially rockin’ the southwest for the last few years, the band is made up of all star session musicians from the New Mexico blues and jazz scene. This music is happy, jubilantly calling you up the street, as you walk towards the sound you can’t help moving in rhythm with the syncopated driving train wheels beat. It conjures images of “southwestern skies, joyful family reunions, smoke-filled honky-tonk bars, Paris café’s, dancing, lots of dancing of all styles from all over the world”, testifies Felix.
L to R, Melvin Crisp, Felix Peralta, David Barklay and Tim McDaniel
Felix Peralta was born in Albuquerque and raised in the South Valley, surrounded by agricultural lands, the often flooding Bosque and shifting red sandbars of the Rio Grande. Music found him early in life. “My grandpa Adan played button accordion and my uncle played guitar. There was always music around, lots of rancheras”, a genre of traditional Mexican music originally sung during the Mexican Revolution. “I grew up listening, practicing and being fearless to just get up and do it. I did those three things constantly for many years”.
Felix Peralta & David Barclay photo Johny Broomdust
Felix and Barclay, a Santa Fe high school graduate, write and create all of their own music. Influences range from Django Reinhardt, Albert King, Roy Buchanan, Wayne Hancock, Flaco Jimenez, old school country, 30′s and 40′s jazz, 80′s pop and world music. The core of the band is Peralta on his mint green Stratocaster guitar, lead vocals and harmonica, Barclay, on button accordion and keyboard, Tim McDaniel on bass and Melvin Crisp on drums. They gig so often that on any given night many other of NM finest musicians will sit in, including Terry Bluhm, Susan Hyde Holmes, Jeff Sipes and Johny Broomdust on Bass, Mike Chavez, Louie Speaking Eagle and Arne Bey on drums. In the tradition of Jazz and Blues they are all about inviting musicians to jump on stage for some impromptu spontaneous aural magic.
Other Los Gatos recordings available are “Sur Valle”, 2007 and “Zydeco Tonight”, 2009.
For more information and shows cick on these links to go online to myspace, Facebook and their website.
Upcoming local shows:
August 6, “Green Chile Gumbo” CD release party, with special guests Hillary Smith, Chris Dracup and more!
9 pm, Monte Vista Fire Station, 3205 Central Ave NE, 505.255-2424
August 7, 7 to 9 pm, The Savoy, 10601 Montgomery Blvd NE, 505.224.9135
August 20, 5:30 to 7:30, The One Up Club, 301 Central Ave NW, 505.242.1966
E Christina Herr is a singer, songwriter and contributing music writer for albuquerqueARTS.
Vaudeville’s back: from German lieder through Tin Pan Alley, August 8
Posted by Peggy Herrington in Music on August 1st, 2010
Experience the family parlor, opera house, concert hall and variety stage
By Peggy Herrington
Ernest W. Sturdevant
In a production sponsored by the American Vaudeville Museum Performance Project, a couple of local and well-connected musicians are putting on a free concert at The Outpost on Sunday August 8 at 4 pm. Tenor Ernest W. Sturdevant, accompanied by pianist James Bratcher, invites you to “Come into My Parlour” for a fun, four-part concert of popular bygone tunes.
“One of the things I hope this concert does is attract people who love classical music along with people who don’t, and that both sides will discover something they can appreciate from the other side – that they didn’t know about before,” Sturdevant says.
Parlour songs, lieder and loads of fun
The concert opens with tenor Sturdevant singing soprano Eileen Farrell’s beautiful theme song, “Let My Song Fill Your Heart,” a lilting Viennese waltz with words she made famous on the radio long before she starred at the Metropolitan Opera. Next Sturdevant performs three arias by wildly popular (in his day, people on streets hummed his tunes) Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (whose name, in English, translates to Joe Green) taken from his William Shakespeare operas. This section boasts the seriously tongue-in-cheek name “Bill and Joe’s Operas.”
“The second part of our concert is the heaviest,” says pianist Bratcher. He and Sturdevant introduce it with the song “By Strauss,” a musical lampoon written by the Gershwin brothers that parodies popular music of the day from Tin Pan Alley to Johann Strauss, Jr. They move back into song (many in German lieder form) by Mahler, Korngold, Strauss and Schoenberg (in his style before he invented the 12-tone technique), and even “I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am,” a 1910 music hall piece re-popularized in 1965 by Herman’s Hermits and again in the 1990 movie “Ghost” when sung softly by Patrick Swayze near the end of the film.
With lyrics provided, a rousing, old-time group of well known singalongs from the British Music Hall era concludes what promises to be a memorable, something-for-everyone concert of music popular during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
The performers
SAG and Equity actor Sturdevant is a respected local voice teacher who is music director, composer and performer in the Mother Road Theatre Company’s upcoming play with songs, “Moby Dick.” Bratcher holds a Master’s degree in music from the University of New Mexico. He then studied at the Julliard School of Music and enjoyed a successful New York vocal career. He toured with and accompanied many Columbia Artist singers before coming home in 1973 to co-found and serve for years as artistic/music director for Opera Southwest.
Free admittance – Tickets not required.
Sunday, August 8, 4 pm.
210 Yale SE (two blocks south of Central)
For details call 505.262.2020 or email erniews@msn.com.
–Peggy Herrington is associate editor to albuquerqueARTS.
Heavy Rescue thank you Party for Santa Fe Fire Department!
On July 2, 2010, the Bass player Johny Broomdust and his lovely wife Nicole were washed away by the Santa Fe river at the San Isidro Crossing. Thank the powers that be they were quickly rescued by the Santa Fe fire Department.
Come out and share the opportunity to say thank you to our local heros!
Music hosted by Felix y Los Gatos with Cozy Ralston, Joe West, Johny Broomdust, E. Christina Herr and Martin Rowell of Wild Frontier , George Adelo and Freddy Lopez of White Buffalo and surprise musical special guests!
No cover.
The Cowgirl BBQ
Santa Fe, NM 87501-2613
505.982.2565
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