Tune In at El Rey Court
IN FRONT OF A CORNER beehive fireplace inside the living room-like lobby of El Rey Court, in Santa Fe, singer-songwriter Esther Rose strums her acoustic guitar, quieting the several dozen listeners…
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Category: August
11 Hot Spots for Live Music
Sister Bar, Albuquerque Arcade games, craft cocktails, and a stacked stage make this dive a magnet for edgy artists including Metalachi and KRS-One. Buffalo Hall Bar & Cowboy Café BBQ, Las Vegas…
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Albuquerque Sunport Makeover Takes Flight
AS SYMBOLS GO, the chapati wrap I delightedly devour in the Albuquerque International Sunport’s revamped food court speaks more to evolution than revolution. But when you factor in $90 million worth…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Dance the night away. Support the Cleveland Roller Mill Museum while two-stepping to live music by the Rifters at the Cleveland Mill Dance on Friday. “Initially, it was a group of dancers,” says…
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Peak Season in Red River
AS THE JEEP TIRES scrape near the edge of the gravel road, driver Gary Swinford prompts, “See how steep it is?” You can’t miss it. The gravel slope drops so precipitously that the ridgeline on the far…
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New Mexico Music Festival Guide
8750’ FESTIVAL, RED RIVER August 14–17 This high-altitude three-day celebration brings rock and roll, blues, and headlining country acts like Summer Dean and Ray Wylie Hubbard, plus Albuquerque’s own…
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Sangre Joven Keeps Norteño Music Alive
I F YOU’VE CAUGHT Sangre Joven rocking a hometown show at Plaza Park in the center of Las Vegas, you probably understand why the longtime band titled their latest release El Orgullo de Las Vegas (The…
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Delbert Anderson Traces His Musical Roots
“THIS IS VERY LIKELY only the second time a Diné trumpeter has performed this piece,” Delbert Anderson tells a hushed audience from the stage at El Morro Theatre, in Gallup, earlier this year. Then he…
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Join the Navajo Tea Party
A HOT-PINK COLD-DRINK oasis flowers among the wafting scents of roasted corn and frybread at the northwest corner of the Gallup Flea Market. Among the 500-plus vendors of jewelry, crafts, antiques…
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