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The vocal trio hONEyhoUSe performs its eclectic styles of music Saturday at the Outpost.
Two years, two albums. The vocal trio hONEyhoUSe has a lot to sing about, a lot of stories to tell their growing audience.
“We’ve been so surprised at the outreach for us,” said Hillary Smith of Albuquerque, one of the trio members. “That’s never happened like that in my career: People love your music and want to hire you.”
The other two-thirds of the trio are Mandy Buchanan of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Yvonne Perea of Amarillo, Texas.
The trio’s newly released second CD is titled “Medicine Lodge,” and it’s an attractive potpourri of many styles – gospel, R&B, blues, country, rock, indie rock and ballads.
The 12 cuts are also a melange of stories. The first song, “Kansas,” is related to the album title.
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hONEyhoUSe Bébé La La opens WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23 WHERE: Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE HOW MUCH: $25 general public, $20 students and Outpost members in advance at the Outpost, by calling 268-0044 or at the door |
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“We had met a young woman who was nicknamed Kansas. She was 24 years old. She crossed over last winter. She was in a car accident, laid to rest in Medicine Lodge, Kan.,” Smith said.
“The first track of the album is a tribute to her. We just thought Medicine Lodge is somewhere you’d want to go, a healing place.”
The track opens with a train whistle. The lyrics talk about a woman who “hopped the train to Medicine Lodge/Angels waitin’ at the station to hold her/Kansas fly, fly Kansas fly …”
Another cut, “Vroom!” is about a woman who wanted her man to take more interest in her than in his possessions: “Well I wished you loved me/Like you love your car …”
A third track considers the Rio Grande in a way that may be a first in song. Titled “Rio Grande,” it speaks of a woman who baptizes herself in the river “… seeking peace of mind/Looking out for what’s to come/Can’t imagine what I’ll find …”
The trio will be in concert Saturday, March 23, at the Outpost Performance Space. Joining them will be Savannah Thomas on djembe and Maud Beenhouwer on electric bass.
In addition, Albuquerque vocalist Patti Littlefield and Smith’s daughter, Lyric, and a couple of her friends from Sandia Prep will sing backgrounds on one tune.
The Albuquerque duo Bébé La La – singer-guitarist Alicia Ultan and singer-accordionist Maryse Lapierre – opens.
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