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Requiem marks century of singing
A requiem — a work more often associated with death than life — will honor the University of New Mexico’s choral program’s centennial in a concert Tuesday. René Clausen, the... Read more »
Social D machine keeps chugging along
Jonny Wickersham grew up in Costa Mesa, Calif., and was influenced by the SoCal punk rock scene. The guitarist would attend Social Distortion shows and stand in awe of the... Read more »
Three composers, three voices meld in one pianist
So many composers, so much music. How Albuquerque pianist Fred Sturm chooses whose music to play is simple enough. “As always, I play music by composers with whom I have... Read more »
Metal may be simple but it has meaning
Matt Carroll is obsessed with simplicity. That’s part of the reason Make Do and Mend’s video for “Oak Square” was shot in the band’s apartment. “We literally moved everything out... Read more »
Watch out, Britney: Undead are coming
A recent Entertainment Weekly headline reads, “Who are Hollywood Undead, and what are they doing with the fourth-biggest album in the country?” Well, Entertainment Weekly, a little education is in... Read more »
Review: Full joys of Baroque on display
Beyond the narrow canon of what is vernacularly referred to as “classical,” there remains a wealth of significant music from past eras. The four talented women of the Albuquerque Baroque... Read more »
There’s always a lot of love in the room
Third-generation Arizonan and longtime rock musician Roger Clyne had a cult following long before forming his current outfit, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers. In the mid-1990s, Clyne fronted the popular... Read more »
This grass a genuine blue hue
It figures that Karl Shiflett was working on his bus when I called; a real bluegrass purist probably would be doing his own oil change, or whatever maintenance he was... Read more »
Not So Loca
Ricky Martin is still the same man, but his emotions are coming from a different place. Describing himself now as “free,” the openly gay entertainer is enjoying another round of... Read more »
Jazzman and trumpet share lifelong love affair
Miles Davis played one. So did Chet Baker. Like these two jazz legends, young trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire said he plays a Martin Committee model 157. “It’s the only trumpet I’ve... Read more »
Guitarist knows banjo champ when she hears one
By day, Beth Hartness is a grant writer. By night, usually weekend nights, Hartness is a guitarist and half of an old-time music duo with hot banjo player Adam Hurt.... Read more »
Applaud, yes, but please don’t crowd the singer
Jessica Lea Mayfield wants her house back — like yesterday. The soft-spoken musician explains that her band is holed up in her Ohio home because of a gig in Orville,... Read more »
