If funk grooves are mixed with the intellect of high jazz and a heavy dose of psychedelic color and the whole thing is brought to a boil, the product might be something like OM Trio’s music when it performs original compositions.
The New Mexico film scene was presented with the seventh annual Taos Talking Picture Festival and its array of cinematic innovation and celebration this weekend.
I am tired of poor atmospheres and bad service at restaurants, whether it’s at a classy place such as Seagull Street Restaurant or a fast-food place such as Wendy’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers.
The artistic styles of Erika M. Burrows and Marco A. "Tony" Oviedo II could not be much more different, yet the engaged couple make a harmoniously supportive team. Between now and April 30, Burrows and Oviedo will have a series of paintings and drawings titled "A Household of Beauty: A Tale of Trees & Flowers and the Value of Line," on display at Irysh Mac's Coffee House, 110 Yale Blvd. S.E. The exhibit features the contrasting elements of Burrows' botanical-based illustrations and Oviedo's highly linear and meditative images.
UNM’s Theatre and Dance Department’s Chris Garcia, eric hall and Paul Paradise present “Menergy: A Collection of Male Choreography,” Thursday through Saturday at Theatre X at 7:30 p.m. The showcase will explore topics such as sexual identity, sexual abuse and ways of communicating through dance.
Martin Janowski wants to get young people involved and interested in government with the help of his new book of essays, "New Wine, Fresh Skins!" Janowski, who served as New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici's press secretary, certainly gears his book toward younger people - perhaps too well. The majority of his writing manages to talk down to an audience presumably ignorant of government proceedings, as if explaining to a five-year-old where babies come from.
Musical Theater Southwest's production of "Gypsy" is reminiscent of fast food. It tastes great while you're eating, but when the meal is finished, you're not as satisfied as you hoped you'd be.
Back when Metallica ruled the metal underground, a festering sore of a band was lurking in the shadows to take the groundwork laid by the now-mainstream group and twist, jump on and grind it into submission. Sepultura’s music was angrier, faster and more bludgeoning than most bands at the time, and it wouldn’t be long before the group took the mainstream by its throat. By the end of the ’80s, the Brazilian metal gods had come to the forefront of the music scene and made a name for themselves for calling to mind the anguish in the world. And they had a front-row seat to it becuase they grew up in the slums of Belo Horizonte, where poverty and crime was an everyday occurrence.
It’s such a relief to hear Todd Lewis’s voice again and know that the Toadies didn’t forget to record a new album. It took Lewis, bassist Lisa Umbarger, drummer Mark Reznicek and guitarist Clark Vogeler, who replaced original guitarist Darrel Herbert, seven years to make a comeback from the exceptional 1994 album Rubberneck, which for hardcore fans is just too long to wait. Luckily for us, the delay was almost worth it, and the new album Hell Below/Stars Above picks up where the previous left off.
"Tomcats" samples the humor of "American Pie" but is nothing to meow about.
That the genre-defying group BÇla Fleck and the Flecktones won its third Grammy recently in the Best Contemporary Jazz Album category for the summer 2000 CD release Outbound should come as no surprise.
Open mic night at the Blue Dragon CafÇ survived a recent make-over and is still one of the city's best venues for amateur music.
Usually myths evolve from cultures, but sometimes individuals attempt to create them. Such is the case with Canadian poet and author Chris Bell’s “Tales of the Lost Cheebah-Ha,” a book of fictional myth Bell created by drawing from the plentiful banquet of worldly cultural myths.
What makes a movie successful is a filmmaker’s talent and ability to portray humanity, life and truth. If these elements exist, everything else usually falls into place.
A recent controversy over an art piece on display in Santa Fe raises new questions concerning the artistic expression of certain Hispanic-American ideals.
UNM student and playwright Susan Erickson’s production of “Good Grief” is an unconventional meditation on relationships and death, which conveys a mystical atmosphere with live music and dance.
Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Continues at the Southwest Film Center:
Some songwriters try to immediately bowl you over, and others use more subtle methods to slowly creep under your skin. Nels Andrews fits into the latter category.
For a group of guys who began their musical careers playing in an elementary school gym in Malibu, Calif., Lifehouse has certainly seen some progress for its efforts.
The Riverside Ensemble has done it again with "House," a one-man show performed by Riverside Theatre actor Shenoah Allen, who is passionate, subtle, hilarious and profound in the role of Victor.
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