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Casey James Brooks plays El Pinto's cantina stage, one of the more comfortable outdoor-adjacent rooms in Albuquerque for a summer evening set. El Pinto is a destination in its own right, so the crowd here tends to be relaxed and already in a good mood before the first note lands. This one is off the...
Paul Stephenson brings his acoustic set to Hops & Dough Taproom, a craft beer spot off the Route 66 corridor that draws a neighborhood crowd more interested in the pint than the performance. That's not a knock on Stephenson, who holds a room well, but go in knowing the room, not a seated listening venue....
Two Round of 16 matches on July 7 punch the last quarterfinal tickets, with the day's best matchup on the Lobo's full theater screen and every other game running simultaneously across 15 screens and a four-panel video wall in the Sports Lounge. Reserved tables are held only until kickoff, not a minute after, so if...
Dirty Brown Jug Band brings their roots-and-grit sound to Steel Bender Brew Yard on a Tuesday evening in July. Steel Bender's yard setup works in your favor here, giving the music room to breathe in a way that a tight indoor stage would not. This one is off the Central corridor, but the brewery draws...
Felix Peralta brings his guitar and his long track record on the Albuquerque live music circuit to El Pinto's cantina patio, one of the better outdoor setups in the city for an early evening show. El Pinto sits well north of Central, so this is a deliberate trip rather than a corridor crawl, but the...
Nathaniel Krantz brings his guitar work to Effingbar & Grill, a metro Albuquerque spot that sits off the Central corridor. The 505 Live listing is light on details, so the...
Robert Lucero presents a focused examination of Lola Beltrán, the ranchera vocalist whose voice helped define what mariachi could carry emotionally, as part of Mariachi Spectacular's long-running educational series at the Albuquerque Journal Theatre. This is a lecture-style presentation with discussion, not a concert, so come ready to listen and think rather than clap along....
A Tucson-based acoustic trio built around violin, cello, and guitar that has been drawing comparisons to Kronos Quartet and Gogol Bordello since 2009, which tells you the range is genuine and the show is probably going to be weird in the best way. Tractor Nob Hill's patio can work against quieter string instruments if the...
A World Cup quarterfinal on the big screen inside a 1939 Route 66 movie palace, with 15 additional screens in the attached Sports Lounge for overflow and the people who...
Compa Inc. Arts returns with the second installment of The Jump Off, a live showcase built around CS Rucker at Insideout on Central. Compa has been quietly doing the curatorial work that bigger organizations take credit for, so this kind of event tends to draw people who actually pay attention to local hip-hop. Admission isn't...