Dr. Kristina Jacobsen releases a new album of co-writes with UNM Music Alunmi, Meredith Wilder. They will be performing two shows for the CD release of “Elemental.”
March 30th, 2018
CD Release Show with Meredith Wilder for new album, “Elemental,” at Bookworks at 7:00pm
4022 Rio Grand Blvd, NW, Albuquerque, NM
with Special Guest Camille Grey (Copenhagen, Denmark)
$15
March 31st, 2018
CD Release and Fundraiser for “Songs from the Rez,” with Meredith Wilder for new album, “Elemental,” at Tortuga Gallery at 7:30pm
901 Edith Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM
with Special Guest Chucki Begay and Ritchi Anderson, Jr. (Navajo Nation)
“Reclaiming ‘the Border’ in Texas-Mexican Conjunto Heritage and Cultural Memory”
The Texas border town of San Benito is the subject of this talk which examines how memory and legacy operate within a community of “self-appointed” cultural brokers and a local municipality inspired by capitalist notions of urban development, economic growth and cultural tourism.
Sones de allá para acá: Son Jarocho from Mexico to USA
Son Jarocho is a genre of traditional Mexican music performed in southern Veracruz that has gained prominence in Chicanx communities in the United States. In this talk we will analyze the origins, rhythms, musical forms, and dances both in Mexico and the United States.
UNM Music Students and Community Members to Perform on KUNM 89.9 on 5/11 @7 pm
The UNM Honky Tonk Ensemble, an ensemble that teaches students how to play in a band and that emphasizes the style of classic country music from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, to come into KUNM’s Studio A to do a studio session of songs they’ve performed over the course of the semester