KUNM – Ear To The Ground is broadcast on Saturdays 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Hosted by Matthew Finch. Is a local music showcase, featuring live performances by local talent. The UNM Honky Tonk Ensemble was featured in December. Listen here.
Class co-facilitators: Dr. Kristina Jacobsen and Alex McMahon
UNM Honky Tonk Fall 2021 class: Sue Cahn von Seelen, Jackie Jones, Eva Stricker, Grace Weaver
Recorded by KUNM
Interviewed, Engineered, and Recorded by KUNM Music Director Matthew Finch for the 12/11/21 episode of “Ear to the Ground.” “Your Cheating Heart” by Patsy Cline Vocals & Guitar – Alex McMahon Guitar – Jackie Jones Guitar – Sasha Arteaga Fiddle – Eva Stricker Fiddle – Sue Cahn von Seelen Backup vocal & Piano – Grace Weaver “Hello Darlin'” by Conway Twitty Vocals – Eva Stricker Guitar – Alex McMahon Guitar – Sasha Arteaga Fiddle – Sue Cahn von Seelen Back up vocal & Piano – Grace Weaver “Two Glasses Joe” by Ernest Tubb Guitar and Vocals – Alex McMahon Guitar and Vocals – Sasha Atreaga Guitar and Vocals – Jackie Jones Fiddle and Vocals – Eva Stricker FIddle and Vocals – Sue Cahn von Seelen Piano and Vocals – Grace Weaver “She’s all I got” by Johnny Paycheck Vocals – Sue Cahn von Seelen Guitar and Backup vocals – Alex McMahon Guitar and Backup vocals – Sasha Arteaga Guitar and Backup vocals – Jackie Jones Fiddle and Backup vocals – Eva Stricker Piano and Backup vocals – Grace Weaver
“Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)” by Jean Shepherd Guitar and Vocals – Sasha Arteaga Guitar – Alex McMahon Guitar – Jackie Jones Fiddle – Eva Stricker Fiddle – Sue Cahn von Seelen Piano – Grace Weaver “Dead of Night” by Orville Peck Vocals and Guitar – Jackie Jones Guitar and Backup vocals – Alex McMahon Guitar and Backup vocals – Sasha Arteaga Fiddle and Backup vocals – Eva Stricker Fiddle and Backup vocals – Sue Cahn von Seelen Piano and Backup vocals – Grace Weaver
“The Way it Goes” By Gillian Welch Vocals and Guitar – Alex McMahon Vocals and Guitar – Jackie Jones Guitar – Sasha Arteaga Fiddle – Eva Stricker Fiddle – Sue Cahn von Seelen Piano – Grace Weaver
“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