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 ClineVocals & Guitar – Alex McMahonGuitar – Jackie JonesGuitar – Sasha ArteagaFiddle – Eva StrickerFiddle – Sue Cahn von SeelenBackup vocal & Piano – Grace Weaver“Hello Darlin'” by Conway TwittyVocals – Eva StrickerGuitar – Alex McMahonGuitar – Sasha ArteagaFiddle – Sue Cahn von SeelenBack up vocal & Piano – Grace Weaver“Two Glasses Joe” by Ernest TubbGuitar and Vocals – Alex McMahonGuitar and Vocals – Sasha AtreagaGuitar and Vocals – Jackie JonesFiddle and Vocals – Eva StrickerFIddle and Vocals – Sue Cahn von SeelenPiano and Vocals – Grace Weaver“She’s all I got” by Johnny PaycheckVocals – Sue Cahn von SeelenGuitar and Backup vocals – Alex McMahonGuitar and Backup vocals – Sasha ArteagaGuitar and Backup vocals – Jackie JonesFiddle and Backup vocals – Eva StrickerPiano and Backup vocals – Grace Weaver
“Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)” by Jean ShepherdGuitar and Vocals – Sasha ArteagaGuitar – Alex McMahonGuitar – Jackie JonesFiddle – Eva StrickerFiddle – Sue Cahn von SeelenPiano – Grace Weaver“Dead of Night” by Orville PeckVocals and Guitar – Jackie JonesGuitar and Backup vocals – Alex McMahonGuitar and Backup vocals – Sasha ArteagaFiddle and Backup vocals – Eva StrickerFiddle and Backup vocals – Sue Cahn von SeelenPiano and Backup vocals – Grace Weaver
“The Way it Goes” By Gillian WelchVocals and Guitar – Alex McMahonVocals and Guitar – Jackie JonesGuitar – Sasha ArteagaFiddle – Eva StrickerFiddle – Sue Cahn von SeelenPiano – Grace Weaver
The Enchantment Brass releases first album!
The Enchantment Brass, the brass ensemble-in-residence at the University of New Mexico, has released their debut recording, A Brass Menagerie: The Music of John Cheetham, on all digital formats.
Students from Dr. Kristina Jacobsen’s class, “Diné (Navajo) Expressive Culture,” help build a shadehouse (cha’a’oh) as part of a service-learning project and cultural immersion camping trip to the Navajo Nation.
The class focuses on music, language, poetry, film and expressive arts in the context of sovereignty and contemporary politics on the Navajo Nation.
Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez: Imagining Something Better: Punk, Tejano, La Bamba, and Other Rolas from My Border Hi-Fi
Unrepentant border crosser, writer, ex-dj, and academic. Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez is an Associate Professor of US Southwestern Literatures, and Creative Writing in the Department of Spanish, and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico.