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
Musicology Colloquium Series: The Black Pacific: Music, Race, and Indigeneity in Australia and Papua New Guinea
From the Fisk Jubilee Singers’ tour of Australasia in the 1890s to Snoop Dogg’s visit to Brisbane in 2014, the last century has seen ongoing, intensive intersections between Indigenous and African Diasporic musicians and activists in the Southwestern Pacific.
Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod Virtuso and Composer Joins the UNM Faculty
Amjad Ali Khan is one of the undisputed masters of the music world. For many, he takes on a celestial avatar when he is playing the Sarod. Born to Sarod icon Haafiz Ali Khan, he gave his first performance at the age of six. Over the course of his career, he has delivered his music in a flexible instrument line that is vocal in its expressiveness.
Chris Buckholz, Assistant Professor of Trombone, has released his third solo CD
Assistant Professor of Trombone Chris Buckholz has released his third solo CD, Versatility, a double album of classical and jazz.