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The Roost: BaBa (and Buster)

Hybrid Music (and a Film, Too)

Mutt and Jeff. Stan and Ollie. Ralph and Norton. Banjo and tuba. Odd pairings all, but all of them work.

No, really.Swirly BaBa

Don’t believe me? Then head to The Roost, Albuquerque’s creative music series, this Sunday and catch BaBa—Steven Robert Allen (banjo, voice) and Mark Weaver (tuba, foot percussion, and curator of The Roost). They’ll be presenting old tunes with new twists, and new tunes with old twists in the first set, and premiere a live, original soundtrack to accompany Buster Keaton’s comic short film The Goat in the second set.

(I’ll even spring for your ticket if you’re the first person to post a response correctly explaining where the duo’s name comes from.)

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