Category Archives: Reviews

Sound Poet Janet Feder Comes to Corrales and Santa Fe (updated)

Janet Feder

Update: Guitarist/songwriter/composer/vocalist Janet Feder was scheduled to perform at Live at Thrive in Corrales on August 4, but pesky circumstances beyond everyone’s control prevented that from happening. This weekend, she is making good on her pledge to return and will be appearing both at Live at Thrive in Corrales and at Littleglobe in Santa Fe. Check the updated concert information at the end of this post for details. The Corrales concert is a benefit for Littleglobe 501(C)(3) in Santa Fe. Littleglobe is committed to interdisciplinary, collaborative art projects that foster life-affirming connections across the boundaries that divide us.

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New Albums from Yvonne Perea and Moody Little Sister Shed Grace on Us All (updated)

  • Yvonne Perea
  • Moody Little Sister: Naomi Sparrow and Rob Stroup

Singer/songwriters Yvonne Perea and Moody Little Sister (Naomi Sparrow and Rob Stroup) take widely divergent approaches to production on their new albums, but they deliver much the same balm: however bad your situation may appear, you most likely have the means to make it better.

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New Albums from Nick Sanders (Concise Trio) and André Carvalho (Expansive Sextet)

  • Nick Sanders
  • André Carvalho. Photo by Clara Pereira.

Economy marks the work of pianist Nick Sanders, whose new trio release, Playtime 2050, announces an original and accomplished young artist. On The Garden of Earthly Delights, André Carvalho takes Hieronymus Bosch’s iconic painting as the inspiration for an extended suite that creates a soundscape as rich, varied, and surprising as the painting’s landscape.

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New Live Recordings from Love Unfold the Sun and Club d’Elf

  • Love Unfold the Sun: Dill, Hamlin, Wayne, Pearlman. Photo by Lisa Jo Goldman.
  • Club d’Elf: Shultheis, Johnston, Lebron, Rivard, Tronzo Traore

The Santa Fe/Albuquerque-based quartet Love Unfold the Sun and the Boston-based band Club d’Elf share a number of characteristics. They both blend Middle Eastern/African and Western elements, and incorporate an exotic instrument. Texture plays an important role in the musical development of their material. Flow is prized over destination. Yet, even with these similarities, the two groups make music that is quite different.

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