The Hill Stompers opened for the Red Elvises Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. Friday was Pride Night for the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com 
Hooping it up. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
The crowd begins to gather for the concert Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Kicking up their heels. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Red Elvises band leader Igor Yuzov uses his guitar as a weapon during the Friday night Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Yuzov was born in Germany, raised in Ukraine and studied in Russia. He grew up in the former Soviet Union, where folk music was the norm and rock’n’roll was illegal. A rebellious streak, however, led him to seek out the forbidden music. As soon as it became possible, Igor left Russia for America with his ‘Folk’n’Roll’ band Limpopo and was personally greeted by Ronald Reagan. In 1993, Limpopo won Ed McMahon’s Star Search and their popularity began to blossom. In 1995, Igor dreamed
New Mexico singing legend Tobias Rene. Courtesy photo
NEW MEXICO TECH News:
SOCORRO – “Sure do love waiting in line and searching for parking,” said no one ever. Ditch the crowds, cost and congestion of big-city events and head for the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro, an oasis in the desert and the host site for the 26th annual 4th of July Celebration.
Entertainment begins at 11 a.m. and closes at dark with a spectacular fireworks display. This year’s headliner is New Mexico singing legend Tobias Rene and his stellar band. The annual fete, co-hosted by the City of Socorro and New Mexico Tech, dates Read More
The Los Alamos County Council presented a proclamation in May, which recognizes the second week of June as Annual LGBTQ+ Pride Week. This is the first time Pride has been recognized or celebrated by the Los Alamos Community.
It started when three women, Tina DeYoe, Roberta Beal and Danielle Sutherland were sitting around talking about how great it would be if Los Alamos had its own Pride Week, as many other communities do.
“The idea spread quickly,” said Pride organizer Anna Dillane who owns Boomerang Thrift Boutique.
Like-minded Read More
Baracutanga performs for a crowd Friday, June 8, at Ashley Pond Park as part of the Gordons Summer Concert Series. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Two young dancers enjoy the music performed by Baracutanga during the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series June 8 at Ashley Pond Park. This Friday, the concert series will present Igor and the Red Elvises. The show begins at 7 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park. All Gordons Summer Concerts are free to the public. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A crowd enjoys the music Friday, June 8, at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
Greg Abate, left, and Richie Cole blow their horns. Courtesy photoMUSIC News:
The Taos Jazz Bebop Society and the Harwood Museum present The Greg Abate Quintet featuring Richie Cole at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 22 at the Harwood Museum in Taos. Tickets are $25 ($20 for members). Call 575.758.9826 or stop by the museum.
This is a return engagement for Abate and Cole – and a reprise of the sold-out “Tribute to the Phil Woods”, the 2017 concert that rocked the Harwood last year. This is an amazing opportunity to see these two great jazz artists perform together.
This year’s show is definitely Read More
UNM-LA News:
UNM-Los Alamos will offer “Introduction to Opera” 6-9 p.m., Mondays beginning June 11.
For those who are curious about opera, or wishing to understand the allure of the world-famous Santa Fe Opera, this is the perfect learning opportunity. The initial class will provide an overview of opera, then each subsequent class will focus on one of the operas of the 2018 Santa Fe Opera season. There may be opportunities to attend dress rehearsals as well.
Instructors Greg Schneider and Dennis Davies-Wilson have taught this class together for 12 years. They are both musicians, and each has Read More
Scene from the first Los Alamos Summer Concert of the 2018 Season at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comBy BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com
The Los Alamos Summer Concert is off and running! Any lingering fears that Abe Gordon and Kara Robertson couldn’t fill the clown-sized shoes of Russ Gordon, who coordinated and managed the Concert Series for 28 years, have been put to rest by the first two great concerts, Dre Z Melodi and Eddy & the Nomads with DK & The Affordables.
“The first concerts went well,” Robertson said. Read More
Cantos de Taos will peform 7 p.m. June 20 in Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo
By PATRICK NEHERWhen friends mention they are going to a concert of “traditional music” you might think they mean a folk, or gospel concert. Certainly those genres are traditional music, but now so is jazz, opera, all forms of classical music, rock and pop, and of course, marches and dances.
When a musician speaks of traditional music, it usually means that which was used for a specific purpose: marches, dances, processionals, socializing (background music), cultural Read More