Music

The Red Elvises Bring the Party to Los Alamos

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The Red Elvises during their 2012 World Tour. Courtesy photo

By RUSS GORDON

Igor and the Red Elvises, “your favorite band,” will perform in the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. Friday, May 24 at Ashley Pond.

You don’t get this “favorite band” thing? I had a hard time with it when they told me they were my favorite band, after hearing only one song. That was about eight years ago. “You’re not my favorite band!,” I said. “The Rolling Stones, the White Stripes and any band with Ray Wylie Hubbard or Delbert McClinton or Levon Helm in it were my favorites at that time. Even if they aren’t “your Read More

Bazan Plays Local Living Room Concert May 26

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David Bazan plays the Drunken Unicorn in Atlanta. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

David Bazan, an indie singer-songwriter from Seattle, is touring around the country playing in individuals’ living rooms. Bazan will give one of these intimate concerts at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 26 in Los Alamos.

Bazan will play for about an hour and a half, stopping between songs for questions. This is a great opportunity to talk to the artist directly about his music. Tickets can be purchased at the following link: https:////www.undertowtickets.com/product/bazan-living-room-show-los-alamos-nm-may-26-8pm Read More

Los Alamos Choral Society Spring Concert May 26

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Los Alamos Choral Society in rehearsal at United Church. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com

LACS News:

To conclude its 70th anniversary season, the Los Alamos Choral Society is presenting its Spring Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May at the United Church of Los Alamos.

The concert entitled “Encore!  Favorites Through The Years” will include music from past performances; from the 1970s through the past decade.

Included in this program are:

  • “How Can I Keep From Singing”, an American folk hymn arranged by Ronald Staheli,
  • “Frostiana”, poems by Robert Frost set to music by Randall Thomson,
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Hundreds Attend Season’s First Summer Concert

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John Hughes with Bear, his 5-year-old Pomeranian at the first Gordons’ Summer Concert of the Season Friday at Overlook Park in White Rock. Several hundred people turned out to hear Indie rockers ‘What Made Milwaukee Famous” from Austin, Texas, kick off the 24th year of the concert series. Look for a gallery of photos from the concert later this weekend in the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Local photographer Skip Wecksung finds a unique vantage point between two roadies to photograph Indie rockers ‘What Made Milwaukee Read More

Catherine LeClaire Memorial Organ Fund Concert 4 p.m. Sunday at IHM

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IHM News:

The public is invited to attend an upcoming musical concert hosted by Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Catholic Church of Los Alamos — the third in its series of free concerts to raise money for the Catherine LeClaire Memorial Organ Fund.

The concert will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at IHM, and will showcase the talents of a number of fine musicians from IHM and other churches and musical groups from around northern New Mexico.

Among the featured groups will be an accapella group of twelve voices “Memorare” (meaning ‘To Remember’) formed from experienced singers who were friends Read More

Summer Concert Series Kicks Off Tonight!

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The Austin Indie band ‘What Made Milwaukee Famous’ opens the Summer Concert Series Friday. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

The Los Alamos Summer Concert Series opens at 7 p.m. Friday at Overlook Park in White Rock with Indie rockers “What Made Milwaukee Famous” from Austin, Texas.

The Los Alamos Summer Concert Series is coordinated and managed by Russ Gordon of Gordons’ Concerts. This series of Friday evening concerts-in-the-park spans the summer from late May into early September and is held at various locations around Los Alamos County. The concerts are offered Read More

Grease is the Word at 7 p.m. May 20!

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Grease is the word! Since the start of year, the dance students of Los Alamos High School have been learning and perfecting the art of ballroom dance and will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, May 20 in the Dwayne Smith Auditorium. LAHS teacher Natasha Barkhudarova teaches her students the fundamentals of dance and performance and in this case, the dances were inspired by the musical Grease. The students dance everything from the convivial quickstep to the passionate rumba. There will be singing and dancing and everything in between during the show. Anyone who hasn’t seen Grease will find not only Read More

Hannemann’s Music Corner: A Little Light Summer Reading List

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Hannemann’s Music Corner: A little light Summer Reading List
By RICHARD HANNEMANN
 
Over the many years various books on music have found their way into my library. Often I’ve found these at a used bookstore, or a thrift store, sometimes they have been a gift, sometimes they were recommended.
 
They usually show up when I need them. I keep prowling for more and some I’ve found at Friends of the Bookstore.
 
Here are all the books I currently have in my music library. It’s an incomplete list – some have wandered off to other readers over the years (probably
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Stones in His Pockets: Final Weekend!

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‘So Hard’ – Movie star Caroline Giovanni (Christina Martos) comforts a reluctant Jake Quinn (John Cullinan) after tragedy strikes. Courtesy photo
 
LALT News:
 
The Los Alamos Little Theatre’s May production, Stones in His Pockets, by Marie Jones, will run for two more performances at 7:30 p.m. this Friday and Saturday.
 
A deceptively serene rural Irish town is suddenly overrun with Hollywood moviemakers out to make the next great Irish blockbuster film. Meet the varied citizenry as they navigate the ins and outs of movie stars and extras, a proper
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Letter to the Editor: I’m ‘Noisy; Unpleasant Child’s’ Parent

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By MANDY MARKSTEINER
Trumpet player and parent of two
Los Alamos
 
I’m coming clean. I am the parent of the “noisy and unpleasant child” at the performance of Beethoven’s Ninth. Shame on me for not keeping her under control!
 
I would have liked to remove her from the audience, but my husband and I were both playing in the band. We spend a lot of time rehearsing, and our kids wanted to hear us play. We want to teach them about music and give them opportunities to hear live music.
 
But they were noisy. I heard it, too.
 
Unfortunately, it was a situation where
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