The Muldawers Perform
Tales and Tunes from
Tin Pan Alley

 

Saturday, May 11
2 pm to 3 pm

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Judy – Ukulele
Michael – Guitar
Perform music from the early 1900’s (Tin Pan Alley Songs)

Free Admission
Singing Arrow Community Center
(inside)
13200 Wenonah SE
Albuquerque NM 87123

Las Cruces, NM
Weekend Ukulele Workshop

 

May 17-19
with
Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Daniel Ward
Neal Chin
Steven Espaniola

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Workshops – Open Mikes – Jamming

Registration  – Click Here!
Includes all workshops, concerts, prizes, lunch and more!

Red Door Duo
Wisconsin Based

They perform “new acoustic” songs and instrumentals and are especially known for their fingerstyle guitar music.
Vocal harmonies, ukulele and mandolin are also known to make an appearance in their concerts. 

Friday
May 17
6:30 pm snacks pm
7 pm Concert

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$ 15 Suggested Donation

   The duo is a musical couple composed of award winning singer-songwriter and 2014 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, Helen Avakian, joining forces with acclaimed jazz, bluegrass and Brazilian fingerstyle guitarist Dave Irwin.

Camp Triangle Concerts
Four Hills
Reservations Required
Address Given When Registered
email
 (505)306-1173

Claude Bourbon

Mr. Bourbon’s guitar fingering and arrangements are varied and eloquent.  Claude has the gift of brilliant sequencing, and the result is  a hypnotic voyage along a river of songs and instrumentals.

Saturday
May 18
7 pm

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“Claude Bourbon has French and Swiss roots. His instruments are guitar and voice. His music is rooted in multiple traditions – blues, jazz, folk, Mediterranean, and for good measure classical. (Can we say BACH!)

North Valley Location
RSVP For Address
email
Ken Gilman
(505)980-1865

Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin House Concert
They have twice been a featured act at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS. Stephanie Bettman grew up in Albuquerque, and it’s always fun to hear her play with Luke Halpin. 

Sunday, May 19th
Doors Open at 6
Concert at 6:30
Cash Bar
Snacks Provided

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Bettman & Halpin have a well-earned reputation for hypnotizing performances filled with irresistible lyrics, transcendent harmonies and roof-raising instrumentals.

Location:Rio Rancho
Doors Open: 6 pm (snacks, tea, water)
Concert Time:6:30pm
Suggested Donation:$ 20.00
RSVP and for Address:
Gency (661-492-8530) gncbrown2009@live.com
Cindy (530-990-1037) cquigley@ps.net

Mike Agranoff
He plays guitar, concertina, piano, banjo, or sings acapella. The man will capture your attention, and then your heart.


Saturday
May 25
7 pm
Pot Luck at 6 pm

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A fine musician and storyteller. His prime instrument is the guitar, upon which he shines with intricate fingerstyle arrangements of anything from Tin Pan Alley tunes of the ’20s to fiddle tunes to his own music.

Reservations required.
eMail
for reservations and North Rio Rancho location address.$20 suggested donation

Martha Spencer and the Wonderland Country Band
They’ve recently toured across the USA from California to Nashville performing such venues as the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Festival, Buck Owens Crystal Palace, Ashkenaz Center, the Oklahoma Banjo Museum, and Song of the Mountains PBS.

Tuesday
May 28
6:30 pm snacks pm
7 pm Concert

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Classic Country Favorites
Honky Tonk Music
Traditional Mountain Tunes and Songs

Led by Martha Spencer, the Wonderland Country Band includes Jamie Collins on bass/vocals, Lucas Pasley on fiddle/banjo/vocals and Jake Dwyer on percussion/washboard/dance.

Camp Triangle Concerts
Four Hills
Reservations Required
Address Given When Registered
email
 (505)306-1173$ 15 Suggested Donation

Dan Boling

This balladeer/songwriter with the friendly tenor brings his well-crafted story songs to happy audiences throughout the U.S. and in Europe.

Saturday
June 15
7 pm
Pot Luck at 6 pm

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Daniel is also a member of the iconic 1960s folk trio The Limeliters.
 Winner of the Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk songwriter contest, the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, and others, Daniel shares experiences from a life well-lived in three countries and seven States. Reservations required.
eMail
for reservations and North Rio Rancho location address.$20 suggested donation

Larry and Joe
Larry Bellorín is a legend of Venezuelan Llanera music; Joe Troop is a bluegrass virtuoso from North Carolina. Meklit talks with this unlikely duo about the social forces and serendipity that brought them together.

Saturday
June 15
7 pm
Pot Luck at 6 pm

Click Here to Learn More You wouldn’t think they would mesh well, but this particular harp, and this particular banjo — the Venezuelan harp and the Appalachian bluegrass banjo — seem to have been meant for each other. And it was just a fortunate coincidence. An ALMA House Concert
eMail
To reserve and for NE ABQ Address
Requested Donation $ 25-$35

Rod MacDonald

Saturday
July 27
7 pm

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North Valley Location
RSVP For Address
email
Ken Gilman
(505)980-1865

Joel White

Guitar Playing Western and Americana Country Artist
 

Saturday
August 17
7 pm
Pot Luck at 6 pm

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Joel White is a former cowboy and an accomplished vocalist/guitarist who represents his songs with style.

Reservations required.
eMail
for reservations and North Rio Rancho location address.$20 suggested donation
Santa Fe TradFest  Friday thru Sunday
August 23, 24 and 25
Click Here to Learn More Camp Stoney, Santa Fe
eMail
Albuquerque Folk Festival  Sunday
September 29
Click Here to Learn More  info@abqfolkfest.org

Hispanic Cultural Center

 

Steve Smith and Tim May

Saturday
October 18
7 pm

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North Valley Location
RSVP For Address
Email
Ken Gilman
(505)980-1865
International Western Music Association Annual Convention  Wednesday thru Sunday
November 13-17
Click Here to Learn More  info@abqfolkfest.org

Hotel Albuquerque

 

Most Events are Free or Reasonably Priced!
(I will no longer be listing every event for these locations)

Email List Subscriptions

Alma Concert Series (email list)
Bob Fisher’s General Music Events(email list)
Flambeaux (email list)
Green House on the Hill Concert Series – Santa Fe (email list)
Irish Music via Dain Forsyth (email list)
Ken Gilman’s North Valley House Concerts (email list)
Private House Concerts in NW Albuquerque (email list)
Soccoro, NM (email list)
Unitarian Church Concert Series (email list)
Western Music via Bonnie Rutherford (email list)

Web Site Links
Albuquerque Folk Festival Ongoing Events

Albuquerque Library Free Events
AMP Concerts
Carrizozo Music
Gig (Santa Fe)
Le Chat Lunatique
Lincoln County Bluegrass Band
Music in Corrales
New Mexico FolkMads
North Valley Tune Tanglers
Old Martina’s Hall (Taos)
The Outpost Performance Space

Rio Rancho House Concerts
Second Saturday Coffee House (ABQ)
Second Street Brewery (Santa Fe)
Socorro and Central NM Events
Southwest Pickers
Southwest Roots Music (ABQ and Santa Fe)
Tortuga Gallery (ABQ)

Turquoise Trail Concerts (Celtic)
International Western Music Association (New Mexico Chapter)
Free AMP Concerts in Albuquerque and Santa Fe!

I will continue to list festivals and house concerts and other events that might be of interest to you.

Watch These Videos – The Performers are Fantastic! Unknown-1

There are some new videos of concerts and performances I’ve attended online.  Watch here.
If you like what you see, subscribe to the banjojudy youtube channel!

Watch – The Irving Berlin Video

 Our CD, “Back in Time, Tin Pan Alley Favorites” is completed!
Contact Judy

$ 15 plus $ 3.00 for shipping
24 songs on 19 tracks!
Listen to samples!
Hear what people are saying (below)!

 

Two Interesting Movies About Tin Pan Alley

 

(1) Tin Pan Alley History Movie Online

 

(2) Why We Know The Songs from Tin Pan Alley

 

Meet the Muldawers

judy and michael

Winners of the 41st Annual SW Pickers
Entertainment Duo Contest, August 2015