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Buddy Magazine says of Eliza, "A combination of gravity and grace… Her writing is poetry, something that most songwriters strive for but not so many actually achieve. The strength of her lyrics and music help set the work apart."

Eliza Gilkyson is a twice Grammy-nominated (2006/2014) singer-songwriter and activist who is one of the most respected musicians in Folk, Roots and Americana circles. Her songs have been covered by Joan Baez, Bob Geldof, The Conspirare Choir, Tom Rush and Rosanne Cash and have appeared in films, PBS specials and on primetime TV. A member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame, and an inductee into the Austin Songwriter Hall of Fame, she has won countless Folk Alliance and Austin Music awards, including 2014’s Songwriter of the Year and the “Song of the Year” Award at the Folk Alliance International Conference in 2021.

Eliza has just released her first single titled “Dark Night of The Soul” from her forthcoming recording "Dark Ages" (recorded by Don Richmond at Alamosa's own Howlin' Dog Records studio) on the Realiza Records label, scheduled for release in the spring of 2025. The song had started out originally as a celebration of a potential Harris win, but morphed quickly after the election into an upbeat call to resist and stay in the fight for justice and democracy in the days and years to come. Eliza’s goal is to inspire a like-minded concerned community to not despair, to “keep the light on, vow to fight on, through the dark night of the soul.”

Eliza will be festuring this and several other songs from her new album "Dark Ages" at the Society Hall show.

"Drawing on elements of folk, country and Americana, Gilkyson, like contemporaries Shawn Colvin, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, demonstrates that the craft of songwriting, intelligent and lasting, is ultimately in the hands of those who can not only turn out a compelling second album, but five, or ten, or with this Grammy-nominated performer, over twenty." ~ Direct Current Music

"Even her darkest moments are warmed by a genuine compassion for the lost souls who sometimes populate her stories, and a very real concern for the world we all live in is woven through every tune… Whether she looks into darkness or light, Eliza Gilkyson’s vision is impressive." ~ All Music Guide

While all five band members are talented in their own right, Foggy Memory Boys is definitely a case of the whole being greater than its parts. This funky psychedelic bluegrass band is quickly becoming one of the most exciting acoustic acts in the Southwest today. FMB draw from a deep well of musical experience and the Boys have a unique string band perspective.

Contorting the music into a New Mexican Wild-grass like nothing else on the scene, FMB structures their songs around strong lyrical content, powerful melodies, and a musical bond that only a band of true brothers can create.

With a fresh rip -snortin’ approach to strong melodically driven songs, a playful energy, smooth singing harmonies, and an infectious stage presence. Southwest Psychedelia was born in the sage and sandstone of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains.

The boys have been pushing their way to the forefront of the New Mexico music scene.Formed on the legendary stage 5 at the prestigious Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival, they blur the lines between traditional bluegrass roots music and more contemporary styles.

Sharing the stage with acts such as Tim O’Brien, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, Sam Bush Band, the Infamous Stringdusters, the Lil’ Smokies, The Young Dubliners, The Jon Stickley Trio and The Kyle Tuttle Band.

The Foggy Memory Boys bring "that festival vibe" to every venue they perform.

Tucked in the Mountains of Northern New Mexico the Foggy Memory Boys combine the unique skills of:

• Jacob Hagerty
  MandolinNew Mexico state Mandolin ChampionMaster Luthier

• Andy Yeomans
  Acoustic flattop guitar & vocals

• "Uncle" Willie Hunton
  DobroUncle Wiillie "The Undertaker"

• Zephaniah Stringfield
  arch top guitar & vocalssinger-songwriter extraordinaire & 2-time New Mexico Music Award winner

• Matt Mallwitz
  holding down the Bass Fiddle

Dan Navarro’s long and eclectic resume includes “songwriter,” “recording artist,” “singer”, “voice actor”, “producer”, “road warrior” and “arts advocate” in its extensive range of credits.

His former acoustic duo, Lowen & Navarro, released 13 albums from 1990-2008, enjoyed widespread Triple A radio airplay and performed 1500 shows before Eric Lowen’s retirement in 2008 and passing from ALS in 2012. Dan set out solo in 2006.

His newest release is a duet single with 7-time Blues Foundation award winner Janiva Magness in a stirring versioin of Tom Prasada-Rao's classic “$20 Bill (for George Floyd)”, released August 23, 2024 to all major streaming and download services.

In March 2024, he debuted as a co-producer (with Grammy®-winner Jim Scott) on Jesse Lynn Madera's acclaimed album, “Speed of Sound”, including the touching co-written duet “Last Call”, now making waves at Americana, Folk and Non-Com Triple A radio. The album cracked the FAI Folk Chart March 5, 2024 at #32. Work has already begun on her follow-up, with Dan and Jim again at the helm of her new single, “Make It Out”.

Dan's 2022 album, “Horizon Line”, reunited Dan with producer Jim Scott, who cut six L&N albums. The album features performances from Chris Stills, Steve Postell (David Crosby, The Immediate Family), Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams), Brian Whelan (Dwight Yoakam), Jimmy Paxson (Lindsay Buckingham), Mai Leisz (David Crosby, Jackson Browne), Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), Taras Prodaniuk & Michael Jerome (The Richard Thompson Trio), Phil Parlapiano (John Prine), Peter Adams (Belinda Carlisle), Aubrey Richmond (Shooter Jennings), Carlos Murguia (Chicago, Three Dog Night), Leyla Hoyleand Derek Nakamoto. The album twice charted Top Ten at NACC Folk, and reviews have been Dan's finest yet.

In July 2021, he released a duo album with James Lee Stanley, "All Wood and Led", with acoustic "Laurel Canyon" re-imaginations of Led Zeppelin tunes which saw extensive radio action at Americana stations nationwide.

As a songwriter, Dan has written or co-written heartfelt songs for Pat Benatar (the Grammy® nominated “We Belong”), The Bangles, Japanese girl group Wink(the #1 hit “One Night in Heaven”), Dutch superstar Marco Borsato (the Top Ten “Je Hoeft Niet Naar Huis Vannacht”), Dave Edmunds, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, and Austin outlaw country legend Rusty Weir.

His songs have appeared in the films Deadpool 2, Pitch Perfect 2 and Talladega Nights, TV series This Is Us, Mare of Easttown, Halt and Catch Fire, American Idol, The Voice, American Dad and The Office and national commercials for Corona Beer, Sargento Cheese, Pepsi, Sheraton Hotels, Chase Bank and the United Way.

As a bilingual singer and voice actor, he sang in Oscar® winners Encanto (including the #1 hit "We Don't Talk About Bruno"), Coco and Happy Feet, the 2022 hit Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, the new Latin-themed Father of the Bride, plus Sing 2, The Addams Family, Dora and the City of Lost Gold, The Lorax, and two Ice Age films; TV series The Simpsons, Prison Break, Close Enough and American Dad; voiced characters in Invincible, The Boys: Diabolical, Pirates of the Caribbean 5, The Book Of Life, The Playmobil Movie, We Bare Bears, Pantheon, Ultra City Smiths and over 500 episodes of Family Guy and American Dad; dubbed English voices on foreign TV series Cada Minuto Cuenta, State of Siege, Team Chocolate, Love Is Blind: Brazil, La Ultima, 4Ever and Machos Alfa; sung on albums by Luis Miguel, Andrea Bocelli, Jose Feliciano and Neil Young; voiced video games Red Dead Redemption II, Fallout 4 and Uncharted 4, and performed vocals and voice-overs in literally hundreds of commercials for Toyota, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Honda and more.

During the 2020 Covid pandemic lockdown, Dan launched his "Songs From the CoronaZone" live stream series, running almost daily for much of the run of over 250 2-hour+ live streams in 13 months, on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Twitch and the now-defunct Periscope. He then taught live stream techniques in workshops for SAG-AFTRA and Folk Alliance's "FAR-West" region (earning FAR-West's 2021 Humanitarian Award in the process), as well as online songwriting classes dubbed "Songwriting and the Creative Muse".

In his “spare” time, Dan serves on the Board of SAG-AFTRA, the AFL-CIO actor-performer-broadcaster’s union; is a Trustee on the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Fund; serves on the Unclaimed Royalties committee of the Mechanical Licensing Collective; is on the Board of the Artists Rights Alliance; and is a past president of Folk Alliance International. He has been a vocal activist in Washington DC for intellectual property rights for over 20 years, having testified in 2023 before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on IP and the US Patent and Trademark Office on AI and copyright, as well as the US Senate Judiciary Committee and the Copyright Royalty Board.

Dan Navarro’s music probes life at its most resonant. In his rich baritone, he sings songs of heart and insight, steeped in experience, soulful tales from a long road well-traveled.

He’s the proud father of a 28-year old filmmaker son, believes art is food, music is love, and sleep is for babies.

What do you get when you combine award-winning singer/songwriters, four-part harmony, a fiddle, keys, two guitars and lyrical imagery drawn from the West?

You get taken on a musical journey out West ... cowboy and cowgirl life (and love!), campfires, horses, music and the beauty of the landscape.

Western music’s new supergroup, Nashville-based GONE WITH THE WEST delivers high onstage energy, honey-smooth harmonies and seasoned musicianship, with an entertaining mix of traditional and original Western music. The band was the featured performing group for the International Western Music Association’s annual award show in Albuquerque, and is starting up a second year of touring.

This powerhouse all-female band includes multiple IWMA/AWA/Wrangler-winning vocalist and songwriter Mary Kaye Holt; vocalist/keyboardist Micki Fuhrman, winner of a WWA Spur Award (Best Western Song) and the 2023 Wrangler (Best Traditional Western album); Spanish-born singer/songwriter/guitarist Tecia McKenna, winner of the 2023 IWMA Songwriting Competition and Coloradoan Merna Lewis, aka “The Barefoot Fiddler,” a fourth-generation female fiddle player and 2023 IWMA Musician of the Year Nominee.