Past Shows

The Haunted Windchimes

With timeless songs that sound like they could have been written yesterday or 75 years ago, the Haunted Windchimes perform new music that sounds like traditional folk and blues. Inaiah Lujan and the Windchimes have SLV family and connections, too, so now the Alamosa Live Music Association (ALMA) is teaming up with the Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) and other local organizations to bring them home during the third annual BlancaFest in Alamosa, Colo. September 17 and 18 in Cole Park.

Regional favorite Don Richmond is now confirmed to open for the Windchimes on Sept. 17.

BlancaFest is a free weekend-long festival where hikers, families, and nature enthusiasts can kick back and relax with an evening of entertainment including live music, food and brews from San Luis Valley Brewing Company, free entry to Telluride Mountain Film Festival, and free guided tours to the best trails, peaks and cultural sites the San Luis Valley, the Sangre de Cristos and the San Juans have to offer. The Haunted Windchimes are slated to play between 5:30pm and 7pm on Sat., Sept. 17.

It’s their vocal harmonies that really set the Windchimes apart, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. When the voices of Inaiah Lujan (guitar), Chela Lujan (banjo), and Desirae Garcia (ukulele) blend, it is nothing short of beautiful. Their sound is embroidered by the instrumental mastery of Mike Clark (harmonica, guitar and mandolin) and the standup bass foundation of Sean Fanning.

As well as providing a weekend of fun and exploration for Coloradans, CMC hopes that the BlancaFest will encourage the conservation of Colorado’s breathtaking mountain landscape. Proceeds will benefit the restoration of trails and the natural environment of Blanca Peak.

To sign up or get more details about Blanca Fest, visit www.cmc.org/blancafest.

The Lucky Larue Band

Fans of the Lucky La Rue Band will be happy to learn that, after a five-year hiatus, the group is reforming to play a special benefit for KRZA Community Radio. The event is co-sponsored by ALMA, the Alamosa Live Music Association.

This popular band’s mix of well-known favorites and San Luis Valley-flavored original tunes will rock the INN OF THE RIO GRANDE, 333 SANTA FE AVE., ALAMOSA on Sept. 9, starting at 8pm. Opening for the Lucky La Rue Band are Pedro and the Pistons, another very popular local rock band.

Originally formed in 1997, the Lucky La Rue Band has an eclectic style which reflects the members’ diverse backgrounds and musical influences. Fred Gonzales is a vocalist, rhythm guitarist and composer. Frank Scott is a vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Bob Linden is the drummer and, along with Gonzales and Scott, a founding member of the band. Nicholas Gonzales plays lead guitar and is a lead and backing vocalist. Scott Russell is co-lead guitarist, vocalist and another multi-instrumentalist. Mike Noonan plays bass and sings backup vocals. Creed D’Avanzar brings his congas, percussion and didgeridoo to the group.

Caleb Clark on keyboards is the newest member of the Lucky La Rue Band. Along with Nicholas Gonzales, Caleb will be pulling double duty on Sept. 9. Both men are also members of Pedro and the Pistons. That quintet of talented rockers is filled out by: James Duran on guitar and lap steel; Joe Romero on bass; and Al Maes on drums.

For location or other information about this very special event, call KRZA at (719) 589-8844.

ALMA’s gracious members and business sponsors support the free summer “Sundays @ Six,” concerts and other ALMA events.

The SLV Big Band

Continuing their mission of bringing swinging jazz and other popular favorites to the valley, the SLV Big Band performs this Sun., Aug. 28 at 6pm in Alamosa’s Cole Park, to close out the 2011 season of the Alamosa Live Music Association’s (ALMA) “Sundays at Six,” series.

A dedicated group of people from all walks of life, the SLV Big Band is a non-profit community band. Retired music teachers, active music teachers, technology professionals, students and others come together in this rural area of south central Colorado to share their love of music.

Tasties hot dogs and the San Luis Valley Brewing Company are scheduled to sell food at the summer “Sundays at Six,” shows all season.

ALMA helps present music at the Valley Farmers’ Market, and Mike Brill plays and sings acoustic country blues and more between 10am and 12pm this Sat., Aug. 27, in the parking lot near Centennial Park, near the northeast corner of State Ave. and Main St., between Main St. and 6th St. and between State Ave. and Hunt Ave. in Alamosa.

ALMA’s gracious members and business sponsors support the free summer “Sundays @ Six,” concerts and other ALMA events.

With a growing audience in the Santa Fe / Albuquerque area, Soul Foundation is a five member band which plays a large variety of music well suited to diverse audiences, and they will be concentrating on classic style soul, funk and rhythm and blues when they play in Cole Park for the Alamosa Live Music Association’s “Sundays at Six,” series on Sun., Aug. 21 at 6p.m.

Lead vocalist Jimmy Russell is an international performer whose career includes performances with Prince, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and T-Bone Burnett (who worked with the Coen Brothers on the soundtrack to “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” and won both a Grammy Award and an Academy Award for a song he wrote for the Jeff Bridges film “Crazy Heart,”) among others.

Brian de la Fe is a master conga player who is originally from Cuba and grew up in Albuquerque.

Andy Kingston is on keyboard and is a professor of music and other studies at St. John’s College in Santa Fe. He is originally from the Boston area.

Santa Fean Justin Bransford plays bass and is a music teacher and bass instructor in New Mexico schools.

Diego Maestas is the band’s co-founder and serves as drummer and Afro-Cuban based percussionist.

Soul Foundation also offers Latin music styles; including salsa and Latin jazz, which they will play during Adams State College’s ASC Block Party, which runs from 7pm until 11pm Sat., Aug. 20, at Rex Field on the college’s campus.

The SLV Big Band swings the 2011 “Sundays at Six” season closed with big band jazz and popular favorites Sun., Aug. 28 at 6pm in Cole Park

In the event of inclement weather, 2011 “Sundays at Six,” concerts will take place in Richardson Hall, on Edgerton Ave. near Main St. on the Adams State College campus.

ALMA also helps present music at the Valley Farmers’ Market in downtown Alamosa, and Los Cancioneros del Valle, otherwise known as Rose Vialpondo and Salomon Lopez celebrate their recently released CD by playing “ la música de la gente,” traditional Spanish, country, folk, and pop at the Valley Farmers’ Market in downtown Alamosa this Sat., Aug. 20, from 10am until noon in the parking lot near Centennial Park near the northeast corner of State Ave. and Main St., between Main St. and 6^th St. and between State Ave. and Hunt Ave. in Alamosa.

ALMA’s gracious members and business sponsors support the free summer “Sundays at Six,” concerts and other ALMA events.