November 2 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
November 2 @ 7:30 pm
November 6 @ 7:30 pm
November 7 @ 7:30 pm
November 8 @ 7:30 pm
A 90's Country Music Experience
The Institute of American Indian Art's Activism Club will also be hosting a canned food drive to help address growing food insecurity in our community.
We are asking for people to donate canned and non-perishable food items. Some of The Food Depot’s most requested food items include canned protein, grains, rice, pre-packaged snacks, canned fruit (in juice), canned vegetables, and easy/ready meal kits. Glass items are not preferred.
Activism Club is also collecting monetary donations for The Food Depot. Donations can be made online at thefooddepot.org or at Tumbleroot. For every dollar donated, The Food Depot can provide up to four meals for hungry New Mexicans.
Born and raised in Montana, Eryn has small-town, Western roots that influence through her songwriting. Marrying emotive lyrics and moving melodies, her autobiographical originals explore several genres, but cling strongly to the authenticity of folk and traditional country. While New Mexico has become her home base, she has played all over the West coast, forever planting her musical magic in the hearts of those who hear her.
Singer/Songwriter Max Gomez grew up in Taos, New Mexico, where he fell under the influence of country blues early on and developed a songwriting style that was uniquely his. As a budding performer, Max apprenticed in the rarefied musical micro-climate of northern New Mexico, where troubadours like Michael Martin Murphey and Ray Wylie Hubbard helped foster a Western folk sound both cosmic and country.
COMING HOME: A Journey to the Heart of Americana artist Sam Bettens, the multi-platinum voice behind K's Choice, is embarking on a new chapter with COMING HOME, a deeply personal and authentic Country/Americana album. This is no mere genre shift; it's a homecoming, a culmination of life experiences poured into raw, honest songwriting. Hailing from Belgium, Bettens' journey has taken him through diverse landscapes, including a 15-year residency in East Tennessee, where he even served as a full-time firefighter. It's this lived experience, this immersion in the heart of Americana, that infuses his music with an old-school authenticity that feels effortless and genuine.
Born and raised on a small farm in Lee County Iowa, a love of the land has always been an important part of William Elliott Whitmore’s life. An appreciation for nature and its cycles being taught from an early age. That awareness of birth and death is a constant theme in the songwriting, through a lens of hopefulness and acceptance. These things unify us as people, a theme that is often explored in the music. With a banjo, guitar and kick drum, Whitmore seeks to convey these ideas. For over twenty years he has traveled the world, performing everywhere from Rome, Italy to Rome, Georgia. He’s played basements, backyards, festival stages, and Carnegie Hall, and has no plans to stop anytime soon. “Life is hard, nasty, and unforgiving at times”, Whitmore says, “but it’s beautiful too, and music can be a reminder of what we all have in common, a desire to keep putting one foot in front of the other.”
Vincent Neil Emerson has become a staple among folk and country music fans nationwide, celebrated for his honest tales of life on the road, heartbreak, and struggles of all sorts. His first LP, Fried Chicken & Evil Women, from 2019, established him as a refreshing voice in the modern country music landscape. The songs from that first album were charming and playful songs, but didn't reveal the entirety of Emerson's story.
On his brilliant new album, The Golden Crystal Kingdom, Emerson transcends the role of a honky-tonk country singer and becomes a chronicler of his history. The album is a bold continuation of the story he tells on Vincent Neil Emerson, with songs like the title track exploring the feelings he was left with after his days spent playing in Texas honky-tonks and dancehalls, and the track "The Time of The Rambler," inspired by the early days of living in his car and busking on the streets.
