Lyle Lovett & More Set for AMP's Fall Concert Series
By: Arielle Ozery Sep. 23, 2013
AMP Concerts October/November Schedule
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Oct 9: Matt and Shannon Heaton - Lomas Tramway Library
Oct 9: Te Amo Argentina - National Hispanic Cultural Center, Journal Theatre
Oct 10: Matt and Shannon Heaton - Los Griegos Library
Oct 13: Jake Shimabukuro - KiMo Theatre
Oct 16: Caravan of Thieves - Low Spirits Bar and Stage
Oct 17: The Second City - KiMo Theatre
Oct 19: Jeffrey Foucault & Kris Delmhorst - Outpost Performance Space
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Nov 5: Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt - Popejoy Hall
Nov 6: The Steel Wheels - The Cooperage
Nov 7: R. Carlos Nakai, Keola Beamer and Geoffrey Keezer - Simms Center
Nov 8: Ozomatli - Kiva Auditorium
Nov 14: Balé Folclórico da Bahia - National Hispanic Cultural Center
Nov 19: Gaelic Storm - KiMo Theatre
Nov 23: Peter Case - Outpost Performance Space
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October:
Matt and Shannon Heaton
Wednesday, October 9th
Lomas Tramway Library
908 Eastridge Rd., NE
12PM
Tickets: Free, but reservations are requested. For reservations, visit ampconcerts.org or call 505-232-9868
Having built their act from years of touring together (first with the band Siucra, then as a duo), Matt and Shannon have grown into thoroughly entertaining performers. They bring to the stage a depth of shared experience and a love for Irish music; their stage banter is comfortable, often hilarious.
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Te Amo, Argentina
Wednesday, October 9th
National Hispanic Cultural Center - Journal Theatre
1701 4th St SW
7:30PM
Tickets: $22, $30 and $37 (including NHCC facility fee, not including on-line service charges). There will be a pre-show ticketed artist meet-and-greet cocktail party with a cash bar and Argentinian snacks as well as a free post-show Milonga featuring QTango.
Tickets are available from ampconcerts.org and the NHCC Box Office (in person and by phone at (505) 724-4771).
Te Amo, Argentina is an exotic audio-visual journey that draws audiences into the heart of Argentina and its fascinating, diverse culture. This multi-media performance features music from the Latin Grammy award-winning album "Antonio Lysy at the Broad - Music from Argentina" and one of the top tango couples in the world-Miriam Larici and Leonardo Barrionuevo (Gold Medal winners on NBC's "Superstars of Dance" and choreographers on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance"). From the Amerindian rhythms of the Andes Mountains to the city-street cafés of Buenos Aires, the combination of music and dance performances weaves together a pulsating and inspiring homage to Argentina.
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Matt and Shannon Heaton
Thursday, October 10th
Los Griegos Library
1000 Griegos Rd, NW
12PM
Tickets: Free, but reservations are requested. For reservations, visit ampconcerts.org or call 505-232-9868
After years of study in Chicago, and many nights of music in Clare, Galway, and their adopted home of Boston, Irish Music Magazine's John O'Regan wrote of Matt and Shannon Heaton, "their duet playing is tight, sweet, and tasteful, lacking nothing on either technical expertise or instrumental virtuosity." The Heatons' music comes from a traditional aesthetic and a passion for reaching out to the modern world around them. They are devoted to Irish traditional music and uplift listeners by connecting with each other and the people around them.
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Sunday, October 13th
KiMo Theatre
423 Central Ave, NW
7:30PM
Tickets: $20, $25 and $30 (plus applicable service charges) as well as a VIP package.
Tickets are available from ampconcerts.org, the KiMo Box Office and 505-886-1251.
Renowned for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, Jake Shimabukuro views the ukulele as "an untapped source of music with unlimited potential." His virtuosity defies label or category. Playing jazz, blues, funk, classical, bluegrass, folk, flamenco, and rock, Jake's mission is to show everyone that the ukulele is capable of so much more than the traditional Hawaiian music-or corny showbiz routines-many associate it with.
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Caravan of Thieves (with Pawn Drive)
Wednesday, October 16th
Low Spirits Bar and Stage
2823 2nd St NW
8PM
Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 day of show (including a $2 service charge)
Tickets are available from ampconcerts.org and Hold My Ticket, 505-886-1251
Driving gypsy jazz rhythms, acoustic guitars, upright bass and violin lay the foundation for mesmerizing vocal harmonies and fantastic stories. It's theatrical and humorous. It's musical and intense. It entertains, dazzles and defies classification while welcoming the spectator to join the band throughout the performance in momentary fits of claps, snaps and sing-alongs. If Django Reinhardt, the cast of Stomp and the Beatles all had a party at Tim Burton's house, Caravan of Thieves would be the band they hired.
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The Second City
Thursday, October 17th
KiMo Theatre
423 Central Ave NW
7:30PM
Tickets cost $30, $35 and $40 (plus applicable service charges) available through ampconcerts.org and the KiMo box office at 505-768-3544.
America's famed comedy troupe, The Second City is coming to town with The Best of The Second City. From the company that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and more, comes the next generation of the comedy world's best and brightest in an evening of hilarious sketch comedy and Second City's trademark improvisation. Whether it's ripped from the morning headlines or a classic gem from their 50-year archives, The Second City is always a laugh out loud hit.
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Jeffrey Foucault & Kris Delmhorst
Saturday, October 19th
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE
7:30pm
Tickets: $17 in advance, $22 day of show (including a $2 service charge)
Tickets are available from ampconcerts.org and Hold My Ticket, 505-886-1251
Kris Delmhorst is adventurous, refined, lucid, and haunting. Jeffrey Foucault's songs are tersely elegant, set apart by moody imagery and weather-beaten cool. Together, these singer-songwriters unite on stage for an evening of solos and duets. They've both carved out fine individual careers with over a dozen albums released between them. The evening will start with a live on-stage interview by Art of the Song hosts John Dillon and Vivian Nesbitt.
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November:
Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt
Tuesday, November 5th
Popejoy Hall
In the Fine Arts building on the UNM Campus
8:00PM
Tickets cost $36.50, $46.50, $56.50, and $66.50 (plus applicable service charges). Available from ampconcerts.org and UNM Tickets (1-877-664-8661 or 505-925-5858), UNM Ticket offices at The Pit & UNM Bookstore and at Albertsons Supermarkets.
United on stage for an unforgettable night of intimate acoustic music. Lovett and Hiatt have been touring together periodically since 1989, delivering one of the most compelling and spontaneous concerts on the road. Lovett has evolved into one of music's most vibrant and iconic performers. The Grammy Award-winning singer, composer and actor has broadened the definition of American music. John Hiatt remains one of America's most respected and influential singer-songwriters. Hiatt has been honored with his own star on Nashville's Walk of Fame and recently received the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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The Steel Wheels (with Marisa Anderson)
Wednesday, November 6th
The Cooperage
7220 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque
7:30PM
Tickets: $17 in advance, $20 day of show (including a $2 service charge)
Tickets are available from www.ampconcerts.org and Hold My Ticket, 505-886-1251
The Steel Wheels have captured audiences across the country with their heady brew of original soulful mountain music and their deep commitment to roots and community. Based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, this dynamic four-piece string band marries old-time musical traditions with their own innovative sound and lifestyle, generating a truly magnetic revival. Guitarist Marisa Anderson will open the show.
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R. Carlos Nakai, Keola Beamer and Geoffrey Keezer
Thursday, November 7th
At Simms Center for the Performing Arts (at the Albuquerque Academy Campus)
6400 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque
7:30PM
Tickets: $22, $27.50 and $33 (including service charges)
Tickets are available from www.ampconcerts.org and Hold My Ticket, 505-886-1251
The mantra of generations of the legendary Beamer family-"m?lama ko aloha"-"keep (nurture & cherish) your love"- is the cornerstone of this concert, which celebrates many facets of aloha with beautiful songs from a mix of traditions as they share cultures, genres, and sensibilities with each other and the audience. Their work together both highlights each unique talent and culture while also embodying the true spirit of collaboration and aloha. The show includes stories from Hawaiian history and legend, presented in collaboration with acclaimed Native American flute player R. Carlos Nakai and jazz pianist Geoffrey Keezer.
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Ozomatli
Friday, November 8th
At Kiva Auditorium
401 2nd Street Northwest, Albuquerque
8:00PM
Tickets are $23, $28 and $33 (including a $3 service charge).
Tickets are available from www.ampconcerts.org and Hold My Ticket, 505-886-1251
This concert is being held as part of La Cosecha Dual Language Conference and will help raise money for Dual Language Education of New Mexico's scholarship and endowment fund.
In their fifteen years together as a band, celebrated Los Angeles culture-mashers Ozomatli have gone from being hometown heroes to being named U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors. Their music-a notorious urban-Latino-and-beyond collision of hip hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East L.A. R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican ragga and Indian raga-has long followed a key mantra: it will take you around the world by taking you around L.A.
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Balé Folclórico da Bahia
Thursday, November 14th
National Hispanic Cultural Center - Journal Theatre
1701 4th St SW
8:00PM
Tickets: $22, $30 and $37 (including NHCC facility fee, not including on-line service charges).
Tickets are available from ampconcerts.org and the NHCC Box Office (in person and by phone at (505) 724-4771).
Balé Folclórico da Bahia, the only professional folk Dance Company in Brazil, has earned acclaim for its high-energy, spectacularly-produced live performances and a repertory based on Bahian folkloric dances of African origin, including samba and capoeira. "When the Balé Folclórico da Bahia comes to town, it's time to party... [they offer] an experience that is pure theater, intoxicating in its sensuality, vibrant energy, and commitment." (New Jersey Star-Ledger)
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Gaelic Storm
Tuesday, November 19th
KiMo Theatre
423 Central Ave, NW
7:30PM
Tickets: $15, $20 and $25 (plus applicable service charges).
Tickets are available from ampconcerts.org, the KiMo Box Office and 505-886-1251.
Gaelic Storm has earned a reputation as one of the world-music scene's preeminent Celtic bands. With catalog sales of more than 1 million, the group has now had three albums debut at #1 on the Billboard World Albums Chart, and the group's ability to deftly incorporate a rock sensibility into their sound affords them rare crossover appeal. But while many of their songs fit comfortably on contemporary radio, the band also has a knack for writing songs that sound as if they've been sung in Irish pubs for generations.
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Peter Case
Saturday, November 23rd
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE
8:00pm
Tickets: $17 in advance, $22 day of show (including a $2 service charge)
Tickets are available from ampconcerts.org and Hold My Ticket, 505-886-1251
Peter Case is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer, a mighty fine guitarist and a well-reviewed published author, and yet he's most at home on the stage. For 25 years, Peter, his guitar and his songs have mesmerized audiences from coast to coast. Playing a blend of vintage rock 'n' roll, blues, traditional and contemporary folk and soul, he remains an original modern troubadour. He's passionate about writing songs and connecting to real audiences, no matter the size; his hardcore fans everywhere bring a deep connection to the songs and to the artist.
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And into the future:
December 13: Vienna Teng - Outpost Performance Space
January 25: George Kahumoku Jr. & Ledward Kaapana - South Broadway Cultural Center
February 14: Joe West & the Santa Fe Review - Outpost Performance Space
February 26: Carlos Nuñez - National Hispanic Cultural Center
April 3: Arlo Guthrie - KiMo Theater
April 5: Pavlo - Outpost Performance Space
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