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The following local bands play for our regular dance series.
(Click links where available for band websites, with photos, info, schedules, etc.) |
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Albuquerque Area &
East Mountains |
5 Dog
String Band |
David Margolin, fiddler; Rick Olcott, guitar; Steve Huestis, banjo |
Adobe Brothers |
An eclectic group of identical quintuplets that play a wide variety of acoustic music including bluegrass, celtic, old timey, latin folk music, and western swing, a composite style they refer to as “international bluegrass.”
Jimmy Abraham, Dave Klaus, Bruce Thomson, Wayne Shrubsall. |
Albuquerque
Megaband |
Open band, plays for the
third Saturday contradances in Albuquerque. Click link to go to Megaband webpages. |
| Alfalfa Family Band |
Damon Toal-Rossi, banjo; Marc Robert, bass; Michel Robert, fiddle; Tim Shaffer, guitar. |
| Cheap Shots |
An eclectic acoustic dance and performance band featuring a mix of traditional American Old Time, New Time and Celtic music. The band also plays bluegrass, swing, vocal, and original tunes and songs.
Jimmy Abraham, Pat Aruffo, Bill Balassi, John Brinduse, Peter Esherick, Erika Gerety. |
| East Mountain Serenaders |
Jim Mullany, Rob Pine, Jerry Page. |
| Flagpole Salad |
Old-time string band/nutritious first course.
Beth Corwin, David Margolin, Jane Phillips, Laurie Phillips. |
Hey! |
Old-time stringband; old
tunes, new tunes, and a song or two.
Chris Carlson, Damon Toal-Rossi, Jane Phillips, Linda Vik, Tim Shaffer. |
| Mad Robin |
Doc Litchman, Gary Mayhew, Juli Palladino, Sherilyn Urben, Tom Hunter. |
| The McPapenhagens |
Scott Mathis, Linda Askew, Paulina Aguilera-Eaton, Philly Doleman, Gary Papenhagen. |
The Mullanys |
Jim, Marj, Maddy, & Riley Mullany. |
Sandia
Hots |
Lively Southern
Appalachian dance tunes and songs, cowboy and early 20th
century swing numbers, songs and dance tunes from New
Mexico, Mexico and Southern Arizona. Linda Askew, Michael Gallagher, Scott Mathis, Liz Stevens. |
Virginia
Creepers |
Southern Appalachian
stringband music. All old-time, all the time, since 1991!
Steve Huestis, Scott Mathis, Rick Olcott, Jane Phillips, Laurie Phillips. |
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Santa Fe & Los
Alamos |
| Avenue X |
Christopher Jacoby, Karina Wilson, Ross Harriss. |
| Bo y Yo |
Bo Olcott , Gary Papenhagen. |
| Chiletones |
David Margolin, fiddle; Tom Adler, banjo; Bo Olcott, guitar |
Fast
Pesos |
A Santa Fe institution for over twenty years. |
| Hottops |
Betsy Brown, Jamie Hascall, Linda Askew, Scott Mathis. |
Roaring
Jelly |
Celtic and old-time music in the upper Rio Grande valley of New Mexico. |
| Santa Fe Megaband |
Contact Gary Papenhagen for schedule and other info, 505-242-1104. |
| Second Nature |
Della O'Keefe, Karina Wilson. |
| The Jolly Republicans |
Will McDonald on fiddle, Gary Graves on guitar, and Michael Blackwell on accordion and whistles, play mostly French Canadian music with a mix of Irish and New England tunes. |
| The Thrifters |
The Thrifters play folk music with a contemporary spin, in the Santa Fe/Albuquerque area. We play for Contra Dances, weddings, parties, you name it! For more information, please contact Robin Gurule 505-661-4129, 505-667-1135.
Dave Faires, Deb Bluestone, Robin Gurule |
| Victory Chicken |
Betsy Brown, Jamie Hascall, Ted Seeley. |
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Silver
City |
Bayou
Seco |
Playing the music of the
Southwest USA - from the Mississippi to the deserts of
Arizona. |
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| Other Bands Featuring FolkMADS Members |
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| Alternate
Universe |
Peter
White & the CloneTones |
Strictly New-Age
music. |
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| Silver
City |
| Mountain Aire Folk Music |
An acoustic folk music duo performing Celtic, American, and original songs and melodies on fiddle, guitar, flute, bodhran (Irish drum) and other instruments. Located in the Pinos Altos/Silver City area. |
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