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Exclusive Watch: “We Had to Stay Home” by The Directory
By August Edwards Jangle pop band The Directory are set to release their album The Centre for Useless Splendour on April 23rd. Today,...
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ABQ Green Room
- Mar 22
- 8 min
Q&A: Midwife
By A. Stone The first time I saw Midwife was on Instagram. It was a thin vertical video of a woman playing guitar and singing gently into...
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ABQ Green Room
- Mar 20
- 4 min
February Night at La Chancla
By A. Stone "This city is a cold and lonely place / I want to look into an unfamiliar face. / If you come with me you're my best friend...
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ABQ Green Room
- Mar 9
- 7 min
I Love Bartees Strange
By Zoe Williams I realized there are very few artists I have ever loved like this. In a very generic and common way, I have loved music...
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ABQ Green Room
- Mar 7
- 3 min
Album Review: Full Bloom by Ōverwhelm
By Grace Bell Ōverwhelm released their newest EP, Full Bloom, in early 2022 and it captures some of the most poignant emotions and...
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ABQ Green Room
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Scary Scare: First Fright
By August Edwards Scary Scare intoxicates for more reasons than their gripping music. I think they represent the vitality of musical...
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ABQ Green Room
- Jan 20
- 3 min
contact: The Escaped Youth Tapes
On young artists and poetry. By August Edwards Fresh off a tour of the US South is post-punk band contact. contact released their first...
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ABQ Green Room
- Jul 12, 2022
- 4 min
Bringing Cameras to a Bob Dylan Show
A 19-year-old's trial at the Fox Theater. By Jon Edwards For three sold out nights in a row, Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways tour hit...
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ABQ Green Room
- Jul 4, 2022
- 4 min
On the Road with ABQGR: Bob Dylan Center, Woody Guthrie Center
By August Edwards “I can see why this place has only 4.9 stars on Google,” a balding older guy says, a woman nodding beside him. “Well,...
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ABQ Green Room
- Jun 25, 2022
- 3 min
Fest in the Nest 2022
By August Edwards There’s an attractive ring to the term “high desert,” and I think it’s fitting because the high desert is an...
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ABQ Green Room
- May 27, 2022
- 4 min
Records that Shaped Albuquerque Music: Part 2
By Charles Westmark I don’t know who I would be without music and a large part of that is that I have cared about it for so long. All the...
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ABQ Green Room
- May 25, 2022
- 7 min
Q&A: Composer Dennis Alexander
By August Edwards Composer, arranger, clinician, and performer Dennis Alexander grew up in a very small town in southwestern Kansas....
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ABQ Green Room
- May 10, 2022
- 8 min
Conversation with Composer Chee-Hwa Tan
By August Edwards If you grew up learning how to play music in a formal setting, chances are you began by reading from a smattering of...
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ABQ Green Room
- May 2, 2022
- 10 min
Q&A: Electric Six and Volk
By August Edwards If you're wondering what's at the intersection of cowpunk, stadium rock grandeur, bar venue doggedness, and David...
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ABQ Green Room
- Apr 21, 2022
- 9 min
A Continental Split: Q&A with Alter Apex and Just a Ride
By August Edwards In an immense act of community building for the love of grunge, US band Alter Apex and UK band Just a Ride have...
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ABQ Green Room
- Apr 1, 2022
- 6 min
Q&A: Culture Magazine Iconica Talks Upcoming Second Issue
By August Edwards Albuquerque has a long, proud history of cutting-edge DIY culture. After a year on the scene, Iconica Magazine is...
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ABQ Green Room
- Mar 24, 2022
- 2 min
Exclusive Music Video Stream: Let Me Be by Train Conductor
By ABQGR ABQGR is proud to present an exclusive listen to Train Conductor's latest darkwave single, “Let Me Be.” The track will be...
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ABQ Green Room
- Mar 22, 2022
- 8 min
Q&A: Boaz and Zito
By August Edwards It's not often I find an album that excites me so much just by its first track that it wins my trust for the songs to...
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ABQ Green Room
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
Exclusive Listen: Through the Abyss by OakVale
By August Edwards ABQGR is proud to present an exclusive listen to OakVale’s latest single, “Through the Abyss.” The track will be...
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ABQ Green Room
- Mar 15, 2022
- 4 min
Album Review: It’s Fine by Red Light Cameras
By August Edwards Brevity and backbone illuminate the brutal truth in Red Light Camera’s new album It’s Fine. The album will be available...
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