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ABQ Green Room
Mar 9, 20237 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 7, 20233 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 2, 20233 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Jul 12, 20224 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Jul 4, 20224 min read
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,...
ABQ Green Room
Jun 25, 20223 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
May 27, 20224 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
May 25, 20227 min read
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....
ABQ Green Room
May 10, 20228 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
May 2, 202210 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Apr 21, 20229 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Apr 1, 20226 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 24, 20222 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 22, 20228 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 16, 20222 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 15, 20224 min read
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...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 11, 20224 min read
Album Review: Alien Summer by Dust City Opera
By August Edwards See Dust City Opera perform at The Historic Lobo Theater in ABQ, NM, on Friday, March 18. Dust City Opera’s second...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 9, 20221 min read
Show Footage & EP Review: Flammable by Mechero
By Gote McDonald I've seen Mechero perform twice. First time was at a Secret On 4th show last year and the second time was a few weeks...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 7, 20225 min read
A Landmark—And Record—That Shaped Albuquerque Music
by Charles Westmark Let’s talk about the Sunshine Theater. Now a music venue, it was originally a movie theater that also operated as a...
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