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Saturday, March 22, 2025
Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne
Jane Voss is the writer of the underground folk hits, "The Thing That Makes You Beautiful," "Keep in Mind (That I Love You)," and "To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places." Her songs have been sung and recorded by such outstanding artists as Dave Van Ronk, Rosalie Sorrels, Chuck Pyle, and the Hallowell Singers. Hoyle Osborne is a versatile pianist and composer whose work draws on folk music, ragtime, Latin music, and other vernacular traditions. Hoyle is music director of Fellowship of Spirit, a New Thought congregation in Farmington, New Mexico. Jane & Hoyle have appeared in concerts and music festivals all across North America and in England for 35 years. They often juxtapose their original songs and compositions with older popular and folk material, and with songs by other outstanding contemporary songwriters. Voss & Osborne have given concerts and musical messages in a variety of churches all across the country. "Jane's glorious songs reflect the determination of the human spirit to survive and rise from whatever adversity the crooked path of life may throw in its way. An inspiring celebration that gives hope to others struggling with their own demons." (SING OUT! magazine) |
Saturday, April 26, 2025
The Cowboy Way
The Cowboy Way is a trio of award-winning musicians from New Mexico consisting of Mariam Funke, Doug Figgs, and Jim Jones. They have been named Western Group of the Year five times by the International Western Music Association and have taken home numerous individual awards from the IWMA, the Western Writers of America, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and the Academy of Western Artists, among others. Their music captures the spirit of the West... the past, the present, the future; the values, challenges, and allure, while their lively shows feature tight harmonies, high energy and smokin' instrumentals. These prolific songwriters take you on the ride of a lifetime as they honor traditional cowboy songs then bowl you over with their dynamic contemporary original Western tunes. The Cowboy Way presents professional, crowd-pleasing entertainment. Jim Jones is a native Texan, a student of the West and a life-long devotee of all things cowboy. His award-winning songwriting, guitar-picking and unique vocal style keeps him in demand at music venues throughout the country. Jim has produced eight Western Americana albums and three award-winning children's character education videos. He has written three Western novels, Rustler's Moon, (2009); Colorado Moon, (2011) and Waning Moon, (2013). His eighth Western Americana album, Borrowed Time, released in April of 2012, produced Western Writers of America 2013 Spur Award winning Western Song of the Year, "Texas is Burnin'" and 2014 Western Writers Spur Finalist for Western Song of the Year, "Race with the Wind". His song, "Cowboys of New Mexico," was the New Mexico Music Awards 2009 Western Song of the Year. Jim was named the Western Music Association Male Performer of the Year for 2014 and won the Academy of Western Artists 2015 Western Song of the Year with "The Fires of Goliad". In 2017 "Halfway Down the Devil's Road" ( written by Jim Jones and Allan Chapman) from "The Cowboy Way" CD won the Western Writers of America Spur Award for best Western song. Doug Figgs is a horseshoer, cowboy, and a Western music singer/songwriter. In the last few years he has turned his attention to his love of music with the emphasis on Western themes. The Western Music Association named him the 2015 Songwriter of the Year and his song "Socios" was named WMA Song of the Year. He also won the Academy of Western Artists 2015 Western Male Vocalist of the Year and the coveted Spur Award for Best Western Song from the Western Writers of America in 2014 "Charlie & Evangeline." He has toured the Southwest extensively and continues to turn out his own variety of Western music, from hard driving songs with a tinge of southern rock, to beautiful ballads and everything in between. Doug released his CD "Partners" in 2014 and his award winning CD "A Cowboy Like Me" in Feb. 2016. Mariam Funke, a native of Germany, and now a U.S. citizen, was selected Instrumentalist of the Year in 2022 by the International Western Music Association. Mariam jokingly states: "I always felt I was accidentally switched at birth and grew up in a strange land far, far away, where there were no roaming cattle, no wide open spaces, no singing cowboys." Making the best of his "dis-location", Mariam cut his musical teeth on a wide variety of musical styles, from Classical, Jazz and Pop to Rock, Country and Blues. He enjoyed a colorful career as a multi-instrumentalist, at home on stage as well as in the recording studio. He gained a reputation as a diverse session player, award-winning arranger and producer. When his travels brought him to New Mexico, he felt he'd finally returned to his true home land. Realizing how much he loved horseback ridin', backporch pickin' and two-steppin' on Saturday nights, he quickly caught on to the cowboy way. Currently calling Santa Fe, New Mexico home, Mariam is a private music teacher, collaborator on Doug Figgs' projects and provides the lead guitar and 3rd harmony vocal for The Cowboy Way. |
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Helene Cronin
Texas-bred artist Helene Cronin describes herself as a story-singer. She is driven by a desire to share her life through stories that resonate with genuine emotion, and more than a little imagination. She doesn't mind if, in their wake, her songs impart lessons that her listeners can absorb into their own lives. For Helene, cultivating connection with her listeners is of supreme importance especially in these divisive times. She recalls meeting a woman after a house concert, who told her through tears, "Listening to you and your songs makes me want to be a better person." Helene reflects, "I can't think of a better reason to keep doing what I do. And to keep believing there's a higher purpose for me writing one more song that only a few people may ever hear. Sometimes my songs remind me that I need to do better too." A 2018 New Folk Winner at the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival, Helene's style is a merger between the raw roots of Americana and the polished song-craft of Nashville's Country. Never setting out to be a "star", songwriting brought her to the stage. Audiences are drawn to her vulnerability and presence. Like other more well-known troubadours, she possesses a voice as much a character as the ones that inhabit her songs. Helene is currently prepping a brand new full-length record called Maybe New Mexico, due in March 2025, which showcases her writing over the last few years. It promises to bring her the wider attention she so decidedly deserves. |
Saturday, August 9th, 2025
Luke Bulla
Luke Bulla has been singing and playing music most of his life. Beginning with his family band at age four, Luke now has the privilege of playing with some of the world's finest musicians. He currently performs with Lyle Lovett's Large Band, and is working on his next album. In the spring of 1999, Luke moved to Nashville to establish himself as a full time musician. He spent his early years in Tennessee playing fiddle in Ricky Skaggs' band, Kentucky Thunder, which earned him his first Grammy Award. Following the Skaggs stint, he became a member of the John Cowan Band. More recently Luke has performed and/or recorded with Brandi Carlile, Jim Lauderdale, Darrell Scott, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Bryan Sutton, Kevin Costner & Modern West, Russ Barenberg Trio, Shawn Colvin, Tony Rice, Chris Thile, Peter Rowan, Patty Griffin, Glen Phillips, Rodney Crowell, and Earl Scruggs, to name a few. Luke was also a perennial instructor at Mark O'Connor's fiddle camps in his early Nashville years. With his long-time friend Casey Driessen, Luke founded the band Wisechild, which toured briefly with John Mayer and Counting Crows. He also had a band collaboration, W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration), which included members Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek, Fiction Family), Glen Phillips (Toad The Wet Sprocket), Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek, I'm With Her), Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello and the Imposters, The Attractions, Los Lobos), Greg Leisz (Joni Mitchell, Wilco, Sheryl Crow, Beck), and Davey Faragher (Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Cracker). |
January 18, 2025![]() Carol Markstrom |
December 7, 2024![]() Scott Sean White |
October 19th, 2024![]() Randy Palmer |
September 14, 2024![]() Daniel Boling |
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August 17, 2024 ![]() Joel White |
July 28th, 2024 ![]() Rod MacDonald |
May 25, 2024 ![]() Mike Agranoff |
May 4th, 2024 ![]() Luke Bulla |
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April 13, 2024 ![]() ![]() Jim Jones & Mariam Funke |
March 15, 2024 ![]() Buffalo Bill & Dr. Jo |
Feb. 10, 2024 ![]() Almeda Bradshaw | ||
Jan. 27, 2024 ![]() Kerry Grombacher |
Nov. 14, 2023 ![]() Grace Clark |
July 8th, 2023 ![]() Lori Beth Brooke |
June 24th, 2023 ![]() Jennings & Keller |
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May 6th, 2023 ![]() Ken Gaines |
April 21, 2023 ![]() Miss Devon & The Outlaw |
March 24, 2023 Carol Markstrom |
February 23, 2023 ![]() Poi Rogers |
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December 3, 2022 ![]() Two Crows for Comfort |
October 2, 2022 ![]() Claudia Nygaard |
September 17, 2022 ![]() Randy Lewis Brown |
July 30, 2022 Dan McCorison |
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June 3, 2022 ![]() Scott T |
May 14, 2022 ![]() ![]() Jim Jones & Mariam Funke |
April 28, 2022 ![]() Kray Van Kirk |
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March 19, 2022 ![]() Buffalo Bill & Dr. Jo |
February 12, 2022 ![]() Steve Cormier |
December 11, 2021 ![]() Steve Jones |
October 16, 2021 ![]() Dana Cooper |
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September 25, 2021 ![]() Carol Walker |
August 28, 2021 ![]() Rupert Wates |
July 17, 2021 ![]() Rebecca Folsom |
March 15, 2020 ![]() Mike Agranoff |
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February 23, 2020 ![]() The Rough & Tumble |
January 25, 2020 ![]() Buffalo Bill & Dr. Jo |
November 9, 2019 ![]() Kerry Grombacher & Aspen Black |
September 19, 2019 ![]() Carol Markstrom |
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September 11, 2019 ![]() The Freight Hoppers |
August 9, 2019 Bruce Mandel |
April 13, 2019 ![]() Nikki Talley & Jason Sharp |
March 19, 2019: ![]() Bill Staines |