AltWeeklies Wire » Music » Profiles & Interviews

Far Away Sounds Have Universal Appeal

By Mark Sanders

Santa Fe Reporter | February 8, 2008

The subject of Niles’ critically and commercially lauded documentary is Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, an 11-member-strong group of refugees who play a mix of reggae and traditional West African music with passion for their people and homeland.

View Full Story at Santa Fe Reporter

Tags: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars

Santa Fe Reporter

When it was founded in 1974, the Santa Fe Reporter's mission was to create lively competition for a stodgy and timid daily press. That tradition continues today. The Reporter investigates beneath the surface, presenting in-depth stories often overlooked or uninvestigated...

Contact for Reprint Rights

Market Served: Metropolitan Area
Address: 132 E. Marcy St., Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 988-5541

www.sfreporter.com

More by Mark Sanders

New Mexico Companies Bid Farewell to Election Dollarsnew

For the last two years, voters have been bombarded with the sights and sounds of the 2008 election, and the companies responsible for all the election collateral have been enjoying the influx of cash. But what happens for local businesses now that the campaign cash cow has been milked dry?

Santa Fe Reporter | Mark Sanders | 11-06-2008 | Politics

Tags: 2008 presidential election, talk radio, economic issues, battleground states

Advocates Question New Mexico's Election-Night Processnew

The enormous interest generated by the 2008 presidential election, along with past discrepancies at the polls and New Mexico's status as a battleground state, has voter-rights advocates paying particular attention to how New Mexicans' votes will be counted on election night.

Santa Fe Reporter | Mark Sanders | 10-23-2008 | Politics

Tags: New Mexico, 2008 presidential election, voting rights, battleground states, Auburn SeeWolf, Automated Election Services

Attempts in New Mexico to Rock the Vote Rock the Boatnew

It remains to be seen if New Mexico's past problems with voter irregularities have become a joking matter. A massive surge of voter-registration drives leading up to the Nov. 4 election, combined with a recent court ruling regarding voter-registration groups and the discovery of fraudulent voter-registration cards, indicate otherwise.

Santa Fe Reporter | Mark Sanders | 09-26-2008 | Politics

Tags: New Mexico, voting rights, vote fraud, ACORN, voter registration

More by Mark Sanders »

More by Santa Fe Reporter

Punk & Metal Bands Go Low Fidelitynew

The ongoing retro trend of punk and metal labels releasing cassettes is the result of an influx of music fans who appreciate a more lo-fi approach and who favor analog’s warm sound over digital’s crispness.

Santa Fe Reporter | Alex De Vore | 05-06-2010 | Music

Tags: Hair On My Food Tapes & Records

Can a City Really Tell You When and Where You Can or Can't Play Music?new

As it turns out, a license for busking in Santa Fe costs $35 per calendar year. The license comes with a host of guidelines that include when buskers can play, where they can play and how long they can play there; it also specifies that there can be no amplification. All this raises somewhat existential questions.

Santa Fe Reporter | Alex De Vore | 07-09-2009 | Music

Tags: busking, street performers, Santa Fe, musicians, public policy issues

Whose House?: Venues Go Off the Gridnew

House shows are usually pretty amazing experiences. Perhaps it’s because the bands that play them could care less about money and would much rather melt faces and blow minds.

Santa Fe Reporter | Alex De Vore | 04-16-2009 | Music

Tags: indie rock, house shows

Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum Opens Up Offstagenew

Phil Elverum is a unique kind of shy. The artist, who began his musical project as The Microphones and has since switched to the moniker Mount Eerie, lets his emotions fly when he writes and performs songs, yet keeps his distance from the audience by closing his eyes through most of the set and singing as if he were in the room completely alone.

Santa Fe Reporter | Patricia Sauthoff | 10-23-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: indie rock, Mount Eerie, Phil Elverum

Apple Miner Colony Induces Mellow Mayhemnew

The group is a fresco, a mixed and matched selection of strings, brass, electric and acoustic instruments sweeping with ruddy choruses, that hold the audience's collective attention above the spectacle of witnessing such a large band at play. The live show and the band's recently released album confirms that relevant and soulful music is alive and well in Santa Fe.

Santa Fe Reporter | Gabe Gomez | 08-01-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Santa Fe, Apple Miner Colony, The Heat Haunted Fever

More by Santa Fe Reporter »

AAN Association of Alternative Newsmedia

Browse About

Browse AAN News

Browse AltWeeklies Wire

Browse Directories

Browse Awards

Browse Resources

Browse Advertising