Native American Music Award (NAMMY) nominee for “Best Blues Recording,” Smokestack Lightning has earned a lot of praise since forming in 2009. This is a band that gets right to the point, and they use the unmistakable sound of pain, triumph, loneliness and joy to get that point across. They take the wisdom of the blues […]

A performance and conversation celebrating the music of famed duo Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt Tim Kliphuis is a violin master and a wizard of sound. Using classical, gypsy jazz and folk he has created a unique style that is making waves in concert halls across the globe. His recent successes have led to a Sony Classical […]

Paul Thorn has appeared on major TV shows such as Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel Live, been the subject of numerous National Public Radio (NPR) features and charted multiple times on the Billboard Top 100 and Americana Radio Charts. Thorn has created an innovative and impressive career, pleasing crowds with his muscular […]

Award-winning Americana singer-songwriter Kevin Pakulis is a master musician and storyteller. Emerging in 2004 from Tucson’s deep pool of talented musicans, his award-winning edgy, guitar-driven compositions, delivered with plenty of raw energy, earned him national and international attention with his debut release of Yeah Yeah Yeah. No Depression Magazine put it most succinctly in their review: “His music represents […]

The Hacienda Brothers released their final record in 2008, right after their bandleader and dear friend Chris Gaffney had unexpectedly passed away. The band was at the height of its career, having been nominated at the end of 2007 for the Americana Music Awards “Group of the Year” category. The Hacienda Brothers had put out […]

For longtime Tucsonans, the Jácome name may well bring up memories of one of Tucson’s oldest and most established families. Think about the old Jácome Department Store or downtown’s Jácome Plaza, the site of Pima County’s Main Public Library. And while Kiko Jácome is extremely proud of that side of his family tree, he is […]

Hailing from the dusty deserts of Tucson, AZ, singer, songwriter & family man Carlos Arzate brings his desert-influenced magic to the Hotel Congress plaza in a free show. “The heart-warming and political poignancy of Ziggy Marley and Michael Franti, with a southwestern bent.”— Zocalo Magazine “Arzate is one hell of a songwriter.”— Tucson Weekly ARTIST WEBSITE: www.carlosarzate.com […]

Don Armstrong will celebrate his new CD release for the Ronstadt Record Company, Mother, Don't Give Up On Me Now, at Hotel Congress on Saturday, April 11 at 7 pm. He will be joined by his group, The Whiskeypalians, and several special guests.  Don has been hailed as a “Tucson legend” and “folk treasure,” and […]