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SUMMARY:The Sonoran Dogs
DESCRIPTION:Progressive Bluegrass and Newgrass Originals \n\n\n\n\n\nSisters Bar & Restaurant opens at 5pm. Information and reservations here. A SEATED SHOW \n\n\n\nThe Sonoran Dogs burst onto the Arizona music scene in 2011\, originally coming together for a special run of performances with acclaimed Japanese guitarist Maro Kawabata. What began as a one-time collaboration quickly evolved into one of the Southwest’s most exciting acoustic ensembles\, carrying their high-energy sound from the deserts of Arizona to audiences across the American West\, Australia\, and New Zealand. \n\n\n\nRooted in bluegrass tradition but never confined by it\, The Sonoran Dogs have forged a dynamic and unmistakable style that seamlessly blends hard-driving traditional tunes\, progressive influences\, and compelling original music. Their performances showcase virtuosic musicianship\, rich vocal harmonies\, and an adventurous spirit that keeps audiences captivated from the first note to the last. \n\n\n\nAt the heart of the band is award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist Peter McLaughlin\, winner of the 1988 Winfield National Flatpicking Guitar Championship and widely respected for his masterful picking and songwriting. Arizona native Mark Miracle brings soaring lead and harmony vocals alongside exceptional mandolin work\, adding depth and character to the band’s sound. Banjo powerhouse Tyler James\, the 2008 RockyGrass Banjo Champion and a finalist at the 2012 Winfield National Banjo Championships\, injects dazzling musicianship and infectious energy into every performance. Completing the lineup is Joelle Tambe-Ebot\, whose driving bass\, expressive vocals\, and seamless harmonies add a fresh and vibrant dimension to the group. \n\n\n\nWhether performing a timeless bluegrass standard\, an inventive instrumental\, or an original composition\, The Sonoran Dogs deliver a thrilling musical experience that honors tradition while fearlessly exploring new territory. Their combination of world-class musicianship\, heartfelt songwriting\, and electrifying live performances continues to win fans wherever the road takes them.
URL:https://rhythmandroots.org/event/the-sonoran-dogs/
LOCATION:La Rosa Tucson\, 800 N Country Club Road\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States
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SUMMARY:Django Festival All Stars
DESCRIPTION:Sisters Bar & Restaurant opens at 5pm. Information and reservations here.  Seated showPioneering Romani jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt lamented that he might be neglected by history\, but today the ebulliently swinging “jazz manouche” sound he created with French violinist Stéphane Grappelli is more pervasive than ever. For this very special performance\, the leading purveyors of the style\, the Django Festival Allstars\, appear on the LA ROSA stage for a magical evening of hot jazz.  \n\n\n\nFeaturing the guitar mastery of Samson Schmittof the Schmitt clan\, the first family of jazz manouche\, the Django Festival All-Stars also includes accordionist and keyboardist Ludovic Beier\, violinist Pierre Blanchard\, and rhythm guitarist Francko Mehrstein — all of whom gained fame as part of the original band led by family patriarch Dorado Schmitt — joined by bassist Antonio Licusati. This assemblage of masters in the Roma jazz style are regular performers at the annual Django Reinhart Festival in Samois-sur-Seine\, France and New York’s celebration at Birdland\, which celebrates over a quarter century of music.  \n\n\n\nThe group performs in support of their new Motéma Music release\, Evolution\, a hard-swinging collection of original compositions written and arranged by the members of the band. Down Beat magazine hailed the release as “(jazz manouche) for the 21st Century!” 
URL:https://rhythmandroots.org/event/django-festival-all-stars/
LOCATION:La Rosa Tucson\, 800 N Country Club Road\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Iguanas
DESCRIPTION:Tex-Mex roots rock bliss via New Orleans \n\n\n\n\n\nSisters Bar & Restaurant opens at 5pm. Information and reservations here.  A seated show\, mostly.  \n\n\n\nWhat if Americana actually encompassed ALL of the Americas? You’d have the Tejano and Conjunto sounds of the Texas/Mexico border region\, as best exemplified by the accordion and bajo sexto\, the American South’s Blues\, Jazz and New Orleans R&B\, and the lilting grace and fiery passion of the music of the Caribbean\, Mexico and Colombia. You’d also have New Orleans’ premier distillers of this musical mélange\, The Iguanas. \n\n\n\nTaking their cues from all of the above influences and then some\, the band’s music redefines the notion of Americana\, crossing cultures\, styles\, eras… and even languages. It’s as if Rue Bourbon\, Muscle Shoals and Plaza México were all within earshot of each other and The Iguanas were the musical conduit between them.  \n\n\n\nThrough eight studio albums\, countless tours and Jazz Fest appearances\, and a flood in 2005 that did its best to take their  city with it\, it’s a testament to the band’s endurance that the same four guys that started playing in the early 1990s are still together. Joe Cabral is philosophical about the band’s persistence in the face of challenges that would have felled – indeed have felled – lesser bands. “First of all\, this is all we know how to do; we’re musicians. But more than that\,” he continues\, “we respect the power of the band as an entity\, and each individual in the band steps up to play his part. When it’s good\, that’s really what it’s all about.” \n\n\n\nRod Hodges agrees. “I don’t want to get all heady and mystical about this\, but it’s not really an outward reward we’re looking for. We all enjoy playing music\, we all get along\, and finding a group of people who can say that after all this time is a rare thing.”.
URL:https://rhythmandroots.org/event/the-iguanas/
LOCATION:La Rosa Tucson\, 800 N Country Club Road\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Last Waltz Live: 50th Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:50 years later\, the music still brings us together. \n\n\n\n Join us for a special celebration of The Last Waltz\, the legendary farewell concert by The Band\, featuring an all-star lineup of Tucson musicians and poets paying tribute to one of the most iconic live performances ever captured. Sunday\, August 23fd at La Rosa. FEATURING: Brian Lopéz\, Grant Bloom\, Andrea Connolly\, Connie Brannock\, Kevin Pakulis\,  Carlos Arzate\, John Coinman\, Danny Krieger\, Petie Ronstadt\, Bruce Halper\, Rob Boone\, Gary Mackendar\, Gabrielle Pietrangelo \n\n\n\nPoets: Jefferson Carter\, Terry Pollock  \n\n\n\nAnd many more  \n\n\n\nSisters Bar and Restaurant opens at 5pm. Info and reservations HERE
URL:https://rhythmandroots.org/event/the-last-waltz-live-50th-anniversary/
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SUMMARY:Mark Hummel’s All Stars w/ Anson Funderburgh & Junior Watson
DESCRIPTION:With support from Porch Rockers. Sisters Bar & Restaurant opens at 5pm. Information and reservations here.A seated show.  \n\n\n\nGrammy Nominee\, Blues Award Winner\, Author\, Harp Man Mark Hummel had a banner year in 2014. Grammy Nominated for his Remembering Little Walter CD he produced and performed on\, Mark also won Best Blues CD and Best Traditional Blues CD at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis\, TN. Mark’s The Hustle Is Really On climbed to #2 and stayed in the top five for four months on the Living Blues Radio Charts. Hummel’s book “BIG ROAD BLUES:12 Bars on I-80″ garnered rave reviews and was nominated for best Independent Book release.  \n\n\n\nMark Hummel started playing harmonica in 1970 and is considered one of the premier blues harmonica players of his generation. Thanks to over thirty recordings since 1985\, including the Grammy nominated 2013 release Blind Pig recording Remembering Little Walter (part of the Blues Harmonica Blowout CD series). Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout™ started in 1991 and have featured every major legend (Mayall\, Musselwhite\, Cotton\, etc.) on blues harp as well as almost every player of note on the instrument – a who’s who of players. \n\n\n\nHummel is a road warrior – a true Blues Survivor. Along the way\, he has crafted his own trademark harmonica sound – a subtle combination of tone\, phrasing and attack combined with a strong sense of swing. Mark has been with Electro Fi Records since 2000\, releasing five CDs. Thanks to Mark’s earlier albums\, constant touring and appearances at the major blues festivals\, he’s firmly established his solid reputation around the US and Europe.  \n\n\n\nBorn in New Haven\, CT but raised in Los Angeles till he graduated high school. Mark moved to the Berkeley at age 18 to pursue a career in blues music\, where he felt the music was taken more seriously.  \n\n\n\nMark started the Blues Survivors in 1977 with Mississippi Johnny Waters. By 1984 Hummel began a life of non- stop touring of the US\, Canada and overseas\, which he still continues at least 130-150 days out of each year. Hummel has toured or recorded with blues legends Charles Brown\, Charlie Musselwhite\, Lowell Fulson\, Billy Boy Arnold\, Carey Bell\, Lazy Lester\, Brownie McGhee\, Eddie Taylor\, Luther Tucker and Jimmy Rogers.
URL:https://rhythmandroots.org/event/mark-hummels-all-stars-w-anson-funderburgh-junior-watson/
LOCATION:La Rosa Tucson\, 800 N Country Club Road\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States
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SUMMARY:Paul Thorn Band at La Rosa
DESCRIPTION:ON SALE 6/25 at 10 am (code RandR gets you $5 off – expires 7/4) \n\n\n\nThe Last Rhythm and Roots Show\, celebrating 30 years of music and community.  We will miss you all and we thank you!  \n\n\n\n\n\nWhen it comes to songwriting\, less is more\, and simplicity is strength. Just ask Paul Thorn\, who’s spent three decades turning soulful grooves and small syllables into songs that pack a big wallop. Maybe he learned the power of minimalism from his years as a pro boxer; maybe it just comes naturally. But whether he’s targeting heads\, hearts\, hips or the occasional funny bone\, he somehow manages to condense large nuggets of wisdom into tight little mantras\, the kind embroiderers stitched onto pillows before internet memes existed. \n\n\n\nThorn’s new album\, Life is Just A Vapor\, contains some beauties: “Life is a vapor\, let’s live it while we can”; “tough times don’t last\, but tough people do” (from “Tough Times Don’t Last”); “any mountain up ahead is just a hill” (from “Old Melodies”). They’re words of advice\, comfort\, support\, encouragement\, often meant to uplift\, especially in times of struggle. Life Is Just A Vapor is an outspoken account of the life lessons Thorn has experienced throughout his unique and extensive career and a reflection of his six decades on this planet. Album includes guest appearances by Joe Bonamassa\, Luther Dickinson\, Bill Hinds\, New Testament\, and the Shoals Sisters. \n\n\n\n“I like for people to be touched by music and get something from it\, something that they can take with them throughout the day\,” Thorn says. “Every song on this album\, there’s a message in it of some sort about how to live life.” \n\n\n\nAmerican Blues Scene writer Don Wilcock calls Thorn “an everyman (who) addresses things we all think about\, but few can articulate with the kind of candor\, humor and folksy truth that immediately endear him to almost everyone lucky enough to hear his music.”
URL:https://rhythmandroots.org/event/paul-thorn-band-at-la-rosa/
LOCATION:La Rosa Tucson\, 800 N Country Club Road\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States
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SUMMARY:Steep Canyon Rangers
DESCRIPTION:A Celebration and ENCORE of the Rhythm and Roots Last Show\, celebrating 30 years of community and music.PRESENTED WITH THE FOX TUCSON THEATREON SALE THURSDAY at 10 am. PRESALE is one day only.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSteep Canyon Rangers arrive at a moment of renewal and reaffirmation with Next Act\, their 15th studio album set to be released May 22\, 2026. The record represents a conscious tightening of focus: a return to the bluegrass foundations that first bound the band together\, approached with the confidence and emotional range earned through years of collective evolution. It is an affirmation that bluegrass still contains endless expressive possibility. Next Act finds the Rangers sounding deeply at home in their own musical language\, drawing strength from tradition while continuing to write new chapters within it. \n\n\n\nFormed in North Carolina and shaped equally by the Appalachian Mountains and the Piedmont\, Steep Canyon Rangers have long occupied a singular space in American roots music. From their earliest recordings\, the band demonstrated an unusual ability to honor traditional bluegrass forms while allowing contemporary songwriting\, literary influence\, and regional storytelling to seep naturally into the music. Over time\, this balance earned them both bluegrass credibility and broader Americana acclaim\, culminating in a Best Bluegrass Album GRAMMY Award for 2013’s Nobody Knows You\, additional nominations for Rare Bird Alert (2012) and North Carolina Songbook (2020)\, and an induction into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. \n\n\n\nIn recent years\, as their audience expanded and their songwriting reach grew wider\, the Rangers began to feel a pull back toward the elemental forces that shaped them: acoustic instruments speaking clearly\, songs built for ensemble interplay\, and stories grounded in lived experience and regional memory. Next Act emerges from that impulse. \n\n\n\nSteep Canyon Rangers is made up of Graham Sharp on banjo and vocals\, Mike Guggino on mandolin/mandola and vocals\, Aaron Burdett on guitar and vocals\, Nicky Sanders on fiddle and vocals\, Mike Ashworth on drums\, dobro\, percussion and vocals\, and Barrett Smith on bass\, guitar\, and vocals.
URL:https://rhythmandroots.org/event/steep-canyon-rangers/
LOCATION:Fox Tucson Theatre\, 17 West Congress St\, Tucson\, Arizona\, 85701
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