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Check out our Shelter In Place sessions with top musical talent here: youtube.com/SouthwestRootsMusic

Southwest Roots Music presents the world's finest blues, folk, Cajun, zydeco, reggae, alt-country, world music, bluegrass, and roots rock artists, as well as our best local artists, in addition to myriad educational programs.

05/28/2026

NOAH GUTHRIE
Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sage Valley Pottery | Corrales, NM

05/11/2026

You've heard them at NPR’s Mountain Stage and the KC Chiefs National Anthem....now hear Goldpine live and in-person on May 28 (Corrales NM) and May 29 (Santa Fe NM). Winner of the Rocky Mtn Songwriter Contest, their bold harmony Americana tunes will be here for one night only! Limited tickets on sale at https://southwestrootsmusic.org/.

04/28/2026

Drawing from folk, old time, bluegrass, and country, Old Hat’s Whitney Roy (guitar & vocals) and Steve Roy (mandolin, fiddle & vocals) fuse tight vocal harmonies with driving acoustic rhythm. The band’s impressive 2022 debut features 10 originals boasting Whitney’s beautiful lilting vocals and pulsing rhythm guitar, which provides the backbone of Old Hat’s sound. Steve is a veteran of New England’s acoustic music scene who has performed and toured with many of the acoustic world’s top acts, and he layers the music with delightful detail. Based in Southern Maine, Old Hat has performed on prestigious stages such as Prescott Park Arts Festival, Ossipee Valley Music Festival, Portsmouth Music Hall, Stone Mountain Arts Center and Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival.

$20 advance, $25 door / unplugged house concert style / doors 7PM / performance 7:30

Big thanks to Occasional Music and our friends at the Cobb House.

04/10/2026

SAGE & AERA
Friday, April 17, 2026 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sage Valley Pottery | Corrales, NM

Combining the songs and musical force of Sage Cook (Elephant Revival) with the uniquely captivating voice and upright bass of Aera Fox, this gorgeously harmonic duo lay their hearts bare with nothing but voice and beautifully crafted acoustic instruments. As a principal songwriter, banjo player and guitarist in the Colorado transcendental folk group Elephant Revival, Sage Cook penned fan favorites “Go On,” “Cosmic Pulse,” “Down to the Sea,” and the like. Embarking on a subsistence farming adventure in 2013, Sage and Aera moved to Kansas in hopes that deepening their connection to the land would also lead to greater self-realization. During this period of self-reflection and isolation, they co-founded indie atmospheric folk-pop band WE DREAM DAWN with local drummer Weston Hill. In 2023, rejuvenated and inspired by their work with the land, Sage & Aera chose to strip away all the superfluous layers and emerge from their self-imposed isolation to create spare, organically inspired folk music for the modern era. In August of 2024, Sage & Aera released their first (live) album.

doors @ 7PM / performance @ 7:30 / no opener
$20 advance / $25 door / GA

02/25/2026

Two nights of Tony Furtado!

TONY FURTADO & Luke Price
Friday, February 27, 2026 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sage Valley Pottery | Corrales, NM
&
TONY FURTADO & Luke Price
Saturday, February 28, 2026 | 7:30 pm
San Miguel Mission | Santa Fe, NM

02/10/2026

We can't wait to see Folk Music Awards "Artist of the Year" nominee Ordinary Elephant in New Mexico!

Thursday, February 19, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Old San Ysidro Church | Corrales, NM
&
Friday, February 20, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
San Miguel Mission | Santa Fe, NM

01/30/2026

Four shows, three nights!

JEFFREY FOUCAULT
Thursday, February 5, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Old San Ysidro Church
Corrales, NM
&
Friday, February 6, 2026 (Sold Out)
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Engine70 Studios (formerly The Kitchen Sink)
Santa Fe, NM

MOLLIE O’BRIEN & RICH MOORE
Friday, February 6, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sage Valley Pottery
Corrales, NM
&
Saturday, February 7, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
San Miguel Mission
Santa Fe, NM

https://southwestrootsmusic.org/

01/18/2026

Rescheduled for May 8th.
Due to the winter storm hitting our state, we’re postponing Delbert’s show.

Tickets will be honored for the new date, or you can request a refund if you prefer. So sorry for the inconvenience.

DELBERT ANDERSON – “Sounds in Place”
Saturday, May 8th, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Engine70 Studios (formerly The Kitchen Sink) | Santa Fe, NM

“Sounds in Place” is a master class of storytelling and a truly soulful and enriching experience. Through musical melodies, archival materials, and autobiographical features, Delbert Anderson intertwines the personal narratives of Native band leaders and jazz artists with the history of the Navajo people, demonstrating how, generation after generation, art has been born out of relationships with the land and community. The entire experience is a crescendo, building to a culminating performance that blew me away but also made me feel the history and heritage beneath my feet.” – Rose Eason, gallupARTS Executive Director

Sounds in Place consists of trumpeter Delbert Anderson and keyboard player Robert Muller (keys). Anderson, a Diné jazz trumpet artist, composer, and educator, stands at the forefront of a vibrant Native American jazz scene. His work, deeply rooted in his Diné heritage, seamlessly integrates Navajo “spinning songs” of love, healing, and courtship with jazz, funk and hip-hop. His compositions are inspired by Navajo Nation landscapes, historical events, and the desire to preserve and educate about Diné history. Anderson’s notable projects include “The Long Walk: 1,674 Days,” a poignant composition reflecting on a critical period in Navajo history, and “Manitou,” which fuses ancient Native American melodies with jazz and funk. The Delbert Anderson Trio (DAT) showcases DAT jazz standards and original tunes, capturing the essence of his musical beginnings. His commitment to community and education is evident through his “Build A Band” educational program, which teaches jazz improvisation to young students through a Diné and family curriculum, wellness programs, and community outreach initiatives aimed at evoking change for the well-being of all humans. Anderson’s achievements have garnered awards from Chamber Music America, the Cultural Capital Fellowship from the First Peoples Fund, and the Jazz Road Program at South Arts. His contributions to music and culture have been featured in prominent outlets like The New York Times, JazzTimes, Grammy.com, and NPR.
$25 advance / $30 door / GA

Presented in collaboration with our friends at Engine70 Studios (formerly The Kitchen Sink).

01/06/2026

ANAT COHEN QUARTETINHO
Thursday, January 15, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Center for Contemporary Arts
Santa Fe, NM

All About Jazz sings her praises as “One of the greatest…of our time.” More than any other, Anat Cohen is credited with “bringing the clarinet to the world.” With a satchel full of Grammy nominations in the World Music and Latin Jazz categories, Anat (clarinet & sax) and her ensemble of multi-instrumentalist virtuosos from around the world explore modern jazz, African grooves, New Orleans styles, and the lively sounds of Brazil and Latin America.

Bloom, Anat’s 21st album as a leader or co-leader and the second with her small group Quartetinho, was issued to rave reviews and a hit trans-Atlantic tour in 2024, with All About Jazz applauding the band’s “daring virtuosity and soulful joie de vivre.” Hot on the heels of that release comes a new live album: Interaction, issued by Anat’s label, Anzic Records, in 2025. Interaction presents the clarinetist as part of The 3 Cohens, the long-running family band that also stars her brothers, trumpeter Avishai and saxophonist Yuval (both ECM artists). They were recorded in concert with Germany’s WDR Big Band, an ensemble renowned not only for its sound but also its collaborative flair. The arranger-conductor for Interaction is Anat’s Anzic comrade Oded Lev-Ari, who also plays that role with her Tentet, the 10-piece group that she has showcased at such venues as Carnegie Hall and SFJAZZ’s Miner Auditorium. Anat’s multiple Grammy nominations include one for 2019’s Triple Helix, the second album by the Tentet.

Anat has been credited as a primary force for re-establishing the clarinet as a solo instrument in the 21st century. She has been named Clarinetist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association every year since 2007, and she has also been the top clarinetist in both the readers and critics polls in DownBeat every year since 2011.

Anat was born in Tel Aviv and attended the Tel Aviv School for the Arts, the Jaffa Music Conservatory, and later the Berklee College of Music, where she honed her jazz chops and expanded her musical horizons. She spent a decade touring with Sherrie Maricle’s all-woman big band, The Diva Jazz Orchestra; she also worked in such Brazilian groups as the Choro Ensemble and Duduka Da Fonseca’s Samba Jazz Quintet, along with performing the music of Louis Armstrong with David Ostwald’s “Gully Low Jazz Band.” Anat soon began to bend ears and turn heads; whether playing clarinet, soprano saxophone or tenor saxophone. In 2009, Anat became the first Israeli to headline at the Village Vanguard, the setting for perhaps the most celebrated live recordings in jazz history. Widely considered one of the world’s greatest clarinetists, she has been making history ever since.
GA $59 (rows 4 & back). PREMIER $89 (rows 1 – 3). Doors @ 7PM / Performance @ 7:30 / no opener.

12/09/2025

KATE VARGAS & ERIC McFADDEN
Sunday, December 21, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (doors 6:30)

NM-raised KATE VARGAS is known for her folksy storytelling and darkly melodic, reverb-washed sonic palette of dream-pop, folk and junkyard blues, all carried by rough-hewn vocals and guitar playing. She has played venues as varied as Ireland’s Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival, the Troubadour in London, and NYC’s Bowery Electric. Her 2014 debut, Down to My Soul, hinted at the promise of a vibrant new voice. 2016’s Strangeclaw was recorded at New York’s Mercy Sound Studios (Blondie, Macy Gray) and mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, capturing Vargas’ impressive growth as an artist in gorgeous fidelity. Vargas really hit her stride with 2018’s For the Wolfish & Wandering, culminating in invitations to perform on NPR’s Mountain Stage, an official showcase at Nashville’s AmericanaFest, several performances at the 30A Songwriters Festival, as well as her songs appearing on several television shows. Her latest release is Golden Hour in the House of Lugosi.

ERIC McFADDEN has crafted an enticing brand of high-desert blues and gritty, flamenco-infused rock that has charmed audiences all over the world. From the moment Joe Strummer spotted him in San Francisco, nicknamed him ‘Lightning,’ and gave him a gig opening for Strummer & The Mescaleros, McFadden has wowed with his guitar playing, touring with the likes of George Clinton, Eric Burdon, Anders Osborne and Tab Benoit and collaborating with Bo Diddley, Nels Cline, Les Claypool, Reverend Horton Heat, Fishbone, Jackson Browne, Widespread Panic, Ron Wood, and many others. A six-string virtuoso, his command of so many genres is accentuated with meticulously crafted songs that boast a poppy twist on traditional psychedelia, poetic yet sinisterly distorted punk, rowdy rockabilly, dark foreboding grunge, and seriously catchy choruses.

Vargas and McFadden released their 2022 collaborative debut under the moniker Sgt Splendor, featuring Dave Schools (Widespread Panic) on bass, and Paulo Baldi (CAKE, Les Claypool) on drums. Their sophomore release Death Of The Hoochie Koo was released in 2023.

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