By UNM Honky Tonk Ensemble
The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.
Class co-facilitators: Dr. Kristina Jacobsen and Alex McMahon
UNM Honky Tonk Fall 2021 class: Sue Cahn von Seelen, Jackie Jones, Eva Stricker, Grace Weaver
Recorded by KUNM
Interviewed, Engineered, and Recorded by KUNM Music Director Matthew Finch for the 12/11/21 episode of "Ear to the Ground."
"Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)" by Jean Shepherd
"The Way it Goes" By Gillian Welch
Class co-facilitators: Dr. Kristina Jacobsen and Alex McMahon
UNM Honky Tonk Spring 2021 class: Sasha Arteaga, Christine V. Chaves, Frank, Kevin, McClees, and Eva Stricker
Creative Consultant: Aubrie Powell
Podcast production: Sasha Arteaga
Special thanks to Winter Laite and Phyllis for their contributions
“Streets of Bakersfield”
Written by Homer Joy
McClees - Vocals, ukulele
Kevin - Electric guitar
Christine V. Chaves - Vocals
Sasha Arteaga - Background vocals
Frank - Background vocals
Eva Stricker - Background vocals
Alex - Many things
“Gone, Gone, Gone”
Written by Nikki Lane
Phyllis - Lead vocals
Christine V. Chaves - Vocals
Kevin - Electric and acoustic guitars, piano, drums, production
Frank - Acoustic guitar
Eva Stricker - Fiddle
Alex McMahon - Lap Steel, Bass 6
“Dark Turn of Mind”
Written by Gillian Welch
Frank - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Eva Stricker - Fiddle
Christine V. Chaves - Vocals
Sasha Arteaga - Background Vocals
Alex McMahon - Pedal Steel, Bass, Drums, Production
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”
Written by Hank Williams, Sr.
Christine V. Chaves - Vocals
Winter Laite - Acoustic Guitar, electric bass, drums
“Pueblo Bonito”
Eva Stricker - Songwriter, vocals, autoharp
Alex McMahon: Banjo, Slide Guitar, Nylon Guitar, Drums, Bass, Production
Frank - Guitar
Sasha Arteaga - Vocals
Christine V. Chaves - Vocals
Kevin - Electric Guitar
McClees - Vocals
Join us for the first podcast of Spring 2021, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond. In this podcast, Eva will talk about recording remotely this semester and share our work so far. Here are the tunes:
“Settin’ the Woods on Fire”
Eva Stricker - lead vocal and fiddle
Kevin - Acoustic guitars
Sasha Arteaga - Harmonica
Christine Chaves - background vocals
Alex- Lap Steel Guitar, Bass, Drums and Production
“You’re Looking at Country”
Kevin - Guitar intro, backing vocal
Eva Stricker - fiddle
Frank - electric guitar
Christine Chaves - background vocals
Alex - Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Pedal Steel Guitar, Production
“Walk Through This World with Me”
Alex - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Drum Machine, Production
Kevin - Acoustic guitar
McClees - background vocals
Christine Chaves - background vocals
Kristina Jacobsen- background vocals
Sasha Arteaga - soprano recorder
Eva Stricker - fiddle, autoharp
Frank - acoustic guitar
A chronological look back at all of the tunes the ensemble has played this semester. What a trip!
Join us for the fourth podcast of Honky Tonk Happy Hour, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond. In this episode, we are featuring local New Mexican artist Michael Moxey and the Easy Sinners, who will present three songs off their 2019 album Heartbreakers Rodeo The ensemble is also featuring two new and original tunes: "Teardrops on my Shoulder" by Frank and a collaboration between the ensemble and the UNM fall 2020 songwriting course "The Other View" by Amber Carrillo and Jackie Jones.
Join us for the third podcast of Honky Tonk Happy Hour, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond. In this episode, we are featuring songer-songwriter Meredith Wilder who presents two of her songs, a Patsy Cline cover and an original. The ensemble is also featuring two tunes a salty tune by Margo Price and a lament about divorce in Tammy Wynette's "I Don't Want to Play House.".
Join us for the second podcast of Honky Tonk Happy Hour, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond.
Join us for the first podcast of Honky Tonk Happy Hour, hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble. A new group of students and community members every semester who arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond. In this podcast, Frank will talk about the first song we recorded remotely this semester "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms," and our co-facilitator Alex McMahon will discuss his process and influence when it comes to recording.
Welcome to the Honky Tonk Happy Hour hosted by the University of New Mexico Honky Tonk Ensemble where we, as a new group every semester, arrange and perform country music from the 1950s and beyond focusing on the amplified and stylistically distinct genre of Honky Tonk. This fall we are trying out some new things...
The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.