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2023 MUSIC LINEUP

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2022 MUSIC LINEUP

Deltaphonic

Dueling guitars meets Mississippi hill country blues meets New Orleans funk and soul inspired sound.

joint point

Jam band from Telluride, free-spirited and thoughtfully choreographed

miller and the other sinners

A Southern Soul band bringing a blend of gut bucket delta grit, Memphis soul, gospel spirit and funky rhythm and blues.

little giant

A high energy group of musicians with a heavy afro beat, funk, jazz and jam influences from all over the world

felix y los gatos

Felix Y Los Gatos is a Zydeco/Blues/Tejano band from the South Valley of Albuquerque and their version of Zydetejano Blues is a unique blend of latin, blues, tejano, and rockin outlaw country.

def-i and ariano

Def-I is a Hip Hop Artist / Producer / Educator from the Diné Nation in Albuquerque NM and has teamed up with Producer and Artist Ariano for some soulful and meaningful melodies and lyrics.

flashback

Playing Rock's favorite hits

bentley monk

pre-party june 3rd at esoterra featuring the crags

post-party at 9pm saturday june 4th at dolores river brewery featuring j-calvin

Submit your band HERE for 2023

Past lineups:

2019 music lineup

Afrobeatniks

The Afrobeatniks draw their inspiration from West African, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, and Latin Jazz music.
Imagine lots of world rhythms morphing into this dance-inducing groove with funk, jazz, reggae, acoustic drumming and rock and roll to round out the experience. They just released their new album - Wontanara!

Sample Tune: Skanqueando

Sample Tune: Cumple Tres

Sample Tune: Wontanara

Elder Grown

Family and community are the roots of Elder Grown. A band of five locals from Durango, Colorado, imagine Motown meeting the Red Hot Chili Peppers, then adding some Pink Floyd, Maceo Parker, and finishing with some Rage Against the Machine. Funk meets Pop, Rock meets Hip Hop, Jazz meets Reggae. Elder Grown uses the freedom of improvisational jams as their foundation to create their captivating, soul-inspired sound.

Sample Album: Elder Grown

Garrett T. capps

Garrett T. Capps is a San Antonio-based country musician unafraid to let other influences creep into his tunes. His last full-length release, "Y Los Lonely Hipsters", has garnered a cult following and even landed one of it's songs (Born in San Antone) a prime spot in the Season 3 opening scene of Showtime's hit series "Billions" (premiered March 25th, 2018). His ambitious new "space country" solo LP, "In the Shadows (again)" was released on May 5th on the newly established Shotgun House Records. There is a lot on the horizon for GTC as he continues to play prime gigs in Austin/San Antonio and take his progressive country influence out in to the big 'ol world.

Sample Tune: Can you harness the light?

Sample Tune: Trouble's Calling

Sample Tune: Here Right Now

Diggin' dirt

From afrobeat to reggae and rock, always with that characteristic funky Diggin Dirt soul, this band is influenced by funk heavy hitters such as James Brown, Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins and Sly and the Family Stone as well as reggae bands like Steel Pulse and modern funk like Orgone. You can also see them performing at the Joshua Tree Music Festival in May, and the High Sierra Music Festival in July.

Sample CD: Bedrock

Sample CD: Full Season

SAMBA GALACTICA

Drummers Extraordinaire! Samba Galactica will be performing in the crowd at this year's fest, so be prepared to get up and shake your booty to over a dozen drummers with rhythms from around the world.