MUSIC & SCHEDULE

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2023 MUSIC LINEUP

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Horizon
Blu Phunk Collective
Birds of Play
Apres Nova
A-Mac & The Height
Little Brother
King Tree & the Earthmothers
Float Like A Buffalo

Float Like a Buffalo
Float Like a Buffalo is rock with funk, ska, reggae, and jam influences. Nods to the funk of Lettuce and The Motet, jam of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, rock of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chicago Transit Authority, soul of James Brown, & high-energy guitar licks of Jimi Hendrix all combine to make a unique sound that’s impossible not to dance to.

King Tree & the Earthmothers
With psychedelic and progressive rock-influenced jams, the trio became locally known in Southern California for eclectic and virtuosic live performances.

A-Mac & the Height
With hook-driven songwriting and a cohesive blend of reggae, hip-hop, funk and alternative rock, the group thrives on overcoming musical boundaries. Coming from Denver, CO, Their immersive message and feel good energy has proven to bring together beautiful people from coast to coast.

Birds of Play
Birds of Play is an Americawna Roots quartet based in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado. Birds of Play’s high-caliber musicianship and song craft are laced with imagination and a vibrant, intuitive understanding of the human condition - while their live shows weave together an intricate tapestry of place, authenticity, magic, and humor.

Little Brother
Little Brother brings big sound in a compact, easy to carry package, with elements in funk, soul and rock n' roll, all cruising in some strange starship with no particular place to go.

Apres Nova
Après Nova is a jazz-oriented sometimes duo, sometimes trio, composed of brothers, Max, Charlie, and Oliver Henry.
From a variety of influences, ranging from Ahmad Jamal and Paco de Lucia to Harvey Sutherland and Marc Rebillet, Aprés Nova can be a calming smooth ballad, lively electronic dance music, and any genre in between.

Horizon
HORIZON is an all original Funk-Jazz trio with a unique sound and songwriting style, with musicians Isaac James Kimbro, Linda Gimble Baker and Yves LF Giraud
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Blu Phunk Collective
This exciting new Four Corners-based band consists of long-time performing pros that are sure to rock the house with their genre-straddling blend of Funk, Blues, R&B and jazz! This exciting new group consists of long-time performing pros Dean Murphy on guitar, Chad MacCluskey on bass, and Mike Wingo on drums. They play a blend of Blues and Funk, with an occasional sprinkling of R&B and hip jazz.

Haro in the Dark
Playing at the kickoff Pre-Party at Dolores River Brewery on Friday, June 2nd starting at 7:30pm. This is American Roots Music ... If you like booty shakin', earth quakin', spirit liftin', mind driftin' Music that makes the soul move, then you'll love this Americana music with a Groove!

2022 MUSIC LINEUP

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

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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.