October 2024
Thursday, October 3
Kimmi Bitter – Full Band
Retro Country Singer Songwriter
Doors: 7:00pm • $15/advance
Centered around the vein of old-school country with a touch of the swinging sixties, Kimmi Bitter and the Westside Twang are here to transport you on a retro journey into the year 1962 through their nostalgic songs. "The future of classic country is Kimmi Bitter," as Saving Country Music boldly states. Effortlessly navigating through Countrypolitan ballads in her mod wardrobe and love of white boots, Bitter has drawn strong comparisons to Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, and Nancy Sinatra.
Creating a buzz from her grassroots efforts and vigorous touring, her debut album "Old School" hit the ground running in 2024 landing at #24 on the Americana Album Radio Chart with "My Grass is Blue" debuting on the Americana Single Radio Chart. She also found recognition in her hometown at the San Diego Music Awards winning Best Country/Americana Artist and "My Grass is Blue" was nominated for Song of the Year in 2023, as well as, Saving Country Music's 2022 Single of the Year. In 2024, single "Aquamarine" was nominated for San Diego Music Award's Song of the Year making it the third nomination of a song featured on break-out album "Old School".
Driven by a hyper-obsession for the 1960s, Kimmi Bitter and her band create a captivating soundscape that blends classic country with surf rock, psychedelic twangs.
"Like the bulk of Bitter's new album Old School, "I Can't Unlove You" is immersed in a detailed study of 1960s countrypolitan sounds, from the Jordannaires-esque harmonies to the hushed percussion. Meanwhile, Bitter possesses a smooth, polished vocal that unmistakably draws comparisons to the late Patsy Cline." ~ * Must Hear New Country Songs, Billboard April 2024
All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Sunday, October 6
Low Down Brass Band
Seven-Piece Chicago Rhythm Brass & HipHop
Doors: 4:00pm • $15/advance
Standing Show!
Please Note: This Show is scheduled at a time we are usually closed.
This Show will be one for the Books!
LOWDOWN BRASS BAND STRIVES TOWARD TRANSFORMATIVE ART....
with an iconic blend of brassy horns and sentimental lyrics, Chicago's LowDown
Brass Band is an ever-changing ensemble for the ages. Embodying the vibrant Chicago music culture, DLB is a one-of-a-kind horn ensemble weaving the rhythm of the streets with conscious hip hop, reggae, and soul, also incorporating funk, Latin, & pop-blues sounds into their brass sonic-scape.... a righteous fusion of bumpin', high-energy marching band brass and beats, stealthy grooves, and breezy rhymes.
Rigorously touring, LDB has performed on the most unique stages, from the Montreal Jazz Fest to the Cotai Jazz Fest.
"Not exactly Slipknot, but not exactly John Philip Sousa either. What it is, exactly, is AWESOME!" ~ Chicago Sun Times
All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Monday, October 7
Etran de L'Aïr/ Nemegata
Saharan Psychedelic Rock & Soul
Doors: 7:00pm • $15/advance
First Come LIMITED SEATING
Please Note: This Show is scheduled on a night we are usually closed.
The name Etran de L'Aïr translates to "the Stars of the Aïr," the mountainous region of Northern Niger. They are based in the town of Agadez, an urban center of the desert, and a city reknowned for the production of music – in particular the electric guitar and the so-called "desert blues."
Etran de L'Aïr play in a pan-African style that is emblematic of their hometown, citing a myriad of cultural influences, from Northern Malian blues to Hausa bar bands and Congolese Soukous. It's perhaps this quality that makes them so beloved in Agadez.
Etran is not just a musical group, but a family collective. Formed in 1995, in the Sahara, Etran was founded by member Aghaly Migi. Over the years, he taught his younger brothers to play, and integrated them into the group. There was little electricity then, and the electric guitar was rare. When the band began, they only had one acoustic guitar, and the rhythm section was a calabash floating in water "hit with a sandal, to make a drum." When amplification eventually found its way to Agadez, the acoustic guitar was modified, using a transducer microphone. In the past 10 years, the band was able to acquire more material – a drum set, a few electric guitars. As the family grew, so did the band. Today, all the members are related, brothers and cousins. The size fluctuates per performance, between 5 and 9.
EL FUTURO ES LA RAÍZ
Nemegata mesmerizes listeners by seamlessly blending Colombian musical treasures like cumbia, bullerengue, gaita, and Andean melodies with the psychedelic vibes of the '60s and '70s from Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. Their cutting-edge reimagining of Latinx sounds and steadfast dedication to Abyayalismo have earned them well-deserved acclaim, ensuring an unparalleled and thrilling musical journey for all who experience their artistry.
All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Friday October 11
Bones Of JR Jones & Jarrod Dickenson
Folk Rock & Blues
Doors: 7:00pm • $15/advance
The Bones of J.R. Jones is a project from American singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jonathon Linaberry. With a musical style that adeptly toes the line between folky and sorrowful lullabies to dirty, grainy, blues-influenced songs, J.R.'s voice communicates a level of intimacy and passion that carries with it a quiet sense of loss, yearning, and wanting.
Performing on stage with a kick drum, high-hat, and guitar/banjo , J.R.'s live shows are visually impressive – a powerful and dynamic display that showcases his musical and emotional range.
His songs speak of sorrow and hope, a longing for home, and, he says, "The more unsavory desires and wants in your life – those demons and devils that haunt you."
"Jones is an artist that you don't want to miss. He is unrelenting in his both his approach and his style. No matter what you're going through. No matter what you're trying to accomplish. Know you've got a kindred spirit in The Bones of J.R. Jones...and even in this moment right now as you read this, he's out there somewhere, hell bent for leather." ~ Nosebleed Magazine
Jarrod Dickenson is a guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, originally from Waco, Texas, now based in Nashville. His two albums, The Lonesome Traveler and Ready The Horses, along with his EP, Under A Texas Sky have earned him critical acclaim and a devoted audience on both sides of the Atlantic. Not one to fear an exhausting tour schedule, Dickenson has entranced crowds all over Europe and the US and shared stages with such legendary artists as Bonnie Raitt, Don McLean, The Waterboys, Jools Holland and Jimmie Vaughan. He has performed at prestigious festivals such as Glastonbury and Cambridge Folk Festival.
After a baptism of fire in the world of the major labels, Jarrod Dickenson now exists as a fiercely independent artist, a look that suits him well and allows his creativity to follow whatever path it damn well pleases. Nowhere is this attitude better encapsulated than in the bluesy rock and roll growl of his uncompromising new album BIG TALK, released worldwide February 3rd, 2023 via Hooked Records.
All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Friday, October 18
Poetic Outlaws Open Mic
5:30pm
In 'the Lodge'
Silver City Poetic Outlaws is a recurring open mic event focused on the spoken word. Poetry, readings from stories and books, monologue, improv...all forms of spoken word are welcome.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Tuesday October 22
Willi Carlisle
Country Roots Folk Singer
Doors: 7:00pm • $15/advance
Please Note: This Show is scheduled on a night we are usually closed.
Willi Carlisle is a poet and a folk singer for the people. Carlisle's extraordinary gift for turning a phrase isn't about high falutin' pontificatin'; it's about looking out for one another and connecting through our shared human condition. On his anticipated second album, the magnum opus Peculiar, Missouri (coming July 15, 2022 on Free Dirt Records), Carlisle makes the case across twelve epic tracks that love truly can conquer all. Born and raised on the Midwestern plains, Carlisle is a product of the punk to folk music pipeline that's long fueled frustrated young men looking to resist. After falling for the rich ballads and tunes of the Ozarks, where he now lives, he began examining the full spectrum of American musical history. This insatiable stylistic diversity is obvious on Peculiar, Missouri which was produced by Grammy-winning engineer and Cajun musician Joel Savoy in rural Louisiana. The songs range from sardonic trucker songs like "Vanlife" to the heartbreaking queer waltz "Life on the Fence." The album also imbues class consciousness in songs like "Este Mundo," a cowboy border ballad about water rights, and the title track's existential talkin' blues about a surreal panic attack in Walmart's aisle five. Though Carlisle's poetic words evoke the mystical American storytelling of Whitman, Sandburg, and e e cummings, ultimately this is bonafide populist folk music in the tradition of cowboys, frontier fiddlers, and tall-tale tellers. Carlisle recognizes that the only thing holding us back from greatness is each other. With Peculiar, Missouri, he brings us one step closer to breaking down our divides.
All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Thursday October 24
Thou & Slow Hole
New Orleans Metalhead Zócalo Halloween Bash
Doors: 7:00pm • $15/advance
Slow Hole, a NOLA Metal Band, and Thou, an American sludge metal band formed in Baton Rouge, LA. are touring together to Whiskey Creek Zócalo for our Metalhead Zócalo Halloween Bash. Dress Up or come as you are!
All Music critic Gregory Heaney stated that "the band's sound blends the shuddering heaviness of doom with the oppressive atmospherics of black metal, giving the band a monolithic sound that feels, at times, inescapable." The band's fourth studio album, Heathen, released in 2014, was met with critical acclaim. TheIt was named the best metal album of 2014 by music website Pitchfork.
All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Friday, Oct 25
Austin Stambaugh/ Third Seven
Country Acoustic Solo/Cello
Doors: 7:00pm • by Donation
Ohio Balladeer & Story Writer, Austin Stambaugh, is enriched with an authenticity that is magnetically keen. A modern pioneer of folk storytelling, his work has been called "Timeless and nuanced," by renowned songwriter, Lilly Hiatt. Stambaugh's aesthetic is derived from his fascination with plain-spoken speech, timeless standards, and terrifying compositions that hold a listener in suspense. Folk singer Tim Easton wrote, "Austin Stambaugh is the best flatpicking songwriter you've never heard of, and I'll stand on Steve Earle's coffee table in my Redwing boots and say it."
"Austin Stambaugh is the premiere spoken word songwriter of our time." ~ Noel McKay
Austin Strambough will be joined by multi-instrumentalist and cello player, Third Seven.
All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Saturday, October 26
Sonoran Sunsets & Nick Hans
Folk Country & Pinewood Blues
Doors: 7:00pm • $10
A full night of Foot-Stompin'. Toe-tapping Bluegrass & Inspiring Songwriting with
Tucson-Based Glonky Tonk 7-piece band, Sonoran Sunsets and Pinewood Blues Artist, Nick Hans
All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Thursday, October 31
Songwriter's Showcase
Sign Up: 6:00pm
It's Songwriter's Night and Halloween!
Dress up if you want and bring your Muse!
Last Thursday of the Month. Limited spots.
Must Sign Up in Person
Come showcase songs you've been working on.
Each participating writer will get the chance to play 3 original songs.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
Friday, November 1
Dia De Los Muertos Celebration
With Curtis Pink & DJ Foxwit!
Doors: 7:00pm • by Donation
Dress how you feel.
There will be an Altar to honor and in remembrance of loved ones.
Music & Dancing to call in the Spirits.
Camaraderie to share in our human experience.
All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com/
