In Loving Memory
Tie Dye wandered out of the woods on May 11, 1998, during the first Tie Dye Party held at Rich's current house. He never missed a Tie Dye Party after that.
About Jams of Enchantment
We are fans of live music, and our goal is to create a network of fans and performers within the community by advertising events, providing hospitality to musicians, and offering financial and informational support to promoters, venue owners, and organizers.
We have fond memories of
with very special guest
Saturday, February 11
at Low Spirits.
Come show you love each other with a fabulous Valentine's Dinner catered by Yomos with the Band and a show!
Dinner at 7:00 pm, Show at 9:00 pm.
Dinner and show: Hurry! Deadline for reservations is Wednesday, February 1!
Show only: $8.00 in advance, $10.00 at the door.
Theater Simulcast Event
The Goat Rodeo Sessions LIVE from the House of Blues Boston
Tuesday, January 31.
at multiple theaters nationwide, including three in Albuquerque!
Two nights of
The BrownChicken BrownCow String Band
Friday, December 16
at Sol.
Saturday, December 17
at The KTAO Solar Center.
The BrownChicken BrownCow String Band
Friday, December 16
at Sol.
Saturday, December 17
at The KTAO Solar Center.
We just can't get enough of The BrownChicken BrownCow String Band. It's a good thing they can't seem to get enough of New Mexico!
Trampled by Turtles
with very special guest
William Elliott Whitmore
Sunday, December 11
at Santa Fe Sol.
Our very good friends at
Keller Williams
Friday, December 2
at The Historic El Rey Theater.
Advance tickets are $23 (including fees) cash only at Grumpy's Guitars and Bookworks. Tickets at the door will cost $25.
Birdland 17th Anniversary Party!
Two nights of
WhiteWater Ramble
Thursday, October 13
at Low Spirits.
WhiteWater Ramble
Thursday, October 13
at Low Spirits.
with special guests Lost Lingo
Friday, October 14
at The KTAO Solar Center.
WhiteWater Ramble uses a simple recipe to craft its sound - bluegrass instrumentation, add drums, and a boundary-less approach to grassing-up everything from disco house grooves to roots Americana.
Collie Buddz
Tomorrows Bad Seeds
New Kingston
The Squash Blossom Boys
and many more!
Saturday, September 17 at Red River Ski Area
The Enchanted Circle Music and Arts Carnival
with
WhiteWater Ramble
plus tons of Jams of Enchantment's favorite artists
D Numbers, Lost Lingo, The Squash Blossom Boys, Rand Larzeny, Concepto Tambor, Da Bruddah Project, and many more!
Friday, September 2 through Monday, September 5 (Labor Day Weekend)
at Toas Ski Valley
The Enchanted Circle Music and Arts Carnival will feature music from the best talent in New Mexico and the Southwest, unique art installations, live painting, local growers market, camping, live theater, workshops, and much more! Come help us co-create a magical four-day event, where we will transcend individualism and create a collective consciousness through live music and art. See you there!
The Infamous Stringdusters
Thursday, September 1
at Santa Fe Sol (formerly The Santa Fe Brewing Company Pub and Grill)
Blue Highway
Finders and Youngberg, Duke City Swampcoolers, Hard Pressed, The Tall Boys, Mostly Mountain Men, Breaking Blue, and many, many more great local and national acts!
Friday, August 26 through Sunday, August 28
at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds
The Santa Fe Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival needs your help!
Volunteers will receive a three-day pass to the Festival and a T-shirt in exchange for 4 hours of volunteer time. Click here to download the Prospective Volunteer Form, then fill it out and send it off to John!
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Tuesday, August 23
at Santa Fe Sol (formerly The Santa Fe Brewing Company Pub and Grill)
Dark Star Orchestra
Thursday, August 11
at Santa Fe Sol (formerly The Santa Fe Brewing Company Pub and Grill)
Difficult choice for Friday, August 12!
with
Maceo Parker
Saturday, July 23
Right in the street! Central Ave between Girard and Washington- you can't miss it!
The incredible Maceo Parker is this year's headliner. Multiple music stages featuring national and local stars all day and into the night.
Jams of Enchantment Presents
J.Wail
Featuring Chuck Morris of Lotus
with special guests
Rand Larzeny
The Golden Talisman
and
Zia Zombie
Saturday, July 16, 8:00 PM
at The Launchpad Night Club
Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door, but Jams of Enchantment members pay just $8 for advance tickets at Birdland! How do you get the super-sweet discount? You've got to join! Click here to learn how!
It is the dawn of an age of digital wizardry and in this modern era gadgets seem to surge in song, congealing in an amalgamation of buzzes, beeps and blips. The pulsing of machines and pounding of concrete and steel in symphonic collage power our world. J.WAIL along with Chuck Morris of Lotus rise to the call of the sonic traffic controller, poised behind a palette of electronic devices, guitar, booming bass, and live drums. The dance floor becomes the launch pad where the duo fuses live instrumentation with organic electronica, propelling mind, soul, and booty into the upper stratosphere of sound. In the resonance of music and technology, they meld the sounds of tomorrow with the power of now into a bumping party anthem for modern mankind. J.WAIL's enthusiasm and strong desire to share and spread music has earned them a reputation as one of the hardest-working artists in the touring industry. J Wail's tours have logged countless road miles with hundreds of club/theater dates and festivals performed on all corners of the North America. Melting into the DJ-based dance sound into the approach of a live band, J.WAIL creates "club-funk-glitch-rock" through innovative techniques using live guitar, live drums, vocals, synthesizers, and live electronics. J.Wail's unique styles and techniques combined with the dance all night sounds of Chuck Morris infuse the audience with a dose of live electro funk euphoria.
Also, don't forget to check out J.Wail on Friday, July 15 at Taos Solar Center!
Jams of Enchantment Presents
Moksha
with special guests
Lost Lingo
Saturday, June 25
at Low Spirits
Also, don't forget to check out Moksha on Friday, June 24 at Taos Solar Center!
Two nights in New Mexico
Friday, June 24
at The Historic El Rey Theater
and
Saturday, June 25
at the KTAOS Solar Center
The Booty Band carries the truly liberating experience of Funk Music through the burgeoning years of our fresh millennium via original composition and powerful delivery of Nu Funk music. Horn driven, bass & drum powered, rhythm suspension, occasional vocal navigation, no brakes. Let's hit the road!
Widespread Panic
Wednesday, June 22
at Kit Carson Park: The Solar Music Festival Grounds in Taos, NM
Wakarusa
June 2-5
at Mulberry Mountain, Arkansas
We couldn't do it without a little help from our friends
Have you heard? Albuquerque's very own Kevin Vigil will be the featured live painter at Friday morning's Chompdown in RV Reserved. The painting(s) will be donated to The St. Bernards, and 100% of the proceeds from the silent auction will benefit Joplin, MO and surrounding areas' disaster relief efforts. You may remember Kevin from the excellent work he's done and auctioned off at nearly every Jams of Enchantment event!
Frogville Records Presents
FrogFEST VI
May 28-29
at The Santa Fe Brewing Company
This festival is always a great time, and this year will be no exception!
Tour de New Mexico
Saturday, May 28
at Low Spirits
and
Sunday, May 29 (the day before Memorial Day)
at the KTAOS Solar Center
Friday, May 20 at noon 'till Sunday, May 22 at sunrise
Jams of Enchantment's favorite annual event!
This year, Jams of Enchantment will provide breakfast at JOE's Cafe starting at 9:30 AM until we run out of food. Everyone is invited (members eat first)!
Road to Rich's is a private party at an undisclosed location. Yes, it's very cloak-and-dagger. Want to know more?
Boulder Acoustic Society
You don't have to wait until Saturday to check 'em out!
Thursday, May 19
at The Cowgirl BBQ
Jams of Enchantment Meeting
for members only
Sunday, May 15 promptly at 12:00 noon
at Marble Brewery.
If you are attending Wakarusa this year at a St. Bernard, this meeting is mandatory.
Shoot us an e-mail to get directions and other details
Marble Brewery Presents
Bluegrass Extravaganza
Sunday, May 15
at Marble Brewery
with
The Squash Blossom BoysFamily Coal
Atomic Grass
Young Edward
The Saltine Ramblers
Jams Of Enchantment Presents
Saturday, April 9
at Low Spirits
Eufórquestra
with very special guests
Lost Lingo and Rand Larzeny
$8 in advance or $10 at the door. Tickets are available now at holdmyticket.com and at Birdland with cash only.
John Popper and the Duskray Troubadours
Monday, March 14
at Santa Fe Performance Exchange
Two shows, one night!
The BrownChicken BrownCow String Band
With a very special aftershow performance with
Vader Fist Family Band
Saturday, February 26
at Low Spirits.
We just can't get enough of The BrownChicken BrownCow String Band. It's a good thing they can't seem to get enough of New Mexico!
CANCELED!
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Tuesday, February 1
at The Historic El Rey Theater.
We'll have to catch 'em next time.
Railroad Earth
and Vince Herman's
Great American Taxi
Friday, January 21
at The Sunshine Theater.
Door price TBA.
That 1 Guy
Sunday, January 16
at The Launchpad.
Imagine the brainchild of Dr. Seuss, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Stanley Kubrick and Rube Goldberg, and you begin to understand the spectacle of a That 1 Guy performance by Berkeley, CA-based, classically trained musician Mike Silverman. As inventor and player of The Magic Pipe, That 1 Guy’s show has to be seen to be believed, as he single-handedly (and foot-edly) plays his amazing instrument, made out of miked steel pipes with a single, thick bass string wired from top to bottom, not to mention an Appalachian handsaw, an electric cowboy boot and belching smoke. Combining elements of classical music with electronica, Silverman puts his classical training to good use creating music that is ethereal, gothic and heart pounding.
The Band of Heathens
Sunday, January 9
at Low Spirits.
The guys in The Band of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that's like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their new album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together—and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.
Jams of Enchantment Meeting
and
Christmas Potluck
for members only
Sunday, December 12 at 2:00 PM
at Mike Hooter's place near Unser and Ladera NW.
Shoot us an e-mail to get directions and other details
Three nights of great music to kick off your December!
Jams of Enchantment Presents
(click here to download the full-size poster)
WhiteWater Ramble
with special guests
The Porter Draw
performing their last show before hiatus!
Friday, December 3
at Low Spirits
WhiteWater Ramble uses a simple recipe to craft its sound - bluegrass instrumentation, add drums, and a boundary-less approach to grassing-up everything from disco house grooves to roots Americana.
NO FEES if you buy your tickets in advance at Birdland (cash only) The Porter Draw will be opening the show and this will be their last show as they go on hiatus for a few months. We hope to see everyone here supporting our first show. Bring a friend, you won't be disappointed!
Saturday, December 4
at The Pub and Grill at The Santa Fe Brewing Company
From a pressure cooker of rhythm, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe brings forth the most delicious variety of grooves ever sampled by a listener’s feet. The menu has been expanding since its inception in 1998. Led by Karl Denson, who over the past 15 years has collaborated with such luminaries as Lenny Kravitz, Fred Wesley, and The Greyboy Allstars, the Tiny Universe creates a dynamic sound that defies categorization. The band members, Denson (on vocals, sax, and flute), Brian Jordan (guitarist), Chris Stillwell (bassist), David Veith (keyboard player), Chris Littlefield (trumpet player), and John Staten (drummer), have earned a reputation as kings of the unstoppable all-night show.
Saturday, November 27
(the first Saturday after Thanksgiving)
at The KTAOS Solar Center
Admission to the show is free with five cans of food or other non-perishable items from the list posted at Last to Know's website. Cover charge without gift or canned food is $7. The Station Bar opens at 5:00pm.
Tuesday, November 9
at The Pub and Grill at the Santa Fe Brewing Company.
Hill Country Revue represents neo-southern blues-rock with a harder, faster edge. Formed by Cody Dickinson from the North Mississippi Allstars, the band released their debut album, Make a Move, in May 2009. The album showed off the band’s deep-south blues roots and penchant for Southern Rock; instantly drawing comparisons to early Allman Brothers. Anchored by their blistering live show, Hill Country Revue quickly established a reputation as THE modern Southern Rock / Blues band for the next generation.
In October 2010, the band will release their much-anticipated follow up to Make A Move. The new album, entitled Zebra Ranch, captures the band refining their gritty, blues/rock sound to perfection. "This record is pure country blues and Hill Country Rock," says Cody Dickinson "no gimmick, no tricks – straight up music from the heart. We want each person who listens to Zebra Ranch to love it as much as we do.
The Saltine Ramblers
Performing as The Grateful Dead all weekend
Friday, October 29
Moved. Now at Moonlight Lounge
Saturday, October 30
at 
Monday, October 25
at The El Rey Theater.
presented by AMP concerts
A high-energy surrealist global-groove alternative big band propelled by electric bass, diverse percussion ensemble, and brassy horn section. Visually enhanced by costumed dancing beauties, acrobatic stilt walkers, fire, and theatrics, the Portland, OR-based MarchFourth Marching Band invokes dancing in the streets and beyond! MarchFourth writes and performs its own material and also draws inspiration from an eclectic range of worldwide influences such as Eastern European Gypsy Brass, Samba, Funk, Afro-Beat, Big-Band, Jazz, and Rock music as well as television, film, circus, and Vaudeville.
The Squash Blossom Boys
Saturday, October 23
at Marble Brewery
CD release Party! The very last show of Marble Brewery's 2010 outdoor music season!
Lotus
Saturday, October 23
at The K-TAOS Solar Center
Never a group to be pigeonholed, Lotus brings many musical weapons to the stage. From festival stages such as Rothbury, Wakarusa and Red Rocks to theaters across the country the band has left grinning crowds dripping with sweat. Equal parts dance and rock, Lotus has been crafting a unique brand of instrumental rock for the past decade.
Their latest release Oil on Glass/Feather on Wood "proves that no words are needed to elicit any feelings, the instrumentals alone are enough to connote a myriad of emotions." The dual EPs show the multiple sides of Lotus with Feather on Wood showcasing slow-building guitar driven compositions and Oil on Glass leaning toward harder beats and textures. Like a Lotus show, the two sides work together to form a cohesive whole.
The big light show and pounding beats may be club inspired, but the band's ability to connect with the audience through emotive composition and dynamic improvisation pushes performances past the elusive barrier dividing concert and experience.
Concerts in Cinema:
The Grateful Dead
historic 1989 concert at JFK Stadium
Friday, October 22.
at The KiMo Theatre
The Grateful Dead were enjoying a late-career renaissance in 1989 when the band steamed into Philadelphia on one of the hottest days of the summer to play the last concert ever at John F. Kennedy Stadium. The July 7 show in the City of Brotherly Love highlights the band’s exuberant resurgence, a peak that rivals any that came before it.
You’ve heard it said a thousand times, but this has never been more true: "Umphrey’s McGee is the band that need no introduction." They are masters of the cover tune, pioneers of live on-stage songwriting, sit-in host extraordinaires, and the most seriously fun band to hit the scene!
So, all partyin’ peeps: get out of your triple wide and off your front porch. Get in the van and go pick yourself up a couple of (what?) 40’s. Cut the red tape, gather up your Uncle Wally, Professor Wormbog, Nemo, your 2nd self, your friends, and even your syncopated strangers, and make a resolution to be in the kitchen and at the rock show tonight. We'd be much obliged if you’d join us for this historic event.
Shemekia Copeland
Thursday, September 23
Remember when she rocked our collective faces off at the Taos Mountain Music Festival? And then she sat in with Gov't Mule for "That's What Love Will Make You Do"?
Cedric Burnside and the Lightnin' Malcolm
with
Barrence Whitfield and The Savages
Thursday, September 16
Two unique styles of blues music coming together under one roof for one night only! North Mississippi's Cedric Burnside and the Lightnin' Malcolm will be playing their handed-down, swaggering, hill country boogeyin' blues and opening artist the soulful, "Jump-Blues" man Barrence Whitfield, with his saxophone driven band, the Savages, will be reviving the almost gone, up-tempo, jump-blues genre of the 1940's.
Passafire
Liquid Cheese
La Junta
The Squash Blossom Boys
and many more!
Saturday, September 18 at Red River Ski Area
The 36th Annual Santa Fe Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival
Friday, August 27 through Sunday, August 29
This year's fabulous line-up includes:
Badly Bent (performing three sets including Sunday morning Gospel!)
Squash Blossom Boys
Young Edward
Family Coal
Coyote Crossing
and many more!
Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band
with
Three String Bale
Thursday, August 12 at 9:00 PM at Low Spirits. We just can't get enough of The BrownChicken BrownCow String Band. It's a good thing they can't seem to get enough of New Mexico!