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"TRIO JALAPEÑO"
THIS FOLK MUSIC GROUP HAS BEEN TOGETHER SINCE 1994 PLAYING AUTHENTIC NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FOLK TUNES HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. THIS IS TRUELY THE ROOTS OF NEW MEXICO MUSIC!
BORN IN ROCIADA, NEW MEXICO, FOLK LEGEND ANTONIA APODACA WAS RAISED IN MUSICAL SURROUNDINGS, HAVING BEEN TAUGHT TO PLAY ACCORDION AND GUITAR AT AN EARLY AGE. WITH THIS TALENT SHE REGULARLY PLAYED IN THE FAMILY BAND AND AT THE AGE OF 13, SHE WON AN ACCORDION COMPETITION AT LA FONDA HOTEL IN SANTA FE BACK IN 1937. SHE HAS PERFORMED AT "THE FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN FIDDLE TUNE" IN PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, "THE SAN DIEGO FOLK HERITAGE FESTIVAL" AND THE "1992 SMITHSONIAN FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLIFE." SHE HAS WON NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING THE "LIVING HERITAGE, AWARD" AT THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL IN LAS VEGAS, NM AND IN 1992 RECEIVED THE GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS BY GOVERNOR BRUCE KING.
HER FELLOW MUSICIAN IS SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITARIST RAY CASIAS. RAY WAS BORN AND GREW UP IN THE ESPANOLA VALLEY. SINCE HIS EARLY INTEREST IN SUCH FOLK LEDGENDS AS BOB DYLAN, WOODY GUTHRIE, AND JOAN BAEZ, CASIAS HAS WRITTEN OVER 200 SONGS IN VARIOUS STYLES, RANGING FROM AMERICAN FOLK, COUNTRY, SPANISH AND GOSPEL. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, CASIAS HAS BEEN A PART OF MANY SUCCESSFUL RECORDING VENTURES, SUCH AS HIS ROLE IN THE MAKING, OF "MATACHINES: VOL. 1 WHICH WAS SELECTED AMONG THE TOP 30 "BEST FOLK RECORDINGS" OF 1991 BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. CASIAS, ALONG WITH JAMES ESPINOZA WROTE THE OFFICIAL SONG OF THE CITY OF ESPANOLA, NM, "ESPANOLA YOU BEAUTIFUL VALLEY." CURRENTLY, CASIAS IS EMPLOYED AS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF KDCE SPANISH RADIO IN ESPANOLA.
PAUL "PULITA" MARTINEZ WAS BORN IN MAY OF 1925 IN PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO. HE HAD BEEN PLAYING GUITAR FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS IN A UNIQUE NORTHERN NEW MEXICO STYLE UP TO HIS DEATH ON JUNE 30, 2000. HE AND RAY CASIAS HAD PLAYED MUSIC TOGETHER, FOR SOME 20 YEARS BEFORE MEETING UP WITH ANTONIA APODACA. MARTINEZ DELIGHTED AUDIENCES' THROUGHOUT NORTHERN NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE "VELARDE APPLE FESTIVAL" IN VELARDE, THE ONATE CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE "BORDER BOOK FESTIVAL" IN LAS CRUCES, AND THE MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK-ART IN SANTA FE, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
RECENTLY, HE HAD RECORDED FOR TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN BOTH SANTA FE AND IN ALBUQUERQUE. HE IS TRUELY MISSED, BUT HIS MUSIC AND WONDERFUL MEMORIES LIVE ON IN THE LIVELY MUSIC OF
If you would like to buy a cassette:
contact: Ray A. Casias Song Weaver Recording Studios P.O. Box 1145 San Juan Pueblo, NM 87566 Or email the artist at this site, with your shipping address, and you will be contacted with payment information. Thank you
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CD: Trio Jalapeno
Label: Song Weaver
Credits: Ray Casias |
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