News
March 6
I'll be playing KALX Live! with the full band Saturday night at 9:00 (PST). We will be introducing the new music from my upcoming CD. (due out in spring !)
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February - Recording
We are just finishing up recording at Grammy-winning Blue Cat Studio in San Antonio, TX. It's been a busy month working up new material & I'm thrilled with our new Wild West Tortilla western songs; part spaghetti western, part indie, part Tex-Mex, they have more bite & a lotta sass ;) Spirits conjured up so far are wayward & whipsmart! We head to Tucson next week to mix with Craig Schumacher (Devotchka, Neko Case) where we recorded the meat of the project at Wavelab Studios in Nov. This is a Hohner supported project featuring special guests the legendary Flaco Jimenez (accordion) & 2010 Grammy winner Max Baca (bajo sexto).
The
2010 West
Coast Accordion Babes Pinup Calendar and Bonus CD
is still available, featuring 13 Accordionistas and Tara Linda as Ms. November
singing "Fool's
Journey". Only $20. $14 More
Info November 24-28 - North Coast CA
Greetings!!
I’ll be touring the North Coast of California from Garberville to
Trinidad, playing solo and visiting my old Humboldt grounds to visit
the salmon & redwoods. I’m honored to be a featured
artist on
KMUD & KHSU-Summer 09: We've got a full schedule of Festivals,

Art Openings & Art Walks for summer '09
in the Bay Area. Check out shows for details.
August 23: Cotati Accordion Festival with Luna Nueva



Sunday August 2 - KBBF Radio Interview & Studio Performance (Santa Rosa)
Special thanks to DJ Amy Contandi host of KBBF's "Musica Internacional" program, (Sunday nights, 7p-10p, KBBF 89.1) for having us on her show. Guitarist Az Samad & I played a few songs, and Amy invited us to highlight our music, Luna Nueva and our upcoming show at the Cotati Accordion Festival, on Sunday August 23.

July 16 : "The many faces of Frida" art reception curated by Rachel-Anne Palacios





Luna Nueva - Jan 09
"New Moon" named in "Top 10 World Music Albums December 2008" by Soundroots / Spin the Globe World Music & Global Culture charts
I've just finished a FUN bilingual CD with a very special group of musicians celebrating varied Latin roots influences, including South Texas Conjunto. The album includes boleros, rancheras, a devilsh cumbia, a sensuous tango- many sung in the old dueto style with music partner Gilberto Reyes. This album, New Moon, is dedicated to the life and legend of Lydia Mendoza. |
| Musicians
on this album included El Maestro Santiago
Jimenez, Jr., Gilberto Reyes (Reyes Accordions),
Los
Maestros Pete Hernandez, and Hilario "Layo" Jimenez, and Jeff
Hobbs. |
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For pictures & stories of our
journey go to LUNA NUEVA myspace. |
Tara Linda
Endorsed by Hohner
Accordions !
Described as "refreshingly unique", Hohner recognizes Tara Linda and her Desert Cabaret as representing a new exciting generation of accordion players and genres.
Playing Tribute to Lydia Mendoza in San Antonio
I was honored to sing in the "Tribute to Lydia Mendoza" with Luna Nueva this Spring at the Tejano Conjunto Festival in May. For the last several years, I've been very inspired by the music sung and played by the women of South Texas, especially, Lydia's. Lydia Mendoza was a inspiring legend, who, beginning in the 1920's in South Texas, played 12-string guitar and sang Conjunto~ a type of folk music that developed along the Texas/Mexican border. Lydia sang a seemingly endless repertoire of songs, originally to the working class moving between the U.S.
and Mexico. She is credited with recording
over
500 songs! It was my love of the accordion that led me
to
her, but
hers was a style before the accordion became popular, before dance
halls and dancing; soul-filled songs of hard living, lost love, and
longing - not unlike American blues or Portuguese fado. We
sang
"Amor
Bonito" written by Lydia, and featuring the one and only El
Maestro Santiago
Jimenez, Jr.
on accordion!
Amor Bonito by Luna Nueva
Nite Souk Bazaar
~ We had a great time playing Oakland's first ever "Nite Souk Bazaar "
Photographer Dwayne Marsh was there to capture the event.






Berkeley World Music Festival
~ Thanks to all who came out and danced in the street !

Radio Interview
Thanks to Larry Kelp for a fun interview on KPFA 94.1 to promote the Berkeley world music festival !



Collaboration
I sang vocals on a collaboration with the politically active DJ the Iron Sheik on his latest album "Yet We Remain" for "Sleep (Close Your Eyes)" and "Leena2Memory".






