The Arizona Folklore Preserve is delighted to introduce the next bright stars in the western music genre for your listening pleasure this weekend.  Twins Kacey and Jenna Thunborg, Bodhi Linde, Venessa Carpenter, Phoebe White, and Jack George, are all amazing musicians in spite of their youth, as they range in age from 13 (Bodhi) to 17 (Kacey and Jenna).  The ...

Heather ‘Lil’ Mama’ Hardy and Alvin Blaine have been working together for almost 10 years . Alvin is a member of The Lil’ Mama band and very often Alvin and Heather are seen together as members of different bands and events around Tucson . The Heather and Alvin Duet was started about four years ago and features an intimate approach ...

Heather ‘Lil’ Mama’ Hardy and Alvin Blaine have been working together for almost 10 years . Alvin is a member of The Lil’ Mama band and very often Alvin and Heather are seen together as members of different bands and events around Tucson . The Heather and Alvin Duet was started about four years ago and features an intimate approach ...

It’s a Patriotic Weekend at the AFP Join us at the Arizona Folklore Preserve this weekend! Old Glory will wave free and proud when Jean Prescott, an award-winning western singer/songwriter and daughter of a World War II veteran, performs with two outstanding local musicians, Michael Grande and Jon Messenger, who also happen to be former Marines.  But this won’t be ...

It’s a Patriotic Weekend at the AFP Join us at the Arizona Folklore Preserve this weekend! Old Glory will wave free and proud when Jean Prescott, an award-winning western singer/songwriter and daughter of a World War II veteran, performs with two outstanding local musicians, Michael Grande and Jon Messenger, who also happen to be former Marines.  But this won’t be ...

The Old Pueblo Bluegrass Band has been delighting audiences with high-energy bluegrass music for five years. Bandleader Reid Griffin, on guitar and vocals, is a Tucson native. He has performed throughout the Southwest since the 1980s and toured Europe with his band “Griffin Brothers”.  Steve Reed, on electric and upright bass and vocals, majored in music at Pima College, then made ...

The Old Pueblo Bluegrass Band has been delighting audiences with high-energy bluegrass music for five years. Bandleader Reid Griffin, on guitar and vocals, is a Tucson native. He has performed throughout the Southwest since the 1980s and toured Europe with his band “Griffin Brothers”.  Steve Reed, on electric and upright bass and vocals, majored in music at Pima College, then made ...

Teodoro "Ted" Ramirez is a Southwest troubadour with a captivating sound and distinctive music style. His performances are a celebration in Southwest culture. The name “Teodoro” is the Spanish version of English “Theodore”, and is a old family name – one that dates back to before the 1700’s in his family. Ted often with a smile says: “my name is ...

Teodoro "Ted" Ramirez is a Southwest troubadour with a captivating sound and distinctive music style. His performances are a celebration in Southwest culture. The name “Teodoro” is the Spanish version of English “Theodore”, and is a old family name – one that dates back to before the 1700’s in his family. Ted often with a smile says: “my name is ...

Jon Messenger's story is a musical journey through the west, the Everglades, and Cornwall-on-Hudson. Now he’s had some 30 years of performing at home in Cochise County, Arizona, and points north, west, and east.

Jon Messenger's story is a musical journey through the west, the Everglades, and Cornwall-on-Hudson. Now he’s had some 30 years of performing at home in Cochise County, Arizona, and points north, west, and east.

Nancy McCallion The daughter of an Irish-Scots immigrant and a Texas farm girl, McCallion grew up in Tucson. She heard — and was obviously influenced by — the Norteño sounds of her Southwest side neighborhood, her older sister’s Beatles’ records, and 1970s and 1980s radio rock, mixed with her dad’s Irish trad and her mother’s Texas old-time country. Throw in ...