AMP Concerts - About Us

AMP Concerts became an official business on September 10, 2004 and became a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation in 2007. Prior to that, AMP founder Neal Copperman spent four years putting on house concerts, sporadic small shows and volunteering everywhere. AMP's goal is to complement the music available around town, providing additional chances to experience world, folk, acoustic and Americana music in comfortable listening rooms.

The AMP logo means several things:

quality music in a suitable environment
no-smoking shows
good sound
concerts that start (and end!) at a reasonable time

AMP's Neal Copperman on the street's of Sevilla, Spain
photo by Rhonda H.

Press

AMP Concerts' series of shows in homes comes to an end after seven years from the Albuquerque Tribune, 8/24/07
Concert promoters bring musical diversity to the Duke City from the Albuquerque Tribune, 6/1/2007
KUNM's Performance New Mexico feature on the Bosque House Concerts. This audio is courtesy of KUNM 89.9 FM, 3/21/2005.
Down-Home Music (PDF) from Albuquerque The Magazine, January 2005
Living room, folding chairs, eats: Welcome to the concert venue (PDF) from the Albuquerque Tribune, 11/5/2004
AMP evolves into music presenter (PDF) from abqARTS, November 2004
AMP House Concerts from XLRadar.org, September 2004
House music: The concert scene is as close as your living room (PDF) from the Albuquerque Journal, 3/31/2002
House concerts open the door to a unique concert experience (PDF) from abqARTS, March 2002

List of Past Concerts

2009:
Sam Bush Band with The Band Of Heathens - KiMo Theatre
The Band Of Heathens - The Cooperage
Adrian Legg - The Cooperage
John McCutcheon - South Broadway Cultural Center
John McCutcheon Family Show - South Broadway Cultural Center
Joan Baez - National Hispanic Cultural Center
Asylum Street Spankers - Santa Fe Brewing Company
California Guitar Trio - The Cooperage
Corinne West - The Source
Boulder Acoustic Society - The Cooperage
Willy Porter and Michael Chapdelaine - The Cooperage
Hawaiian Treasures Celebration Tour with George Kahumoku Jr., Dennis Kamakahi and Richard Ho'opi'i - South Broadway Cultural Center
Bruce Cockburn - KiMo Theatre
Amanda Palmer with The Dirty Novels - Santa Fe Brewing Company
Po'Girl with JT and the Clouds - The Cooperage
Todd Snider with Eva Ave & Carlosaur - The Cooperage
Vienna Teng - Outpost Performance Space
Susan Gibson with Jana Pochop and Lisa Gill - The Source
Extra Golden - The Cooperage
The Waybacks - The Cooperage
Mbira dzeMuninga with Wagogo - The Cooperage
Lucinda Williams with The Flatlanders and Ryan Bingham - Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
Jonathan Richman - The Launchpad
Laurie Anderson - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (Dome Projections) and KiMo Theatre (concert)
ZoukFest Celebration with Randal Bays, Eliot Grasso, Moira Smiley and Roger Landes - Outpost Performance Space
Rahim AlHaj and Amjad Ali Khan - Keller Hall
Jenny Lewis and Heartless Bastards - Santa Fe Brewing Company
Thomas Mapfumo - Santa Fe Brewing Company

2008:
The Band Of Heathens - Puccini's Golden West Saloon
Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
Chuck Prophet - Puccini's Golden West Saloon
Sofia with Jeremy "JT" Lindsay - Puccini's Golden West Saloon
George Winston - KiMo Theatre
Dan Zanes and Friends - National Hispanic Cultural Center (See pictures!)
The Orchid Ensemble - South Broadway Cultural Center
Caji & Salomé - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
Javier Colis and Perla Batalla - Puccini's Golden West Saloon
the everybodyfields and The Section Quartet - One Up
David Munnelly Band - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
Perú Negro - National Hispanic Cultural Center
Arlo Guthrie - KiMo Theatre
The English Beat - Sunshine Theater
Steve Poltz with Po'Girl - The Cooperage
Jim Lauderdale with Shaylor Alley - The Cooperage
Abi Tapia and Beth Wood - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas - South Broadway Cultural Center
Bob Malone - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
Leo Kottke - KiMo Theatre
Asylum Street Spankers - The Cooperage
Wilco with Retribution Gospel Choir - Popejoy Hall
Mark Olson - The Cooperage
Blue Rodeo with Luke Doucet and the White Falcon - Santa Fe Brewing Company
Beirut with The Brunettes - Santa Fe Brewing Company
Cowboy Junkies - KiMo Theatre
X with Detroit Cobras - Santa Fe Brewing Company
The Waybacks - The Cooperage
Anaïs Mitchell and Antje Duvekot - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
Moira Smiley and VOCO - Robertson and Sons Violin Center
Drive-By Truckers - Santa Fe Brewing Company
Lissa Schneckenburger and Laura Cortese - First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque
Hassan Hakmoun - National Hispanic Cultural Center
Quetzal and Concepto Tambor - National Hispanic Cultural Center
Yonder Mountain String Band - Santa Fe Brewing Company
Fishtank Ensemble - The Cooperage
Lyle Lovett & his Large Band - Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
Gipsy Kings - Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
Nels Andrews and Dameon Lee - The Cooperage
Tim Finn and Kimo - Lobo Theater
¡Globalquerque! (New Mexico's Fourth Annual World Music Celebration)
- National Hispanic Cultural Center
Laurianne Fiorentino and Wendy Rule - GiG Performance Space
Fred Eaglesmith and Corb Lund - The Cooperage
David Byrne - Kiva Auditorium
Chirgilchin - South Broadway Cultural Center
Great Big Sea - The El Rey Theater
Fiamma Fumana - The Cooperage
Greg Brown - KiMo Theatre
The Guerrilla Girls - KiMo Theatre
My Brightest Diamond and Clare & the Reasons - The Cooperage

2006:
Acoustic Eidolon - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
Rodney Crowell - KiMo Theatre
Greg Brown - The Lobo Theater
Lura - The El Rey Theater
Po'Girl - Puccini's Golden West Saloon
The Kennedys - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
The Karan Casey Band - The Lobo Theater
Tengir-Too - KiMo Theatre
Solas - St. Francis Auditorium (Santa Fe)
Solas - Lobo Theater
Son Volt, Drive-By Truckers and Curt Kirkwood - The El Rey Theater
Perla Batalla - The El Rey Theater
Harry Manx - N4^th Theater
Slaid Cleaves - N4^th Theater
Toubab Krewe - Puccini's Golden West Saloon
The Greencards - N4^th Theater
Asylum Street Spankers - Outpost Performance Space
¡Globalquerque! Preview Concert - The Lensic, Santa Fe
¡Globalquerque! (New Mexico's Second Annual World Music Celebration)
- National Hispanic Cultural Center
Lúnasa - KiMo Theatre
James McMurtry - Puccini's Golden West Saloon
Fred Eaglesmith - Puccini's Golden West Saloon
Joan Baez - KiMo Theatre
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández - NHCC's Roy E. Disney Performing Arts Center
Rachael Sage - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
Mavis Staples - KiMo Theatre
Anna Wolfe - The Windchime Champagne Gallery
Thomas Dolby and BT - The El Rey Theater
Otis Taylor and Boulder Acoustic Society - Puccini's Golden West Saloon

2005:
The Peter Rowan-Tony Rice Quartet with Raising Cane - The Lobo Theater
Casey Neill - Outpost Performance Space
AJ Roach and Nels Andrews - Winning Coffee Co.
Ana Egge - Winning Coffee Co.
The Waybacks - The Lobo Theater
Drum Drum: Music and Dance from Papua New Guinea - Airdance Artspace
Small Potatoes - Relaxations
Old Blind Dogs and The Next Chapter - The Lobo Theater
The Strawbs - The Lobo Theater
California Guitar Trio - The Lobo Theater (See pictures from the show!)
Wendy Colonna and Guy Forsyth - Gorilla Tango Comedy Theater
Steve Earle and Allison Moorer - The Lobo Theater
The R Carlos Nakai Quaret - KiMo Theatre
¡Globalquerque! (New Mexico's First Annual World Music Celebration)
- National Hispanic Cultural Center
Chicory and Chile: A New Mexico Concert for the Gulf Coast - KiMo Theater
Anna Wolfe - Winning Coffee Co.
The Greencards - The Windchime Champagne Gallery

2004:
Flook and Susan McKeown & The Chanting House - South Broadway Cultural Center
Eliza Gilkyson - Club Rhythm & Blues
Taj Mahal and the Hula Blues Band - The El Rey Theater
Lúnasa with Latvian duo ILGI - The Lobo Theater
Samite - Winning Coffee Co.
Prince Diabaté - Airdance Artspace - View photos
Neko Case, The Sadies and Dexter Romweber - The Lobo Theater