Every year Camp Mabina brings Zimbabwe's finest musicians and dancers to the Synergia ranch for two weeks of intensive African music and dance workshops. We are happy to once again be offering a kick-off concert in partnership with the camp. Camp Mabina always provides an exceptional staff of teachers to share their culture, music, and dance. This time out we've got Musekiwa Chingodza, Tendai Muparutsa, Rujeko Dumbutshena, Jennifer Kyker, Lauri Benblat, Alyson Steinman and Armando Ortega. Fun!

Eliza Rickman is one of those bright young artists that are perfectly suited for the intimate environment of a house concert. Her debut EP, Gild the Lily, features her stunning vocals and an antique toy piano, an instrument she also features in concert (it's much easier to travel with than a full piano). Eliza's music is a playful mix of traditional folk, gothic weirdness, and crystal-clear vocals, blended together with an impressive musicality.

Bookworks, ABC Libraries and AMP Concerts are very proud to present award-winning science fiction/fantasy and young adult fiction author Paolo Bacigalupi. Paolo is an exceptional writer and a master storyteller. His debut novel "The Windup Girl" was named by Time Magazine as one of the ten best novels of 2009, and also won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Compton Crook, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards. Paolo will be reading from and speaking about his newest novel, "The Drowned Cities."

Mala Maña is an all female percussion band made up of members from around the world, playing Latin, African and mixed-global rhythms. They came together in November of 2009 with the idea of gathering friends and playing music together. Since then, they've added members and songs and have now played all over town, growing as a group all the time.

This year, ZoukFest is returning to Santa Fe, but we have had such a good time doing closing concerts that we are going to keep the tradition alive with Irish music masters Mick O’Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. If we are lucky, we'll get some other ZoukFest instructors to drop in and add to the fun.

In April of 2011, Rounder Records released the eagerly anticipated Alison Krauss and Union Station album, "Paper Airplane." The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart, Bluegrass Albums Chart and #3 on the Top 200 Album Chart. A truly breathtaking collection of 11 exquisite songs, "Paper Airplane" is Krauss’ 14th album and the band’s follow-up to 2004’s triple Grammy® winning "Lonely Runs Both Ways" (Rounder). It is Krauss’ first release since her 2007 internationally acclaimed, multi-platinum collaboration with Robert Plant, "Raising Sand," which won six Grammys including “Record Of The Year” and “Album Of The Year.”

Over The Rhine's Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, named to Paste magazine's list of 100 Best Living Songwriters, began performing together in 1990 in local Cincinnati clubs and gathering places. Their first show drew about 20 people, most of them friends. But even from these somewhat humble beginnings, audiences immediately believed they had stumbled onto something special. Enveloping their listeners like family, Karin and Linford kept them close to the fold with simple candle-lit stages and playful handwritten newsletters. But above all else, it was the band's songs that drew in more and more eager fans. Karin's voice, full of longing and love, seemed to pierce the soul and became the unmistakable focal point of Over The Rhine's richly spiritual music.

Born on the Canadian Piapot Cree Indian reserve, legendary singer-songwriter Buffy Saint-Marie came to prominence during the mid-60s as part of New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene alongside contemporaries Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell. Artists such as Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin and Taj Mahal turned her early songs into hits, while her own successful recording career has spanned eighteen albums. Buffy also has a PhD in Fine Arts and is a tireless political activist, continuing to represent the rights of indigenous peoples worldwide.

Born on a tobacco farm in London, Ky., in 1959, and raised in E. Gary, Indiana, Darrell Scott was part of a musical family. His father Wayne, a steelworker by trade but a songwriter in his heart, moved his clan to Southern California when Darrell was 11. Soon Darrell and his brothers were part of their dad's band, getting on-the-job training in country music. Darrell's solo CDs, session work, touring gigs with Steve Earle's Bluegrass Dukes (of which he remains a member), Guy Clark, and Newgrass Revival founder Sam Bush, and his own live shows have steadily drawn reviews even payola can't buy. The evening will start with a live interview by John and Viv from Art of the Song Creativity Radio, followed by a full concert performance.

¡Globalquerque! takes over the whole campus of the National Hispanic Cultural Center on September 21 and 22! Each night features three stages of artist from around the world. And don't forget the free Global Fiesta on Saturday from 10:30 AM-4 PM!

¡Globalquerque! takes over the whole campus of the National Hispanic Cultural Center on September 21 and 22! Each night features three stages of artist from around the world. And don't forget the free Global Fiesta on Saturday from 10:30 AM-4 PM!

The legendary Laurie Anderson, icon of the electronic art and music world, will perform her brand new show as part of ISEA2012. The piece, entitled "DIRTDAY!", looks at politics, theories of evolution, families, history and animals in a riotous and soulful collection of songs and stories. Set against a detailed and lush sonic landscape, the stories and music create a unique picture of a hallucinatory world made of dreams and reality. The third and last in her series of solo story works, which includes "Happiness" and "The End of the Moon," "DIRTDAY!" is the culmination of Anderson's ground breaking work in this genre.

Rasputina works as an anomaly in popular music. By ignoring fashion trends and maintaining artistic integrity coupled with musical enthusiasm, the group has thrived as time has passed. They expose passionate fans to historical tales, and inspire young string players to seek alternatives to the classical world. Faun Fables' work is a sea of gorgeous elemental nitty gritty: haunting melodies, breath, stomping, and natural theatricality led by the voice of Dawn McCarthy. It is a crossroads where ancient ballad, art song, physical theater and rock music meet.

Jim Malcolm is the ultimate Scots troubadour. Traveling the world with his guitar, harmonicas, and engaging wit, he sings the traditional songs of Scotland and his own masterfully crafted songs in a style which is modern and accessible, yet utterly authentic. He is highly regarded as an interpreter of the songs of Robert Burns, and has been described as “one of the finest singers in Scotland in any style.”