Seventy-eight Turkmen from Albuquerque's sister city Ashgabat, Turkmenistan are coming to Albuquerque to participate in a one-time evening concert at the Downtown Hyatt Regency. Their visit is part of Turkmen Culture Days in the U.S., a good-will cultural exchange between the U.S. and Turkmenistan governments. Turkmen dancers showcasing traditional dance and music of the famous Silk Road will be joined by Native American performers, including the renowned Pueblo of Pojoaque Buffalo Dance Group and Hopi hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance accompanied by his father–singer/drummer Steve LaRance. Dancers from the National Institute of Flamenco will also participate, showcasing the local Spanish roots.

The Hollands! are a full-time internationally touring family based in the U.S. via Australia with a knack for engaging audiences and rousing a sing-a-long. They are 21st century nomadic travelers who frolic in the organic folk revival scene. Jana, Craig, and kids Graciana and Banjo bring their home wherever they go, sharing their Celtic, multi-instrumental music.

Three years after stepping away from a full-time music career to attend graduate school, Vienna Teng returns with a new sound and a new approach to songwriting and recording. What emerged from that process is her most uptempo, pop-influenced album yet—and full of surprises, even to its creators. "This album is rekindling my love affair with music, and with the world, really,” says Teng. The evening will start with a live on-stage interview by Art of the Song hosts John Dillon and Vivian Nesbitt.

The Hollands! are a full-time internationally touring family based in the U.S. via Australia with a knack for engaging audiences and rousing a sing-a-long. They are 21st century nomadic travelers who frolic in the organic folk revival scene. Jana, Craig, and kids Graciana and Banjo bring their home wherever they go, sharing their Celtic, multi-instrumental music.

Singer-songwriter Dan Hicks is truly an American original. Since the early 1960s, Hicks has deftly blended elements of Swing, Jazz, Folk and Country music to create the appealing sound he sometimes calls "Folk Jazz." The lyrics of his songs range from the simply sublime to the sublimely ridiculous, all presented with his uniquely skewed and inscrutable touch. Dan's irresistible sense of rhythm, hip lyrical styling, laid-back vocalizing, and infamous on-stage wit will make most who listen fans for life. His long-awaited Christmas album, "Crazy for Christmas," is "necessary for any holiday hipster... a good fit for those who love the holiday, but are absolutely sick of what comes out speakers everywhere each December." (The Mountain Times, North Carolina)

MarchFourth Marching Band is a high-energy surrealist global-groove alternative big band, propelled by electric bass, diverse percussion ensemble, and brassy horn section. Visually enhanced by costumed dancing beauties, acrobatic stilt walkers, fire, and theatrics, Portland, OR-based M4 invokes dancing in the streets and beyond! MarchFourth writes and performs its own material, and also draws inspiration from an eclectic range of worldwide influences, such as Eastern European Gypsy Brass, Samba, Funk, Afro-Beat, Big-Band, Jazz, and Rock music, as well as television, film, circus, and Vaudeville. Discover for yourself why this band's previous Albuquerque concerts have been sell-outs!

There’s a reason he’s been called Hawaii’s Renaissance man: George Kahumoku Jr. is a 4-time Grammy® Award winner in Hawaiian music as well as multiple Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winner. He is a slack key guitar master, songwriter, world-traveling performer, high school and college teacher, artist and sculptor, storyteller and writer, farmer, chef, and entrepreneur. He continues to produce at least one new CD per year, from solo works to his award-winning Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar series, based on his long-running weekly Slack Key Show on Maui with some of the finest performers in Hawaiian music. George's workshop will take participants through the fundamentals of slack key 'Ukulele.

Led Kaapana's mastery of stringed instruments, particularly slack key guitar, and his extraordinary baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voices, have made him a musical legend. He has been thrilling audiences for more than 40 years. With easy-going style and kolohe (rascal) charm, he has built a loyal corps of Led Heads from Brussels to his birthplace on the Big Island of Hawaii. Recognition by his peers earned Led 4 Grammy nominations in his own right and 2 wins on slack key compilations.

Four-time Grammy-winner, master slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr., known as "Hawai'i's Renaissance Man," is also a multiple Na Hōkū Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy) Award winner. He will be joined by Led Kaapana, whose mastery of stringed instruments, particularly slack key guitar, and his extraordinary baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voices, have made him a musical legend.

Leon Russell has been called a rock and roll Renaissance man, and indeed there is little that this Oklahoma-bred singer-pianist hasn't done. His half-century in music stretches from his teen years in Oklahoma in the late Fifties (after Leon graduated from high school, his band, the Starlighters, went on the road with Jerry Lee Lewis) to his recent inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, as well as his collaboration with Elton John. Over the course of five decades, Russell has proven himself to be a proudly eclectic product of America's vast musical landscape.

Hailing from Tucson, Ryanhood has developed a reputation around the country as one of the most entertaining and engaging acoustic duos around. Their airtight vocal harmonies, along with Ryan Green's rapidly precise guitar riffs and Cameron Hood's soulfully rich lead vocals, create the pleasantly distinguishable "Ryanhood" sound. This show is a CD release party celebrating their latest album, "Start Somewhere." Run Boy Run, acclaimed for its captivating three-part female harmony and masterful fiddle work, will open the show.

A Fred Eaglesmith show features a mix of passionate, funny and moving music, ridiculously funny comedy, honest tears and poignant observations all at once. Eaglesmith's commentary on affairs—current ones as well as those of the heart—is hilarious, uproarious, and provocative, as are his plainspoken zen observations. As one reviewer said, "It takes a jaded soul to leave a Fred Eaglesmith show unaffected." Or as Fred's fans (known as "Fredheads") say, "You get religion." Nobody is sure how it works, it just does.

John McCutcheon has emerged as one of our most respected and loved folksingers. As an instrumentalist, he is a master of a dozen different traditional instruments, most notably the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer. His songwriting has been hailed by critics and singers around the globe. His recordings have garnered every imaginable honor, including seven Grammy nominations. He has produced over twenty albums by other artists. His books and instructional materials have introduced budding players to the joys of their own musicality. And his commitment to grassroots political organizations has put him on the front lines of many of the issues important to communities and workers.

The Boston-formed Pixies have been acclaimed as the most influential pioneering band of the late 80s alt/rock movement. Their five studio releases and initial six years together effectively blazed the path for groups like Nirvana, Radiohead and Pearl Jam to rise to superstardom. After reuniting in 2004, the band has been playing sold-out shows all over the world. For this tour, the band is promising the most wide-ranging concert set-lists of Pixies music in their career, including songs never before played live. Surf-pop band Best Coast will open the show.

Carlos Núñez is one of Galicia’s most revered artists, undisputed as the tradition’s greatest piper. He is well known in Irish music circles, thanks to his early "adoption" by The Chieftains (so close was his musical and personal connection he was dubbed "The Seventh Chieftain"). Núñez’s music draws on influences that range from ancient and contemporary Celtic (with a unique Spanish swing) to Medieval and Baroque, and also borrows from the sounds and styles of the places where Galicians have settled, including Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, even the United States.

Donna the Buffalo's feel-good, groove-oriented, danceable and often socially conscious music all began almost 25 years ago with roots in old time fiddle music that evolved into a soulful electric Americana mix infused with elements of cajun/zydeco, rock, folk, reggae, and country. Donna the Buffalo is known for touring the country remaining fiercely independent as one of the industry’s most diverse roots-music bands and has "earned a reputation as one of the most respected, eclectic and hardest-working acts today," praises Encore.

One of the great 20th century American folk singers—and consummate storytellers—returns to the KiMo for a highly entertaining evening of folk favorites, amusing stories, and witty anecdotes. Arlo carries on the musical legacy of his famous father, Woody Guthrie, while cultivating a new generation of fans along the way. The Here Come The Kids Tour will have an emphasis on the best-loved songs and stories the Guthrie family closely associate with the distinguished patriarch, while also drawing from the extensive catalog of songs by friends such as Leadbelly, Cisco Houston and Brownee McGee.

From Spanish guitar techniques to Latino rhythms to North African beats, through to the Aegean spirit evident in the bouzouki music and festive dancing of his Greek heritage, Pavlo's sound has appropriately been dubbed "Mediterranean Music." His dazzling guitar work is augmented by the playing of his virtuosi band members on the bouzouki, bass, and percussion. The sizzle and energy emanating from the stage at his live performances have earned Pavlo the nickname, "The Greek God of the Guitar."

Award-winning guitar phenomenon Jesse Cook returns to Albuquerque! His fiery, passionate, and percussive guitar work and soulful artistry make him an electrifying live performer. His latest TV special, "Jesse Cook: Live at the Bathurst Street Theatre," recorded live in Toronto, will be broadcast on PBS stations around the country.