musicians

sunny war

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

It's no secret that great art comes from the margins. From those who are either pushed to create from inner forces, or who create to show they deserve to be recognized. Los Angeles-based street singer, guitarist, and roots music revolutionary Sunny War has always been an outsider, always felt the drive to define her place in the world through music and songwriting.

As a young black girl growing up in Nashville, she searched for her own roots, looking first to the blues she heard from her mother's boyfriend, and learning from a local guitarist. Moving to Los Angeles in her teens, she searched for herself in the LA punk scene, playing house shows with FIDLAR, and shoplifting DVDs from big box stores to trade at Amoeba Records for 80s punk albums. But here too she found herself on the outside, working to bridge her foundation in country blues and American roots guitar traditions with the punk scene she called home. She first made her name with this work, bringing a wickedly virtuosic touch on the fingerstyle guitar that sprang from her own self-discoveries on the instrument. But her restless spirit, a byproduct of growing up semi-nomadic with a single mother, led her to Venice Beach, California, where she's been grinding the pavement for some years now, making a name for her prodigious guitar work and incisive songwriting, which touches on everything from police violence to alcoholism to love found and lost.

Iriebellion

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Iriebellion, is a 5 piece, conscious reggae root's band from Taos, New Mexico. Their original music integrates catchy hooks, memorable progressions with high energy bass lines and brilliant guitar solos.

Gritty vocals and hip hop raps bring a positive message in their music. Iriebellion is currently in the studio working on their first album and continue to perform live. The bands talent, hard work and chemistry has granted them the honor to open for Legendary bands like:

Israel Vibration & Roots Radics, Stephen Marley, Hirie, Skanks Roots Project and many more!

the blood moon howlers

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

The Blood Moon Howlers are an American four-piece rock band formed in Los Angeles. Core members include Matt Wayne (guitar/vocals), JuJu (bass/vocals/keys), Brandon Cooke (drums/percussion) and Evan Hatfield (saxophone/sitar/keys). Featuring dual male and female lead vocals with whiskey drenched heavy swampy blues rock, flecks of smokey burlesque and psychedelic tendencies. The band formed in January of 2017 and since then has released 2 EPs, multiple singles and played venues all over Southern California and through the Southwest.

They recently released a full-length album, Mad Man’s Ruse, including an original song featured on the film "Sugar Babe” and are getting ready to head out on tour through the Southwest and West Coast in the fall.

michael jost

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Born in Dreieich, just outside of Frankfurt Germany, guitarist Michael Jost (pronounced ‘yoast’), found his way to the bohemian Venice Beach boardwalk, in Los Angeles California, where he now lives and makes music.

Owing to Michael’s unique European heritage, his rigorous classical training, and his 21st Century American experience, you can hear something very different in his passionate, Spanish-style guitar. Michael’s travel companion is Miss Lucy, a Flamenca guitar built by Tomas Delgado of Candelas Guitars. She has a strong character, with a warm and beautiful sound.

Michael has a unique sound. His music is a journey in time and space fueled by his passion for music and his instrument. His influences are very multicoloured and involve different styles, continents and time periods from Paco De Lucia and Stravinsky to Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd.

No two of Michael’s live performances are ever the same, drawing from his recent albums, Zeitlos and California Burning, as well as unreleased songs from his upcoming album, Concierto.

Zeitlos is a timeless and unique blend of acoustic, classical and flamenco styles, entwined with the sounds and soul of Venice, California. His earlier album, California Burning, is a psychedelic fusion of electric and acoustic guitar.

Cristina Vane

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Cristina Vane is taking the town by storm with her unique blend of blues and folk. Originally from Europe, she draws from such a great host of influences that it is impossible to compare her music to any one artist. That being said, she draws decisively from country blues, delta blues, and American folk music, creating her own flavor of the blues. Whether on the Venice boardwalk busking by the beach or on a stage in Mississippi, her signature resonator bottleneck playing and powerful vocals are unmistakable and unforgettable.

Before falling in love with the blues, Cristina spent her childhood and adolescence studying classical voice, music theory, piano and flute, ever consumed by music. She has love for many kinds of music, ranging from baroque classical to punk and metal. This theme continues throughout her career today; while she predominantly plays slide guitar, she employs fingerpicking, acoustic, electric guitar techniques, as well as clawhammer banjo playing.

Cristina had been performing in the Southern California area for nearly four years when she embarked on a 5 month tour, summer of 2018. While Cristina spent summers gigging in both New York and London previous to her move to Venice, she had never traveled the United States extensively and found her tour to be a personal and musical success. Her effervescent and edgy personality make for entrancing live performances, which she has honed with hours of practice playing in venues across the country as well as busking for the public on Venice Beach for several years. It is safe to say Cristina lives through music, it saturates her life and is, for her, a necessary vehicle for expression.

Billy STobo

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Born from the tradition of bringing good stories to music, Brother Billy’s first release “Don’t Fall Asleep on the Tracks” has conjured up spirits of the past with tales of jilted love, pointed historical commentary, and folks having raucous good time.

With the evocative puberty anthem “Red Ribbon” to the cynical retort of “Your Grand Design” he gets right to the sweet, the sad, and the naughty.

His Hopeless Choir is a revolving door of many talented musicians that give a little to help a lot in lifting up the spirit of his oh-so-spirited music.

From the snow-capped mountains of Oklahoma to the pale-painted deserts of Louisiana – from the coal-firing cost of California to the sweeping serenity of New York City – everyone could use the kind of smile that comes from spending a little time with Brother Billy.

LAST TO KNOW

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Last to Know is a six-piece band blending the heartiest world rhythms with jam-band passion, while muddying the lines between Americana roots music, country, disco, funk, and bluegrass.

the second wind endeavor

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

The Second Wind Endeavor is a musical collective with our feet on the ground and our heads in the clouds. Our music is based on a foundation of rock and roll, folk, and old-time, but we seek to learn from, and incorporate, influences from roots music around the world.

The Second Wind Endeavor (t͟hə ˈse-kənd ˈwind in-ˈde-vər) n.
The behavior by which one attempts to bring about the renewal of energy or commitment to a cause or effort; the bid to prompt rebirth of gusto.

SUZY WILLIAMS

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Suzy Williams, deemed by LA Weekly as “LA’s Diva Deluxe”, has played venues from Carnegie Hall to the Canary Islands with Van Dyke Parks, Buster Poindexter, Marc Shaiman, Nicholas Ray, and the Pilobolus dance troupe, among others.

Bette Midler, Horace Silver, Roosevelt Sykes, Ann Magnuson, Eubie Blake, Odetta, and Hadda Brooks have praised her passionate singing and vibrant energy. Her original songs will leave you laughing, sobbing, or both.

eugene boronow trio

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

"Someday, I know, we'll walk in the sun." The Eugene Boronow Trio performs regularly in the Tucson area. The original music is strong on melodies, with a unique sound that grabs the attention of every listener.

el duelo

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

The guitar duo “El Duelo” are the guitarists Rick Boston and Michael Jost. They will take you on a timeless ride through an eclectic soundscape of flamenco & gypsy influences, full of love & passion, cooking up a musical meal with some flavors that have not been mixed quite like this before!

adrienne braswell

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

ADRIENNE BRASWELL (TAOS) Adrienne Braswell is an Award winning Taos Singer/Songwriter at the New Mexico Music Awards. Her knock-out voice and multi-genre muse of Indiefolk-Blues-Jazz-MysticalPop have taken her to many stages, from the vibrant Austin club scene to The Copa Cabana in New York City; sharing venues with B.B. King, Jimmy la Fave and Lyle Lovett to name a few!

MAYA ROSE & ESMÉ O

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Maya Rose & Esmé O. are singing soul sisters born of Mestiza heritage in traditional Tewa & Tiwa lands known as Santa Fe & Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their heart songs offer a hopeful prayer for all of the wild bodies of Earth, with a symbiotic mix of voice, guitar, keyboard, drums, live looping & love.

"What can I do? Everything asks me to sing, sing forever."
-Pablo Neruda

hannah kligman

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Non-verbal: a solo experience in encoding and decoding sounds

Electric violinist H. Kligman bows up freely improvisational notes on her handmade violin and effects pedals. Influenced by a classical music upbringing, and an adult life of folk, rock, and jazz music conversations, Kligman captures intuition and exploration in her music. Sounds and vibrations can capture human emotion, and the rhythms of the natural world, when words fail.

orlando & nicole

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Local Taoseños Orlando and Nicole are a husband and wife musical duo. Creating all original songs, infusing poetic hip hop and soulful singing with finger style guitar.

GUILLERMO MARTINEZ

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

My name is Guillermo Martinez. I grew up here in Taos, New Mexico working in the fields with my family. I started playing guitar in the 5th grade for a mariachi band called Jaguar Encantado. See you on the mesa!

performers

tribal fusion bellydance

Friday / time tbc / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / time tbc / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

multimedia artists

Koncept films

Friday / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Created in January 2001 by Producer/Director, Karen Criswell, Koncept Films is an independent film production company working off of a mixed media and social issues model. Projects center around topics relevant in contemporary society; supported by art, music, poetry, language, and a multi-layered visual approach. The experience of the projects created should be one of emotional, intellectual, and philosophical connection with an intent to promote awareness and conversation. 

Partnerships and affiliations with artists, and organizations that are striving to produce quality work, push artistic boundaries, and stretch the borders of creative expression, is all part of the network that Koncept Films is striving to achieve. 

KONCEPT FILMS is a KonceptualArt.com affiliate

vendors

the art of jisk27

Friday / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Jisk grew up in Taos Canyon just east of Taos, New Mexico. Living in the mountains growing up gave him a strong sense of wonder. Jisk’s work reflects the magic of Northern New Mexico as well as places he has traveled that have inspired him, such as the temples and pyramids of the Yucatån, Guatemala and Chiapas. His work brings the awe and wonder back into our everyday lives and encourages us to see the Magic that is always present.

It is easy in our fast paced lives to lose this magic due to routine and common perception. Jisk's work is dynamic and colorful and has a sense of precision. Clean lines and smooth fades are part of what makes his work so memorable. He is an entrepreneurial artist, carving his niche, and learning his profession along the way . Creating a life is a beautiful process that was never meant to be easy.

Jisk encourages us all to find our own passions and commit to what we love and follow our true calling in life, whatever that may be…

ColiBrilla

Friday / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

ColiBrilla is a small, life honoring business based in Taos, New Mexico. We specialize in hand made, one of a kind, sacred art and jewelry, inspired by nature, Earth’s wisdom traditions, and the call of these times to bring forth all that is within us for the evolution of consciousness, the awakening of the True Human Being, and the preservation of Life and Wisdom for all future generations.

ColiBrilla is a living prayer for humanity, the Earth Mother, and all Her children. Through our hand made crafts, sourced consciously and lovingly from the natural world, we are living our prayer of honoring The Divine Mother, The Sacred Feminine, and embodying The Balance and Sacred Union of Masculine and Feminine Energies. Our work is for healing and transformation. It is for saying yes to Life, our innocence, playfulness, creativity, and inner callings. We create beauty to awaken the Divine Gifts that lay dormant within us, that we might bring those gifts into form NOW, to lift each other up, inspire one another in the radical expression of that part of us that knows we are here for a reason! The world NEEDS our gifts and our resilient aliveness more than ever! Let your Hummingbird Shine!!

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PrimeMyBody

Friday / October 18
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

Saturday / October 19
The Bedouin Tent @ Hotel Luna Mystica / Taos

You Become What You Believe.

PrimeMyBody is a health, wellness and lifestyle company that embraces the movement to raise awareness on the importance of living a clean and healthy lifestyle; what you put in and on your body matters. 

What we accept into our lives, both through our mind and body, has a direct impact on our overall wellness. Our goals is to join our Affiliates and customers on their wellness journey to help educate and empower them about better living, and how they can become an example for others to follow.