— —
Winnings Coffee Shop, Albuquerque, NM
Come join three fantastic singer songwriters for our second Songwriter Showcase and Listening Room of the Season. Beautiful tunes in an intimate, acoustic setting. Tuesday, March 6th, 7-8:45pm. Featuring sets and original songs by Nathan Holscher, David Bridwell, Mark Galik and Kristina Jacobsen.
Kristina Jacobsen:
“How a kid from Great Barrington, Massachusetts, came to play country music in a Navajo family band and go on to become a Ph.D. ethnomusicologist and the leader of an all-female honky-tonk band is a story I will pursue elsewhere. For now, let’s just say that Kristina Jacobsen’s first album, Three Roses, proves that she is a certified country singer/songwriter who couldn’t be more authentic if she had been born backstage at the Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport, a program that she celebrates in a song of the same name. She delivers her 11 originals in a yodeling alto that can warm your heart, bite off a searing denunciation, or celebrate good times with equal fervor. The songs revolve, for the most part, around family, both blood and chosen, and she is especially adept at portraits. “Long Returning Road,” written with Janni Littlepage, was inspired by the lives of two female ancestors whose dreams were torpedoed by life’s realities. “Inez” paints a Navajo woman—“A Latter Day Saint, but she drinks pop and whisky”—who’s been beaten down but not conquered. “Has-Been Cowboy” flips off a man turned into a bitter bully with a limp. “Dogs and Children” delivers a startling simile that compares an abused dog with its owner: “Like her, he’s a carcass on a chain.” “White Knuckles” tells of a successful woman’s emotional dislocation, and how her infant’s white knuckles grasping her finger relax her own frozen grip on anxiety. There’s grit, dust, desolation, and abandonment—hey, it’s country music—and love and redemption enough to make up for it. Jacobsen, who plays guitar and lap steel, is backed by a fine group of musicians, and they help her, as she says in her song “Ms. Loretta Lynn,” “sing it sassy . . . sing it downright brassy.” Mel Minter, Musically Speaking
Listen to Kristina’s songs, here:
https://soundcloud.com/kristinajacobsenmusic/sets/three-roses-album-preview
David Bridwell:
"David Bridwell sings about spiders, social awareness, bad drivers, and bad break ups."
Listen to David's songs, here: https://www.davidbridwell.com/videos
Nathan Holscher:
“Before moving to New Mexico 6 years ago, Nathan Holscher performed in Cincinnati, Ohio where he was nominated for 3 Cincinnati Entertainment awards in the Singer/Songwriter Category. Both albums he made while living in Cincinnati earned spots on the Euro American Chart and received favorable reviews and radio play in northern Europe and locally in Cincinnati. He has long been drawn to the Southwest, which provides the setting for many of his songs.”
Listen to Nate’s songs, here:
https://www.sonicbids.com/band/nathanholscher/audio/
Mark Galik:
“Mark Galik is a musician and songwriter from Cincinnati, OH, currently based in Albuquerque,NM. His music has often been described as unpredictable, yet thoughtful. He has recorded one album, entitled "Peace Through A Combine," under the name Mars AG. Most recently, Mark has studied songwriting under Dr. Kristina Jacobsen of the University of New Mexico. The second full-length Mars AG album will be released early in 2018.”