New Mexico Black Leadership Council

Tag: R&B

  • Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations

    Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations

    Nominated for 12 Tony Awards and 2019 winner  for Best Choreography, Ain’t Too Proud recounts the group’s personal and political conflicts during a decade of civil unrest in America. And of course it includes the band’s hits, like “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready,” “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” and more.

    Tickets HERE.

  • AfroMundo Festival: Spellbound featuring Riva Nyri Précil

    AfroMundo Festival: Spellbound featuring Riva Nyri Précil

    Don’t miss the closer of AfroMundo’s FREE festival! Riva Nyri Précil will bring her famed fusion of Haïtian music with African roots, American R&B, Soul, and Jazz to Albuquerque. She will be joined by Racine Kreyol and Friends—a New Mexican ensemble that promotes Afro-Haitian Roots music!

    Members of the Friends include Haitian-Americans Duke Germain, Adolphe Pierre-Louis and Jacob Decimus. Also featured are Karl Taylor on Bass, Santana Kujawa on lead guitar, Wayne Johnson on drums, and Todd Lowery on keyboards.

    The event is FREE but reservations for the concert are required.

    Doors open at 6:30. Event starts at 7:00, but ticket holders must arrive by 6:45 to prevent their tickets from being released to the waitlist.

  • Love and Luther: the Music of Luther Vandross

    Love and Luther: the Music of Luther Vandross

    Celebrate Black History Month and Valentine’s Day at the African American Performing Arts Center! Albuquerque’s finest musical artists will honor the romantic musical achievements of Luther Vandross. Pre-show cocktail hour available for an additional fee.

  • The Temptations

    The Temptations

    Named one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Artists of All Time,” the Temptations celebrate their 60th anniversary by continuing to do what they do best, entertaining and inspiring legions of fans with a blend of modern and classic sounds.

    Doors at 6:00. Tickets start at $39.

  • Broken Boxes Community Event ftg. Sterlin Harjo

    Broken Boxes Community Event ftg. Sterlin Harjo

    Join Mario Ybarra, Jr., Sterlin Harjo, and Cannupa Hanska Luger for a community celebration and conversation!

     

    1-2:30 pm: FAMILY ART WORKSHOP – Shoebox Parade Float

    All ages are invited to make a mini parade float to present during the DJ party with Mario Ybarra Jr. afterward.

    2-4 pm: COMMUNITY GATHERING – Mario Ybarra Jr.: Nuevo Complexican

    Shake off the week with a Día de los Muertos celebration featuring Mario Ybarra Jr., an acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist and culture worker. Dance to old-school R&B records and enjoy local food trucks, music, community art making, and more!

    5-8 pm: CONVERSATION & FILM – Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger 

    Award-winning 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellow Seminole/Muscogee filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs) will introduce a screening of his Indigenous artist-focused documentary film, Love and Fury. Then there will be a live audience recording of the Broken Boxes podcast series Long Con, an ongoing conversation between Harjo and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.

  • Motown & Soul Music Show

    Motown & Soul Music Show

    The Fabulous Soul Brothers present a tribute to The Temptations, The 4 Tops, James Brown, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and more! VIP seating is sold out, so grab your tickets quick by calling the box office at 615-379-3887.

     

    Show starts at 5:00, doors at 4:30. $10 parking.

  • Acute Inflections

    Acute Inflections

    NYC’s “Jazzy R&B Duo” is coming to Albuquerque for an intimate, playful show of their signature “Soulful Sounds.” Get your tickets HERE!

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