LUCY SALAZAR
Lucy Salazar is a nuevomexican born in Agua Fria, NM. She has been dancing since childhood as her grandfather, uncles, aunts and father all were musicians. She learned these traditional New Mexican Folk dances from her parents and grandparents and has made it her passion to preserve and teach these dances to the younger generation and anyone who may want to learn them.
She has been involved in teaching these dances, working through the New Mexico Arts Division Artist in Residence Program and The National Hispanic Cultural Center and private events throughout New Mexico.
Rosie Hutchinson
Rosalind (Rosie) Hutchinson was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Growing up in the North Valley, she was raised in a family of visual artists and began playing fiddle at age eight. Her first music teachers were Jeanie McLerie and Ken Keppeler of Bayou Seco, who introduced her to the fiddle traditions of the Southwest. They brought her along to learn from great songwriters like Cleofes Ortiz from Bernal, NM, Antonia Apodaca from Rociada, NM, and Elliot Johnson from the Tohono O’Odham Nation in Arizona. These musicians enthusiastically shared their tunes and traditions and encouraged her to always play, sing, remember, and share them. Now that all of these wonderful souls have passed on, it is more important than ever to keep spreading their joyful music.
Rosie currently lives in the South Valley of Albuquerque. Along with playing New Mexican dances, she also plays classical music, tours with rock bands, and composes experimental music. Rosie teaches French, New Mexican Fiddle, Violin, and horseback-riding, and does volunteer social media work for displaced people. Her most exciting new project is Tíos Míos, a New Mexican party and dance band with guitarist Kateri Lopez.
KATERI LOPEZ
Kateri Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist from Albuquerque’s South Valley. Her interest in music began to root itself while attending polvaderas (dusty dances) and local fiestas with her family. Her musical journey began at a young age, while accompanying her grandparents on guitar in their local Spanish choir. It was through this experience that she was first introduced to dances such as the Polka, Ranchera, y Valse. She continues to pursue music that inspires movement and dance with various musical projects in New Mexico. Forever drawing inspiration from the sounds of the Rio Grande Valley, Lopez has accompanied musicians within a wide variety of genres including Son Jarocho, Bilingual Classic Country, Old Time, and SW Fiddle Tunes. In addition to her musical interests, Kateri is an adobe mason who works with a New Mexico-based nonprofit that partners with communities to preserve their historic adobe buildings and teaches traditional building practices.
Kateri currently accompanies fiddle player Rosie Hutchinson in the NM duo, Tíos Míos.
LARA MANZANARES
Lara Manzanares is a singer/songwriter, weaver and designer currently based in Corrales. Her debut album “Land Baby” boasts an A-List of local musicians and was recognized with a Best Album award from the New Mexico Music Awards. Manzanares was raised on a sheep ranch in Northern New Mexico, and grew up hearing both English and Spanish and speaking Spanglish. The stories, customs, and traditions of her childhood were rooted in the distinct culture of Northern New Mexico: a deeply complex mixture of Old-World Spanish, Mexican, Native American and Anglo-American ways of being, all held together by a deep connection to the land. Her earliest musical influence was her great-grandfather, Eleuterio Martinez, a self-taught piano player who was a fixture at Lito’s Ballroom in Tierra Amarilla and played any baile he could find along with his brother Tony on guitar. As a teenager, Manzanares was heavily influenced by the storytelling and folklore of Cipriano Vigil, and spent many a Saturday busking farmers markets with her buddies Glen Martinez of Dixon and roving musician and New Mexico personality Michael Combs. In addition to performing her own music, Lara is also a member of traditional fusion groups Nueva Luna and collaborates often with Lone Piñon, Tíos Míos, and Felix “Gato” Peralta. Listen and learn more at her website, laramanzanares.com.
