Merit's Music and Art on Nov. 9

Aux Records recording artist, Merit, headlines the next Artists as Artists show at the Redhouse in Syracuse, NY. Doors at 8:00, artist talk at 8:45, music at 9:00. $6 gets it all. Stop in. Check it out. Support local artists and independent music. Let's rock!

Gary Small and The Coyote Bros. photo

Hello Music Fans,
Here is another shot of Gary Small and Jobe Jennings, rocking the Seneca Niagara Casino, minutes after winning the Nammy Award for "Best Rock Recording of the Year."
Check out their website and award winning CD when you get a chance.
Regards,
Dennis

Hondo Mesa Records on Whole Wheat Radio

Four Hondo Mesa Records releases can be heard anytime of the day or night on Whole Wheat Radio. Here are the stats for (total plays, total requests, and total listens, respectively):

John Engerman (137, 122, 4797)
3rd & Main (43, 40, 1161)
Larry Hoyt (275, 156, 7379)
Corn-Bred (152, 133, 5236)

Thanks for requesting our guys.
Dennis

3rd & Main music video

Hello Hondo Mesa Records fans,
Here is the cool noir sounds of 3rd & Main. Check out their latest video, Trumbling Cafe. Long live independent music!

Native American Rock & Roll

One of the great pleasures of attending the Native American Music Awards show last week, was meeting the nominees and seeing the excellent performances of scheduled bands. One band caught my attention immediately. Gary Small and the Coyote Bros. rocked the house. Five minutes after accepting their Nammy Award for "Best Rock Recording of the Year," they had all 2500 audience members bopin' and rockin' to their music. Keep an eye on these guys. They are going places.

Here's a shot of them on the Nammy Stage:


Image courtesy of CoyoteBros.net

Artists As Artists occupies the space where music and art meet.

The newly launched music/art series at the Redhouse in Syracuse, New York, has a website. Check out www.artistsasartists.com for up-to-date information on which artists/musicians will be playing and showing their art. The opening session features the music of Corn-Bred and Larry Hoyt, as well as the native crafts of John J.B. Buck (Corn-Bred), the photography of Larry Hoyt and paintings by me, Dennis Kinsey(Hondo Mesa Records). Ulf Oesterle (Aux Records) is curating this October 19, 2007 show.

Corn-Bred Video

Hi Guys,
As soon as Corn-Bred's Native American Music Awards performance is released on DVD I will post it. For now, here is Corn-Bred's first music video.

Corn-Bred wins Nammy

Yes, yes, yes. They did it! The All Native American Blues Band, Corn-Bred, won "BEST BLUES RECORDING" at the 9th Annual Native American Music Awards on October 6, 2007. Needless to say, all of us here at Hondo Mesa Records (HMR) are psyched. This is our first Native American release and our first award.

Corn-Bred is a fantastic band from Central New York. Steve Masiclat, my friend and artistic directior of HMR, designed the CD package and created the graphics. It looks as good as it sounds. Check out the image at CDBaby.com.

If you want to see what all the hype is about, Corn-Bred will be playing at the Redhouse (Syracuse, NY) on Oct. 19, in a new series call "Artists as Artists." This Redhouse series is the brainchild of Aux Records chief, Ulf Oesterle.

Artists as Artists at the Redhouse

Hondo Mesa Records will be the first in line for the new Redhouse innovative shows called "Artists as Artists." Two Hondo Mesa Records artists will play -- Larry Hoyt and Corn-Bred -- on October 19, 2007. Additionally, artwork from Larry Hoyt, John "J.B." Buck, and me (Dennis Kinsey) will be displayed. I'll send out more details when they are available. Here is a photo of one of my paintings from the Corazon series.
Regards,
Dennis

Native American Music Awards

I am so excited. My wife, Christiane, and I are heading to the Native American Music Awards on Saturday. The awards show will be held at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, NY. This is our first trip to the NAMMYs. Our Corn-Bred release, on Hondo Mesa Records, is a finalist for Best Blues CD. Can you believe it -- a finalist at the 9th Annual Native American Music Awards! I need to get some new threads for the occasion.
Regards,
Dennis