A Poetry Reading by Gailmarie Pahmeier
2023-05-25 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Join us for and evening of poetry with Nevada Poet Laureate
This event is free and open to the public.
Gailmarie Pahmeier
GBAE is pleased to welcome Gailmarie to the backroom of the Martin Hotel to share her poetry, passion, and love of Nevada with us. She is currently serving a two-year appointment as the Poet Laureate of the state of Nevada. Her project Nevadan to Nevadan:What I Need to Tell You invites residents to share their Nevada voice and experience with each other.
Gailmarie Pahmeier, now Emeritus faculty, taught creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno. Widely published, she’s the author of three chapbooks and three full-length collections of poetry, the most recent being Of Bone, Of Ash, Of Ordinary Saints (WSC Press, 2020) which was nominated for the High Plains Book Award. In 2015, she was appointed Reno’s first Poet Laureate, in 2016 she was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame, and in 2017, she was selected as Outstanding Teacher in the Humanities. In 2021, the governor of Nevada, Steve Sisolak, appointed her Poet Laureate, State of Nevada. In 2022, she was selected as a Laureate Fellow, Academy of American Poets.

Where Do You Go from Tonopah?
Gailmarie Pahmeier

Because the Mizpah Hotel has claw foot tubs,
this is where you stop. This place has its own
ghost, a good story about The Lady in Red.
It’s said she was murdered here, discovered
by her husband in the arms of her young love.
She’d have lived to wear her lace and heels
if it hadn’t been for the train being late,
her husband missing his connection, stopping
in for a cold drink, seeing her, seeing him
ascend the steep stairs. In Nevada,
it’s always about trains, drinks, connections
missed and made and wholly imagined.
Because, you’re told, Tonopah is for those
with a thirst for adventure, you venture
into the Long Shot Bar, order steaks,
a fine red wine and, arguably, the best
margarita between Reno and Las Vegas,
listen to some old man chat up the young
couple from Henderson who say this is
the farthest north they’ve been, exploring
their new state, transplants from Atlanta.
The old man says this is the real Nevada,
but suggests they also make Elko, Winnemucca,
decent towns he’s fond of, would live in, given…
And because you love books and the beauty
of dust, you’ll spend hours wandering
the dense aisles of Whitney’s Bookshelf,
where paperbacks are a dollar hardbacks, two.
What you’ll take home is a first edition,
hardback, John Gardner’s On Moral Fiction.
Inside is a personal inscription, June 1978.
Bob, it says, keep writing in NYC. Thanks
for all your help these two years in Tonopah.
Best of luck. I’ll miss you here. Love Jack.

This event is made possible by support of Nevada Arts Council and funds donated in memory of Aliceann Doyle.

Claude Bourbon
2023-06-09 19:00 - 21:00
Global Virtuoso Fingerpicker
Claude Bourbon grew up in Switzerland and lives in the UK and has toured widely on both sides of The Atlantic. A classically trained musician, with a unique blend of classical Spanish, blues and folk, and jazz. His songs are deeply layered and transformative. Don’t miss out!
Friday, June 9th, 7pm

Carin Mari
2023-07-20 19:00 - 21:00
Singer Songwriter from the Mountains of Colorado

Inspired by the mountains of Colorado where she was born and raised, Carin Mari is a songwriter from the heart who is passionate about sharing her stories and playing her unique brand of music. In 2001, Country music quickly became her passion when friend and mentor, Michael Martin Murphey, suggested Carin learn “I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart.” After nineteen years of continued dedication, her talents as a guitarist/singer/songwriter have won her numerous awards, including 2009 Entertainer and Songwriter of the year from the NACMA, Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the year for South Plains College, and eight Colorado Country Music Awards. Carin toured in the early nine years of her career with her two brothers as the band, “Carin Mari & Pony Express,” winning numerous awards and playing formidable venues. While still pursuing her own career, Carin is also thrilled to be the lead guitar player in, Michael Martin Murphey’s, Rio Grande Band. After recording her sixth album, “Miles Per Hour,” in August of 2015, Carin fell in love with the creative atmosphere in Nashville and went back in 2017 to record her album, “Rambling Daughter.”In 2019 Carin once again returned to Nashville to record and release her album, “Queen of the Mountains.” The album has a unique sound she has been striving to find that showcases her songwriting ability and her creativity as a songwriter. 2021 brought new and exciting things to Carin’s life, including her brand new album, “Home,” which released in August.
Thursday, July 20, 7pm

The Hipocrats and Amber Russell
2023-08-26 19:00 - 21:00
The Hipocrats
Based out of Seattle, WA, The Hipocrats are an Americana daydream that blend hair-raising harmonies over melodies sure to stick in your head for days. Their spunky lyrical imagery, and mood-bending fiddle parts don’t discriminate who’s ears they choose to captivate with their sound. Fans of all genres of music will find something to appreciate with their striking spin on classic Americana music.

Opening up for The Hippocrats is Amber Russell
Portland Based Fingerstyle guitarist Amber Russell, has had a diverse platform of musical outlets during her 20 years of composing music. Now based out of Portland, Oregon, Amber continues to develop her craft and shares her talents with students. She has a 30 lesson guitar course available through Jamplay.com. She is a Percussive fingerstyle teacher and Co-Founder at Rose City Guitar Company with her wife Samantha Russell. The school has been extremely successful since it began in 2020, bringing in guest instructors in the fingerstyle community such as Yasmin Williams and Adrian Bellue.

Saturday, August 26th, 7pm

David Jacobs-Strain with Bob Beach
2023-09-20 19:00 - 21:00
Unapologetically Eclectic
David Jacobs-Strain with Bob Beach
David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach are a multigenerational, bicoastal duo who have been performing together since 2010. They currently perform between 70 and 100 shows a year on both east and west coasts, delighting and bewildering roots music lovers.
David Jacob-Strain is a striking slide guitar player and song poet from Eugene, Oregon. His deep love of blues and roots music is evident in every one of the songs he writes. He studied masters like Robert Johnson, Taj Mahal and Jackson Browne, but plays his own sound, his own song, with a virtuosity that is uniquely his. David began playing on street corners and at farmers markets as a teenager, and bought his first steel guitar with the quarters he saved up. Before he dropped out of Stanford to play full time, he had already appeared at festivals across the country, often billed as a blues prodigy, but he had to fight to avoid being a novelty act: “I wanted to tell new stories, it just wasn’t enough to relive the feelings in other people’s music.”
David Jacobs-Strain has appeared at Merlefest, Telluride Blues Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly, Bumbershoot, and Blues to Bop in Switzerland. On the road, he’s shared the stage with Lucinda Williams, Boz Scaggs (more than 60 shows), Etta James, The Doobie Brothers, George Thorogood, Robert Earle Keen, Todd Snider, Taj Mahal, Janis Ian, Tommy Emmanuel, Bob Weir, T-Bone Burnett, and Del McCoury.
Bob Beach plays harmonica with calm fierceness. A mouth-harp maestro who swaggers into a solo like The Marlboro Man, then quietly leaves the set while the rest of us wonder what just happened and how such a tiny instrument could possibly sound like that. Bob has been a working professional musician for more than 40 years bringing harmonica, flute, and vocals to a broad scope of genres.

Mike Beck
2023-10-12 19:00 - 21:00
Mike Beck is an engaging acoustic solo artist who regularly performs in the United States and Europe. He is a regularly featured performer at The National Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering. Mike has seven albums under his belt with original songs that have been recognized as some of the finest compositions on Western Americana out there.
The Western Horseman magazine recently picked “The 13 Best Cowboy Songs,” and included two compositions by Mike, putting him along side other writers such as Ian Tyson, Tom Russell, Lucinda Williams, and Gene Autry.

Todd Albright
2023-10-28 19:00 - 21:00
Twelve String Country Blues

Todd Albright is a country blues, twelve string guitar player and vocalist based in Detroit, Michigan. Grounded in the pre-war era of the blues tradition (1880-1939), Todd is a mindful purveyor of blues history. His repertoire upholds musical pillars such as Blind Willie McTell, George Carter, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leadbelly. His life’s work continues the distinguished tradition of the very roots of American music as told by the African American musicians who created it.

Todd’s vigorous, gritty and soulful performances are accompanied by stories of the masters and a deep intuitive sense of respect for craft, providing audiences with a meaningful experience while creating a transcendent moment. One of the top blues guitarists in the world, Todd is the only contemporary twelve string player in his genre.
Todd began playing the blues while still a teenager, some twenty-five years ago. Initially, he was drawn to the sound of the finger-picked style and has since immersed himself in the foundational music and narratives of American culture. Over the years, Todd has shared the stage with artists such as Roy Book Binder, Charlie Parr, Paul Geremia, and Dakota Dave Hull.
Todd’s first full-length LP, Fourth Floor Visitor, was released by Jett Plastic Recordings out of Detroit, Michigan (2017). His latest album, Detroit Twelve String: Blues & Rags, is out now on Third Man Records (2017).

Loud As Folk-Spike McGuire Album Release Tour
2023-11-17 19:00 - 21:00
Loud As Folk founder Spike McGuire will be celebrating the release of his new album Caught In The Wild (Live). The project was funded in part by a grant from Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment For The Arts
. The 10 song collection was recorded in Reno, NV in front of a live audience at Good Luck Macbeth Theater earlier in the year. The album will be available as a premium 12″ vinyl record and limited edition cassette, as well as a CD/DVD combo. This special evening is one of several dates at
historic venues across Nevada and will also include performances from Loud As Folk Vice President Greg Gilmore and fan favorite Rachael McElhiney.

Spike McGuire is an internationally touring musician that has performed in 16 states and 5 countries as well as a GraphTech Guitar Labs endorsed artist. Spike spent the last decade and a half drawing parallels between the ethos of punk rock and the spirit of folk music by building community and engaging listeners with his message.
Founded in 2011, Loud As Folk has become a hub of the west coast songwriting scene focused on highlighting emerging artists with distinct approaches to all genres of American roots music. In the process of bringing these acts together to perform, a beautiful community naturally formed with artists and audience members alike. Now LAF is a global network of songwriters who collaborate, tour, and record in ever changing combinations.

Jeffrey Martin and Anna Tivel
2023-12-05 19:00 - 21:00
Affecting Singer-Songwriters
Jeffrey Martin returns to delight and devastate our eager ears and hearts with his thoughtful and poetic songs. Once a high school English teacher, Martin turned to writing songs and touring full time, continuing his love of words and stories. Now, with three intensely lyric-driven albums under his belt, two of which were released on the Portland indie-label, Fluff & Gravy Records, Martin has developed a loyal and growing audience, both domestically and abroad.
Jeffrey Martin writes music that probes the depths of the human experience and doesn’t shy away from its darkest corners. His songs can feel like short stories from literary giants like Steinbeck, Burroughs, or Cormac McCarthy and possess a raw intensity that comes from seeing his subjects up close. All the struggle, hurt, strife, and heartbreak that comes from living in this world are laid bare and unvarnished, yet somehow, Martin manages to mine and make space for what beauty remains. Jeffrey’s latest album Thank God We Left the Garden was released last month.
Jeffrey will be joined by Anna Tivel.
Oregon based songwriter Anna Tivel’s newest album ‘Outsiders’ starts with a lens so wide we’ve left the planet to look back from a great distance at the turmoil and beauty of our shared humanity. From there the lens pulls close and unfolds in a gripping collection of stories so often ignored. Tivel’s flawed and honest characters move through a landscape of hurt and loss, of small triumph and big love. In eleven songs full of recognition, veracity, and hope, Tivel’s watchful and empathetic eye details the undeniable ache of living.
Throughout her work, Tivel has emphasized storytelling and this album is no exception, building on the strength of her ability to observe and reflect with a clear-eyed empathy. Inspired by authors from Steinbeck to Morrison, Didion to Dubus, she imbues her songs with attentive detail and a dreamlike quality that leaves the ordinary feeling both palpable and poetic. “Tivel’s characters are common but unforgettable,” NPR’s Ann Powers writes, “Her images linger, and become populated with the energy of the real.”

Alash Ensemble-Tuvan Throat Singers
2024-01-23 19:00 - 21:00
ALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit remain decidedly Tuvan. Trained in traditional Tuvan music since childhood, the Alash musicians studied at Kyzyl Arts College just as Tuva was beginning to open up to the West. They formed a traditional ensemble and won multiple awards for traditional throat singing in international xöömei competitions, both as an ensemble and as individuals. At the same time, they paid close attention to new trends coming out of the West. They have borrowed new ideas that mesh well with the sound and feel of traditional Tuvan music, but they have never sacrificed the integrity of their own heritage in an effort to make their music more hip. Alash first toured the U.S. under the sponsorship of the Open World Leadership program of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts. Since then they have returned many times, to the delight of American audiences. The Washington Post described their music as “utterly stunning,” quipping that after the performance “audience members picked their jaws up off the floor.”

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Laurie Lewis and The Right Hands
2024-02-09 19:00 - 21:00
Multi-GRAMMY nominee Laurie Lewis is a forebear and contemporary of so many blue-grass, old-time, and folk greats. Over more than fifty years in music she has established herself as a truly singular voice, instrumentalist, and frontwoman in genres that lionize tradition, “authenticity,” and emulation. She’s won IBMA Awards, sung and recorded with Linda Ronstadt, set poems by Wendell Berry to music – at his request. She’s influenced and inspired folks like guitarist phenom Molly Tuttle, who’s just one example of an entire generation of pickers and singers who can call her a mentor. All in all, Lewis has carved out a unique, superlative niche in American roots music occupied by almost no other musicians and creators.
Her brand new album, Trees, finds Lewis’s music-making rooted in the natural world – as on many past recordings – with a measured and often melancholy view of life, loss, and grief that’s resplendent and complicated. An avid walker, Lewis is both an urban explorer and a wilderness wanderer – plus a self-taught naturalist and conservation ac-tivist. Her skillset in songwriting and recording is usually looking outward, text-painting to evoke the landscapes she adores and to relay their speaking to us. On Trees, Lewis looks inward instead, utilizing all of the literary and naturalist skills at her disposal to ob-serve and process seasonal, organic, inevitable life changes. Video Links: Live

Men of Worth-Celtic Folk Duo
2024-03-14 19:00 - 21:00
The folk-music duo, Men of Worth, was formed by James Keigher of Ireland and Donnie Macdonald of Scotland in 1986. Together Men of Worth blend their voices with harmony and support their collection of songs with their varied selection of instruments. They have a very simple approach to their presentation, and in keeping with tradition, remain true to the music and story. Their show is a unique combination of humor, exciting tunes, and soulful, heartfelt ballads.

Casper Allen
2024-04-30 19:00 - 21:00
Americana and Dark Country Rising Star
Texas-born songwriter Casper Allen is known for a raw, raspy sound reminiscent of Tom Waits and a songwriting style reminiscent of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. His songs tell stories of struggle and redemption. Come see Casper in his first performance in Winnemucca.

High Desert Habit with The DD
2024-05-15 19:00 - 21:00
Local Band Special with Regional Guests
High Desert Habit is a Winnemucca-grown country-rock band that plays a variety of covers and original songs about their experiences in Northern Nevada. These three friends picked up instruments in 2017 and haven’t looked back. Starting with local bars and restaurants, grinding through regional tours, and starting their own festival, the band has earned a wide fan-base and honed their honky tonk craft. Recently they have been churning out noteworthy originals that our audiences will really enjoy. A 7-song Live Ep entitled “Honky Tonks and Tattoo Shops” was released in 2023. They are currently working on their follow-up album “Sage Colored Glasses.” Bring your tapping shoes and be ready to have a good time with these local gems.

Opening up for HDH will be The DD, a duo from the Virginia City area. Doug Sandall and Dale Poune have been writing and performing songs for 3 years. Together they give audiences colorful stories, humor and original songs.

The Witch and the Burro and Winnemucca Brown
2024-05-23 19:00 - 21:00
Creative Folk Musical Collaboration with a Local Act Opener
Join us for an evening of artistic expression with melodies and story-telling from a special collaboration between Vic Ruggiero and Lauren Napier. Vic hails from the well-known International ska band from New York, The Slackers. Lauren is a writer, artist, model and singer-songwriter from Tacoma Washington. Together they have created folksy songs, stories, short-films and other artistic expressions of contemporary Americana.

Opening for the night will be local gem Winnemucca Brown with his own set of entertaining and reflective folk punk songs. A talented songwriter and musician, Jerry has been bringing musical projects and creative collaborations to our town for many grateful years. You’ll be glad to know him and his songs more.
Buy tickets now for this special evening of collaboration, creativity, and awesome tunes.
Tickets are $15 and are available online or at The Martin Hotel.

The Coffis Brothers
2024-07-17 19:00 - 21:00
West Coast band, The Coffis Brothers, will return to Winnemucca for a show on July 17th to share their Americana roots rock summertime vibe. This California sibling duo and bandmates put on a great show that you don’t want to miss.
“It’s all American Music,” says the Coffis Brothers’ frontman, Kevin Coffis “There’s rock, blues, acoustic folk, and country in there. As music fans, we go all the way back to the beginning — to pioneers like Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers — but we also look to artists like the Eagles and Tom Petty for influence. That’s our playbook.”

John R Miller
2024-08-07 19:00 - 21:00
Essential Singer-Songwriter
John R Miller is a true hyphenate artist: singer-songwriter-picker. Every song on his thrilling upcoming debut solo album, Depreciated, is lush with intricate wordplay and haunting imagery, as well as being backed by a band that is on fire. One of his biggest long-time fans is roots music favorite Tyler Childers, who says he’s “a well-travelled wordsmith mapping out the world he’s seen, three chords at a time.” Miller is somehow able to transport us to a shadowy honkytonk and get existential all in the same line with his tightly written compositions. Miller’s own guitar-playing is on fine display here along with vocals that evoke the white-waters of the Potomac River rumbling below the high ridges of his native Shenandoah Valley.
His latest album Heat Come Down is an celebration expression of craft and has garnered much attention. NPR writes, “On his new album Heat Comes Down, the West Virginia-raised, Nashville-based artist intimately narrates his sleepless nights and nostalgic daydreams, existential dread, and nuanced observations of the troubled world around him. But while a number of its songs convey a certain unease, Miller endlessly imparts the kind of lovely reassurance that can only come from shared catharsis.”
Do not miss this one friends. $20 tickets available at The Martin Hotel or online at gbae.org.

For more artist information
Visit Official Website of John R Miller

EDDIE 9V
2024-08-15 19:00 - 21:00
Join us in welcoming back Eddie 9V for some cool retro-blues, served up hot in Winnemucca. Eddie 9V (9 Volt) began making waves in the Atlanta, Georgia roots and blues club circuit at the early age of 15. His debut album, Left My Soul in Memphis, was an acclaimed break out record in the Blues and Rock music scene. In 2021, he released the album Little Black Flies. Their latest release is the album Capricorn which adds to their soulful and expressive music that is both innovative and classic.
“Good Gawd amitey! This is soul, man — the real deal.” – No Depression
“Every song has energy, separation & musicianship that drips cool.” – Americana Highways
Don’t miss a chance to see Eddie 9V, young talented roller spreading his raw, soulful, and surely electric vibe!

Tickets are $20 and are available at The Martin Hotel and online at gbae.org
For more information about the artist go to eddie9volt.com

The Horsenecks
2024-09-07 19:00 - 21:00
Old Time Music
The Horsenecks play hard-hitting and heartfelt, traditional and original roots music. Their sound is centered around the pairing of the signature rhythmic Appalachian fiddle style of Oregonian Gabrielle Macrae and the inspired guitar and driving yet subtle banjo playing of Liverpudlian Barry Southern. Gabrielle’s playing style is the result of being raised in the Old Time music hotbed of Portland, OR and being exposed to the fiddle traditions of the Southeast US through years of traveling to festivals and learning from some of the greatest players in the genre. Her love of traditional music brought her to North Carolina as a teenager where she fully immersed herself in the music of the region and gained notoriety in the Old Time Music world as a clawhammer banjo player after releasing an album with the Macrae Sisters in 2008 that received glowing reviews and became one of the iconic Old Time albums of it’s generation. Barry’s banjo playing ranges from thrilling and high-octane to moody and captivating, and his versatility shines whether playing clawhammer or driving three-finger banjo. Also an accomplished guitarist, Barry has been consistently active in Liverpools music scene for over 20 years, playing lead guitar with cult heroes Tramp Attack ( Must Destroy Records) and on into the UK Old Time and Bluegrass scene, playing with multiple groups. Harmony singing and thoughtful song writing bring The Horsenecks to the stage with a compelling take on the music that moves them; foot-stomping dance tunes, innovative fiddle-banjo compositions and heartfelt and inspired lyrics and harmony singing. Whether they are singing centuries-old ballads, their own songs, or getting you up and dancing with a barn-burning fiddle tune, they remain firmly rooted in tradition, paying homage to the depth and richness of the music they have immersed themselves in for the last two decades.

Tiffany Christopher and Mollie Fischer
2024-10-11 19:00 - 21:00
Gooey Austin-based cellist, Mollie Fischer, joins singer-songwriter & loop princess, Tiffany Christopher for a summer tour of organic beats and undeniably fun music.
These two passionate artists met at an all women’s music festival in 2022. Austin-based cellist, Mollie Fischer, and touring singer-songwriter, Tiffany Christopher performed in multiple acts that weekend together and quickly became fans of each other’s musicality. Within a few weeks TC was inviting Mollie to jump in the sprinter and join her on tour around the Southwest.
There is something so deep and honest about the energy these two humans manifest together on stage. It’s heavy like the mountain, yet as fluid and playful as the ocean. Multi-instruments, loops, improv, harmonies…somewhere between folk/rock, hip-hop and americana this duo is coming to move you.
Tickets now on the website or at The Martin Hotel. $20

In Conversation with Nevada Poet Laureate Shaun Griffin
2024-10-24 19:00 - 20:00
Shaun Griffin’s soulful poetry and engagement with Nevada communities make him one of the state’s most well-loved literary figures. He is the author of This is What the Desert Surrenders, Bathing in the River of Ashes and Woodsmoke, Wind and the Peregrine, among others. Recurring themes in his poetry are “… family, landscape and work for justice in the larger world.”Griffin entered the Nevada Writer Hall of Fame in 2014 and received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1995 and was awarded the Silver Pen as an “author of promise” from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1998. He was the co-founder and executive director of Community Chest, a rural and social justice agency since 1991. In the early 1980s, he began offering creative writing workshops for prisoners at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. He is the editor of Razor Wire, an annual poetry journal, that grew from that effort. He is the Chair of the Nevada Humanities Board of Trustees.
Shaun has two new publications that he will share at his book tour stop in Winnemucca. First, a memoir about cycling 1200 miles through the west with his two sons- River Ask Me Why: Into the West on Two Wheels and his latest collection of poems No Charity in the Wilderness.
This literary event is made possible by The Nevada Arts Council and Great Basin Arts and Entertainment in memory of Aliceann Doyle.
This is a FREE Event. RSVP is optional.

Forrest VanTuyl
2024-11-22 19:00 - 21:00
Forrest VanTuyl is a songwriter and poet from Goldendale, Washington. His work is based on years spend packing mules and cowboying in the remote alpine and canyon country of Eastern Washington and Northeast Oregon. He has performed at The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, toured with Margo Cilker and been published in the New York Times.

Tickets available online at gbae.org and at The Martin Hotel. $20

Alash-Tuvan Throat Singers
2025-03-01 19:00 - 21:00
ALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit remain decidedly Tuvan. Trained in traditional Tuvan music since childhood, the Alash musicians studied at Kyzyl Arts College just as Tuva was beginning to open up to the West. They formed a traditional ensemble and won multiple awards for traditional throat singing in international xöömei competitions, both as an ensemble and as individuals. At the same time, they paid close attention to new trends coming out of the West. They have borrowed new ideas that mesh well with the sound and feel of traditional Tuvan music, but they have never sacrificed the integrity of their own heritage in an effort to make their music more hip. Alash first toured the U.S. under the sponsorship of the Open World Leadership program of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts. Since then they have returned many times, to the delight of American audiences. The Washington Post described their music as “utterly stunning,” quipping that after the performance “audience members picked their jaws up off the floor.”

Big Richard
2025-03-24 19:00 - 21:00
The world-class musicians in Big Richard initially convened in 2021 for a festival date. The quartet showed up to the one-off like it had been together for years, bursting with jaw-dropping virtuosity; playfully irreverent stage banter; stunning four-part harmony vocal interlace; imaginative arrangements; a refreshingly eclectic repertoire; and a healthy dose of lady rage.
Big Richard siphons from traditional bluegrass, oldtime, classical, modern bluegrass, country, and pop. The four-piece band masterfully mash up genres, often using traditional fiddle tune pieces as instrumental flights of fancy between its storyteller original songs. The group also refreshingly reinvents beloved traditional tunes.
Instrumental and vocal prowess mixed with charismatic stage presence create an opportunity for live music that should not be missed.
Get your tickets now for their return show in Winnemucca on March 24th, 2025. Tickets on sale now at gbae.org.

Tyler John Kraehling with Ruru
2025-04-05 19:00 - 21:00
Hailing from the Northeastern states, Tyler John Kraehling has been traveling through the country with eyes open, taking stock of the lives of the people who inhabit it. Drenched in the tradition of American troubadours, he tells stories that speak to the novelties and banalities of what it means to walk this earth. Living everywhere from Los Angeles, New York City, Idaho, Vermont, Texas and most recently Montana, he boasts a claim that he is in a unique company of travelers who are qualified to tell the stories they do, with the universe of detail they do. His fingerpicking styles range from the folk staples of John Prine and Townes Van Zandt to the country-blues of legends Furry Lewis, Taj Mahal and Chris Smither. Armed with songs that will make you feel the full spectrum of emotion, and with clothes and guitars that are mostly second-hand; his songs are anything but.
Playing another set on the show will be Ruru. Ruru is a singer-songwriter originally from Wales, now living and working on a ranch with his wife in Owyhee County, Idaho. Having spent the last decade in Australia working cattle in remote far North Queensland and as a Carpenter on the surf coast chasing waves. Ru brings the grit and soul of his experiences to his music, crafting heartfelt songs about work, ranching, love, and life.

Alastair Greene
2025-04-15 19:00 - 21:00
Featuring funky, swampy grooves and flights of muscular guitar, Greene delivers rock and blues stirred by touchstones such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, yet perhaps most often guided by the roadmap of Gov’t Mule and that band’s synthesis of The Allman Brothers Band’s improvisational firepower and the raw, stripped-down electric Blues-rock of Cream.
A native of Santa Barbara,California and now residing in Austin, Texas Alastair Greene has ridden his Blues-soaked rock into the 21st century, traversing a constantly changing global (and musical) landscape.
A much in-demand guitarist and vocalist, Greene traveled the world, touring with the legendary Alan Parsons Live Project from 2010 – 2017, as well as stints with Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and, most recently, (2018-2019) Blues Music Award-winner Sugaray Rayford. His work with Parsons, in particular, sparked a conversation with renowned multi-instrumentalist and producer Tab Benoit at a Las Vegas blues festival. In 2019, Greene signed with Benoit’s Whiskey Bayou Records label and released 2 records, “The New World Blues’ (2020) and “Alive In The New World” (2023). Greene toured the U.S. consistently in 2021 and 2022 opening over 100 shows for Benoit.
With a strong batch of original songs rooted in blues and southern rock traditions, STANDING OUT LOUD, his latest album, builds upon the momentum created by his critically acclaimed solo releases of recent years.
With the album complete, Greene is itching to hit the road. “I’ve toured Europe many times as the guitarist with the Alan Parsons Live Project, and I’m excited to be bringing my music to the people.”

Tale of the Jackalope-Live Multimedia Presentation
2025-05-06 18:00 - 19:00
Join us for a presentation on the history of the jackalope. Part rabbit, part antelope, full American West icon. Learn about the myths, the hoaxes, the very real scientific breakthrough it inspired. Our guests will be author and jackalope expert Michael P. Branch (On the Trail of the Jackalope) and radiomaker Fil Corbitt (from the podcast The Wind) with their live performance about the elusive and omnipresent critter. Originally aired on the podcast 99% Invisible, this live reading will combine interviews, music, and audio clips to tell the story in a live multimedia presentation.

An award-winning humorist and high desert writer, Michael Branch is Foundation Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has authored more than 300 essays and reviews, and 10 books, including his Nevada trilogy: Raising Wild, Rants from the Hill, and How to Cuss in Western. Mike’s recent book, On the Trail of the Jackalope, has been called “an entertaining and enlightening road trip to the heart of an American legend.” Mike lives with his wife and daughters in the high desert of northwestern Nevada. There he writes, plays harmonica, curses at baseball on the radio, and walks more than 1,000 miles each year (with Huckleberry the dog) in the remote hills, canyons, arroyos, and playas.

A few years ago, radiomaker Fil Corbitt found a handsaw in the mountains and built a small desk out in the woods. High in the Sierra Nevada, flanked by an aspen grove and a lodgepole pine stand, this is where Fil makes The Wind—a critically acclaimed podcast that investigates our relationship to place through sound. The Wind has aired nationally and internationally on 99% Invisible, Snap Judgement, and BBC’s Shortcuts, and has featured interviews with John Luther Adams, buZ blurr, Jessica Bruder (Nomadland), Gary Farmer, Dom Flemons, and Joe Lally (Fugazi), among many others, and has covered everything from Brazilian punk music to the history of cowboy yodeling.
This literary event is free and made possible by Great Basin Arts and Entertainment in memory of Aliceann Doyle.
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The Coffis Brothers
2025-05-30 19:00 - 21:00
A Winnemucca audience favorite returns! This show will be part of an amazing weekend of creativity and connection with the inaugural Winnemucca Murals and Music Festival.

With two songwriters, six albums, and more than a thousand shows under their belt, The Coffis Brothers have earned their reputation as modern-day torchbearers of all-American rock & roll. It’s a sound caught halfway between amplified Americana, acoustic folk, roadhouse R&B, and electrifying roots music, crafted by a pair of California-born siblings who’ve been sharing the stage since childhood, and the five piece band filled out by Kyle Poppen (guitar), Aidan Collins (bass), and Cory Graves (drums).
That sound reaches a new peak with Kaw-fis Bruth-urs. The band’s third collaboration with Bay Area legend (and longtime Mother Hips frontman) Tim Bluhm, who serves as the album’s producer, Kaw-fis Bruth-urs finds Jamie and Kellen Coffis letting their guard down, enjoying the creative ride as much as the destination itself. For every signature-sounding song like “Cut Right Through” — a heartland rock anthem built for highway drives and long horizons, as sunny as the band’s Golden State homeland and as hook-driven as a Tom Petty classic — there’s another track that stretches the band’s sound into new territory. The result is The Coffis Brothers’ widest-ranging album yet, running the gamut from bluesy, blue-eyed soul (“Face the Music”) to jangling, harmony-heavy power pop (“Do You Want To”).

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Men of Worth
2025-06-12 19:00 - 21:00

Jade Brodie
2025-07-31 19:00 - 21:00
Jade Brodie is a talent and a delight. Her songs are familiar yet powerful, stylish yet old-timey, and rolling with imagery and experiences appreciated by folks and friends of the American West. Jade first made it out to Winnemucca working with the railroad and continues to live and work in Humboldt County as cowboy. She’s got stories to tell with a stunning voice and wonderful musical talent. From working songs to moon songs, Jade touches hearts and splits tooths (you’ll see).
Jade will be supported by local hot fiddleman and music maestro Kirk Fortin.
Buy your tickets early for this one. Tickets available online at gbae.org and at the Martin Hotel. Tickets $15
