Fantastic Negrito - FREE SHOW

The Levitt AMP Santa Fe Music Series is supported in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a private foundation that empowers towns and cities across America to transform underused public spaces into thriving destinations through the power of free, live music. In 2019, 180 free Levitt concerts will take place in 18 towns and cities, featuring a rich array of music genres and high caliber talent. Learn more at levitt.org.

Register for the event and we'll also send you updates if there are any schedule changes as well as info on future free Railyard programs and events around Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

Come early and enjoy a margarita on the Fritz Gallery Margarita deck with specialty margaritas and full bar provided by Boxcar!

Join your Santa Fe neighbors on the Railyard Plaza beside the landmark Water Tower for great FREE concerts all summer long.

• Feel free to bring chairs to the concert.
• Food and drink are available inside Second Street Brewery and Violet Crown Cinema.
• Come down early to get a spot on the Second Street Brewery patio to enjoy a a cold beer with the music!
• Violet Crown has patio drink & dining options too.
• Ample parking is available in the underground garage just north of REI.
• Download a map (JPG) showing all of the Railyard parking and transportation options.

When you listen to Fantastic Negrito, you're invited to hear the story of life after destruction. Each song is a real story about a musician from Oakland who experienced the highs of a million dollar record deal, the lows of a near fatal car accident that left him in a coma, and is now in the midst of a rebirth that took him from the streets of Oakland to the Grammy stage. On the way he won the NPR Tiny Desk Contest and toured the world, playing alongside artists ranging from Chris Cornell to Solange to Sturgill Simpson.

Fantastic Negrito's latest release Please Don't Be Dead won the 2019 Grammy for the Best Contemporary Blues Album. "The last album was more observational," says Negrito. "On this one I'm bringing the fight."

An Albuquerque native, Ron Crowder has traveled the world as a touring and recording musician, sharing the stage with acts as diverse as Three Dog Night and The Persuasions, among many others.  The title track from his recently released debut CD Liberty was awarded Best Song at the 2018 New Mexico Music Awards, written by Ron Crowder, Jim Casey and Danny Casey, and performed, produced and recorded at Crowder's own InCrowd Studio in Albuquerque.

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