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Greg Kihn Band to drop in New Mexico

The Greg Kihn Band, an American ensemble, was started by front man Greg Kihn and bassist, the late Steve Wright, some 40 years ago.

Their most successful singles include: The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em) and Jeopardy. The group’s musical style fuses rock, pop rock, and power pop together for an unforgettable and unique sound.

Kihn began his career as a singer-songwriter in his hometown of Baltimore, MD. He began writing songs at the age of 17, and unbeknownst to him, his mother submitted one of songs to a talent contest held by a local Top 40 radio station.

Since then, Kihn hasn’t stopped rocking, in fact Kihn will be rocking out...

Kicking off the new Gallup Skate Park

Albuquerque natives Ashes of Jupiter helped kick off the grand opening of the new skate park July 28 by putting on a free concert at the Gallup Cultural Center. Local bands Fatal Corruption and VLPXX opened-up, getting the crowd stirred up and ready for Ashes of Jupiter as the skate park jam was in full swing.

Pushing their new album, Celestial Warfare, which was released June 22, the band sat down with the Gallup Sun to talk about it, and other news regarding the band.

Sitting under a cool shade, the guys were waiting for their set to start as this Sun reporter made his way up to them.

The Ashes of Jupiter lineup: Adam Liston/vocals, Tim...

The 12th Annual Gurley Motor Co. Route 66 Car, Truck & Street Rod Show closed out another memorable year, July 27-29.

Gurley Motor Company owner, Steve Gurley, said there were roughly 90 to 95 participants this year and said more would have came out, but due to the rain, some of them didn’t want to chance it.

“We were 30 to 40 shy from last year because of the weather,” Gurley said.

MORE THAN VEHICLES

In 2006, the first small car show launched, but was only limited to Ford models, which only had 10 participants, Gurley said. The following year, he opened it up to all makes and models, increasing the participation.

Vehicles cruised out from...

Hannah Manuelito uses photography to share her heritage

Specializing in portrait photography, fine art photography, and fashion photography, Diné photographer Hannah Manuelito uses these topics to inspire and tell others about her Navajo culture.

Manuelito, who is from Ganado, Ariz., graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography. Then fresh out of college, she had a stint at a Native American clothing company called “OXDX,” where she was their go-to-photographer and make-up artist. It was here where she became heavily involved with fashion photography, which she says was a great opportunity to push herself creatively.

Recently, as the...