For the final Levitt Amp concert, a “soulful, funky, rock n’roll” band will be coming to Gallup. Or at least that’s how Taylor Scott describes his band, the Taylor Scott Band.

Scott started playing gigs when he was 14, but he actually picked up a guitar for the first time when he was only 9 years old.

After growing up in Wyoming, Scott joined blues legend Otis Taylor on tour, spending four years touring internationally. But Scott said it was his desire to create his own music and tour under his own name that made him come back to the U.S. and start his own band.

Scott said he’s excited to come to Gallup for the first time.

“I’ve never been to Gallup, I’ve only ever...

Delbert Anderson was in the fourth grade when he discovered his passion for music.

In an interview with the Sun, he said it all started in fourth grade because that’s when he was supposed to pick out an instrument to play in band. The day before the students were supposed to pick their instruments, a jazz combo performed at the school. The trombone player began talking about improvisation, and that struck a chord with Anderson.

“He said ‘music doesn’t come from the sheet music; it comes from inside. I always thought that was really cool that you didn’t have to have music, and he was saying you could play whatever you want,” Anderson said. “There was a sort of freedom...

Navajo, Taos musician makes his way to Gallup

Mozart Gabriel (Navajo and Taos Pueblo) grew up listening to and singing traditional songs. But it’s only been in the past four years that he’s been writing his own music.

Before COVID, Gabriel was attending the BAU Design College of Barcelona, but the pandemic brought him back to New Mexico. While he was in Barcelona, he had the chance to perform his Indigenous rock n’roll for a multicultural crowd.

“They’re two totally different worlds. I think what’s really incredible about being in Barcelona is how international it is; it’s such an international city,” Gabriel said when discussing performing in the Spanish city. “You...

Concert cellist Dr. Larissa Fedoryka accompanied by pianist Saide Hoyt will play a benefit concert of classical music on July 23 inside the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 415 E. Green Ave.

According to a press release sent out by the Southwest Indian Foundation, Fedoryka is a classically trained cellist who began her cello career at 3 years old. As a child, she joined her nine siblings who toured as a classical chamber ensemble called “The Fedoryka Family Players,” performing in venues nationally, which culminated in multiple performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as well as a performance at The Wolf Trap International Children’s Festival.

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