BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Meetup//Meetup Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:Paradiso; Music and Dance X-WR-CALNAME:Paradiso; Music and Dance BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316766840@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T173154Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261024T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261024T213000 SUMMARY:Tribute to Gladys Knight with Toni Morgan DESCRIPTION:Paradiso\; Music and Dance\n## Formerly with Gladys Knight and the Pips\n\n### October 24\, 2026 • 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm\n\n##### DOORS 7 :00pm • All Ages\n\n[get your tickets here](https://tickets.holdmyticket .com/tickets/466806)\n\n**Toni Morgan** has been performing for most of he r life\, singing at churches\, festivals\, private\nparties and restaurant s throughout the United States. Her vast repertoire extends across\nmultip le genres including R&B\, Gospel\, Neo Soul\, Blues and oldies.\nHer most profound of all her stage experience has been her time as a background sin ger for\nthe Empress of Soul\, Mrs. Gladys Knight\, from 2006-2012. In 202 1\, she wrote and released\nher first gospel single\, “Jesus Help Me\, ” and is now currently working on various projects\,\ncollaborating with artists. She enjoys singing and hope to be inspiring to all. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/paradiso-music-and-dance/events/31676 6840/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260929T171108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T171108Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316766929@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T173154Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261031T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261031T210000 SUMMARY:Mothership - Mad Hatters Ball - Happy Halloween! DESCRIPTION:Paradiso\; Music and Dance\n## Funky Soul Jazz with Michael Ma tison and Toni Morgan\n\n### Galactic Charged High Energy Dance Grooves\n\ n### October 31\, 2026 • 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm\n\n##### DOORS 7:00pm • Al l Ages\n\n[get your tickets here](https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets /467000)\n\n**Mothership is an exciting band formed by saxophonist Alex Mu rzyn and guitarist Jim Casey.**\n**It combines elements of Funk\, R & B\, and Jazz\, which mixed together create high energy grooves that are great for dancing as well as listening!**\n**This Halloween\, for this performan ce\, Mothership is joined by guest artists Michael Matison & Toni Morgan\, both extremely dynamic and soulful vocalists! Hats Provided.** URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/paradiso-music-and-dance/events/31676 6929/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260929T172251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T172251Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316997039@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T173154Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261106T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261106T220000 SUMMARY:Susan Anders at Paradiso DESCRIPTION:Paradiso\; Music and Dance\n**Santa Fe singer/songwriter SUSAN ANDERS**\n**Performs at Paradiso November 6th\, 2026. Tom Manche opens.** \n***“A soulful\, commanding voice”* \\- The New Yorker**\n**SUSAN AND ERS: vocals-guitar**\n**TOM MANCHE: vocals-guitar**\n**CHAZZ FRICHTEL: bas s-vocals**\nSanta Fe singer/songwriter Susan Anders celebrates her newly\n functioning right hand at “The Happy Hand Show”\, playing songs from\n her 2025 release NOW I’M A KITE as well as from her large catalogue of\n originals. Her husband Tom Manche opens with a set of his own\nsometimes h ilarious\, sometimes poignant songs.\nIn July 2025 Anders released her fif th solo album **NOW I’M A KITE** to\nglowing reviews and several puns: “Susan Anders soars with NOW I'M A\nKITE” Ryan Emmert/World Music Cent ral\, “NOW I'M A KITE takes Anders\nto new heights.” Lee Zimmerman/bla nknews.com. Though many of the\nsongs were inspired by the passing of her father in 2022 she was in great\nspirits in 2025\, enjoying life in her ne w home of Santa Fe\, NM. That fall\nshe started to feel pain in her right thumb and middle finger learned that\nshe had two trigger fingers\, and un til surgery in February 2026 she could\nbarely play guitar or piano. The P aradiso show is her first performance\nsince her hand recovery. In additio n to Manche she will be backed by\nSanta Fe bassist/singer Chazz Frichtel\ , who played with Michael\nMcDonald for 19 years as well as with Chuck Man gione\, Wilson/Phillips.\nWhile her hand was out of commission Anders turn ed to vocal arranging:\nher piece “A Wave That Rocks Me” was premiered by The Zia Singers in\nJanuary of 2026.\nAnders is known for her smart ly rics\, moving vocals\, and Americana meets\nfolk/pop/jazz sound. Her lyric al focus is less on young love\, more on mid-life\nissues like reinvention \, forgiveness\, healing\, materialism\, and mourning. As\nDirty Linen wro te: *“This is music for adults: smart\, witty\, and insightful.”*\nHer influences are vast and include Joni Mitchell\, Laura Nyro\, Leonard Cohe n\, and\nother great 70s singer-songwriters\, the Motown and Beatles she h eard growing\nup\, and recent artists like Phoebe Bridgers and Kimbra.\nAn ders grew up in Berkeley\, California\, collected degrees from UC Santa Cr uz\nand SF State\, then spent her twenties singing\, playing\, and writing for a\ncappella\, rock\, jazz\, and Motown bands that played throughout n orthern\nCalifornia. She also paid her bills by delivering singing telegra ms wearing a\ntable around her waist\, and teaching doo-wop songs to Buddh ist monks. After\nmoving to Los Angeles in 1990 and meeting her future hus band Tom Manche\,\nthey formed\, toured\, and recorded with their band Sus an’s Room for the rest\nof the decade. Susan's Room disbanded amicably a nd Anders moved with\nManche to Nashville\, Tennessee in 2002\, where she coached singers and\nreleased four solo albums: Release (2005)\, Swimmer ( 2010)\, Loop de Loop\n(2016)\, and 13 Women (2021). Susan and Tom moved to Santa Fe\, New Mexico\nin 2023\, where they live downtown with their dog Eddie.\n\nDownload or stream Hi-res photos and NOW I’M A KITE at:\n[http s://www.susanandersmusic.com/epk](https://www.susanandersmusic.com/epk).\n Live videos are at\n[https://susanandersmusic.com/video](https://susanande rsmusic.com/video). URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/paradiso-music-and-dance/events/31699 7039/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261015T165818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T165818Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_317016452@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T173154Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261107T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261107T213000 SUMMARY:New Mexico Singer/Songwriter Ron Crowder DESCRIPTION:Paradiso\; Music and Dance\nhttps://tickets.holdmyticket.com/t ickets/467101\n\n**Ron Crowder**\nSinger/songwriter Ron Crowder studied mu sic theory and composition at the University\nof New Mexico\, while workin g in recording studios and working his way into becoming\na member of New Mexico’s recording studio elite\, winning numerous awards (eg: Tellys\,\ nSilver Microphones\, Addys\, American Marketing Association\, New Mexico Music\nAwards) as a songwriter\, producer\, recording engineer and compose r.\nThrough it all\, songwriting has always remained his passion. “The t hing that would\nmean the most to me now is if my music could move people the way I have been\nmoved by my favorite songwriters. That’s my goal wi th every song I write.”\nHe has also gone on to travel the world as a to uring and recording musician\, sharing\nthe stage with acts as diverse as Three Dog Night\, The Persuasions\, The Main Squeeze\nand 3-time Grammy wi nner\, Fantastic Negrito\, among many others.\n“What has sustained me al l of these years is the love and the laughter and the music.\nFor me they go hand in hand. It’s about so much more than music for me. My music is\ ntruly an outgrowth of that all-powerful love. It’s what drives everythi ng for me.”\nWith a great band backing him he continues to bring music t hat carries influences of\nrock\, pop\, funk and soul for people to enjoy. \n**Musicians**\nRon Crowder--vocals and guitar\nChris Ishee--keyboards\nD aniel Ward--electric guitar\nAlex Murzyn--saxophone\nJohn Barlit--drums\nC olin Deuble--bass\nTeri Lynn Browning--background vocals\nAlex Muzyn - sax ophone\n**Band Bios**\n**Ron Crowder**\nRon Crowder is an award-winning si nger-songwriter\, producer\, recording engineer and multi-\ninstrumentalis t. An Albuquerque native\, Ron has traveled the world as a touring and rec ording musician\,\nsharing the stage with acts as diverse as Three Dog Nig ht\, The Persuasions\, The Zombies\, The Main\nSqueeze and 3-time Grammy w inner\, Fantastic Negrito\, among many others. As a long-time member of\nN ew Mexico’s recording studio elite\, Ron is also the owner of InCrowd Pr oductions in Albuquerque\,\nwinning numerous awards as a songwriter\, prod ucer\, recording engineer and composer\, including Tellys\,\nSilver Microp hones\, Addys\, American Marketing Association\, and is a perennial winner at the New\nMexico Music Awards\, recently winning Song of the Year\, Pro ducer of the Year and Best Recording\nEngineer. Today\, in addition to his work in the recording studio\, he performs regularly with his band\, the\ nRon Crowder Band\, which features an all-star lineup of some of New Mexic o’s finest musicians.\n**John Bartlit**\nJohn Bartlit is an accomplished professional multi-instrumentalist\, composer\, teacher\, producer and\na ccompanist with decades of experience in the arts. He holds a performance degree in percussion (BA)\nfrom UNM. John has performed and recorded local ly\, nationally and internationally in a wide variety of\nstyles. His musi cal adventures include The Bert Dalton Trio\, NM Symphony\, SF Desert Chor ale\, Rita\nMoreno\, Hubie Law\, John Lewis (MJQ)\, Chris Calloway\, John Rangel\, NM Marimba Band\, Del Sol String\nQuartet\, John Cage\, Lou Harri son\, Michael Sterns\, Bill Evans Dance and Robbie Robertson. John’s ski lls\nin trap-set are legendary\, and he has pioneered a whole new approach to Flamenco cajon as well as\nmastering many hand percussion instruments. \n**Daniel Ward**\nDaniel Ward’s polymath approach is born from his pass ion and appetite for the diversity of music. Born in\nLos Alamos\, NM to a nuclear chemist/conductor\, he holds degrees in classical guitar and comp osition\nfrom the University of New Mexico. Touring with dance companies p rovided him a “road scholarship” with\ngreat guitarists who taught him his 100 mile-and-hour technique. As Ottmar Liebert’s right-hand rumbero \non successive world tours\, he held down the groove\, and learned the pa tience and humility it takes to\nsurvive as a professional. Currently\, Da niel is finding fulfillment passing his skills to the next generation\,\nt eaching at New Mexico High School for the Arts in Santa Fe and as interim Head of Guitar Studies at\nUNM.\n**Colin Deuble**\nNew Mexico native\, Col in Deuble\, grew up in Belen and began his musical journey playing piano a nd\nFrench Horn before discovering a love for the role of bass. He went on to study and earn a degree in Jazz\nPerformance from the University of No rth Texas before returning home to Albuquerque. Colin is a\nlongtime membe r bands such as Calle 66 and the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra and performs w ith many\nnotable musicians and groups ranging from straight-ahead jazz an d swing to salsa\, Brazilian\, pop\, and\nfunk.\n**Chris Ishee**\nChris Is hee has been a fixture on the New Mexico music scene for decades. He spent many years touring\nwith Maynard Ferguson and Engelbert Humperdinck\, amo ng many other artists. In addition\, he taught at\nSanta Fe Prep for 24 ye ars. He has two CD’s out of his own music and just completed a healing m usic\nproject with his wife\, Carrie Ishee.\n**Teri Lynn Browning**\nTeri Lynn is a professional singer/songwriter living in Santa Fe for over 30 ye ars. She received a vocal\nperformance scholarship and studied Baroque and Medieval Music at Oklahoma State in college.\nEventually moving to Santa Fe in 1992 she performed jazz standards with a jazz trio then was a regula r\ncast member at La Casa Sena Cantina performing classic showtunes and ca baret. In 1996 she created\nand produced the very popular “Teri’s Loun ge” which featured a house band with local talent. Her band played the S anta Fe circuit including A Bar\, Catamount and various other clubs. In 19 98 she released a\nclub track “Feel your power” which was featured on the Rolling Stone dance chart for several months. Teri\nLynn moved to NYC where she received a record deal with house music legend Todd Terry and re corded\ntwo dance singles. In the past she had a featured solo showcase on the Plaza Bandstand and has had\nregular weekly residencies at La Posada Bar\, El Monte Sagrado (Taos)\, Vanessie and La Fonda in Santa\nFe and sol d out showcases in Amsterdam\, Paris and London. Teri Lynn released her CD “Heart”\nproduced by Andrew Primm in 2012 which was nominated for a N ew Mexico Music Award. She was\nchosen to showcase her songs at NYC ‘s w ell known club “The Cutting Room.” Teri Lynn has recorded on\nlocal ar tists CD’s including Gary Farmer\, Joe West and Chris Dracup among other s. Currently she has\nbeen a solo performer at the Santa Fe Tributes conce rts for the last 9 years and is a featured member of\nthe Ron Crowder Band as well as regularly performing on Sky Railway. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/paradiso-music-and-dance/events/31701 6452/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261016T204639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T204639Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_317016821@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T173154Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261113T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261113T213000 SUMMARY:Carla Van Blake ~ Beautiful Songs from her new CD DESCRIPTION:Paradiso\; Music and Dance\n[Carla Van Blake](https://www.carl avanblake.com/) possesses a variety of skills\, from software engineering to couture design to jewelry making\, but her first and enduring love is m usic. She’s led an interesting life\, growing up in New York State and N igeria\, volunteering with the Peace Corps in Mali\, and surviving a near- death experience “My parents moved me to a remote area in Nigeria when I was eight years old\,” she said. “My father took his jazz collection with him\, so I grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald\, Dinah Washington\, Sarah Vaughan\, Carmen McRae\, and Nina Simone.\nWhen trumpet maestro and jazz icon Bobby Shew heard her for the first time\, he said\, “The phras ing and everything was right\, and she sings in tune\, and she has the who le persona as a jazz singer.” A New Mexico Music Awards finalist\, Carla will be singing her beautiful original songs from her new CD at Paradiso\ , bringing her positive lyrics to uplift our hearts in these challenging t imes.\n\nhttps://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/467841\n\n## Backed by J ohn Funkhouser - piano\, Alex Murzyn - sax\, Mark Clark - drums\, Terry Bu rns - Bass URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/paradiso-music-and-dance/events/31701 6821/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261016T213056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T213056Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.meetup.com/paradiso-music-and-dance/events/ical / X-WR-CALNAME:Paradiso\; Music and Dance END:VCALENDAR