June 21–September 7 Tina Barney: Homecoming features photographs Barney made between 1976 and 1980, when the internationally renowned artist was living in Ketchum, Idaho, and taking photography classes at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts (now Sun Valley Museum of Art). Made with a Pentax 35mm camera, the images […]
Returning to the Valley on their North American tour, four masterful guitarists will perform at the Sun Valley Opera House on International Guitar Night—described as the world’s premier, and longest running, mobile guitar festival. Due to popular demand, the event has been expanded into two nights, February 5 and 6, […]
When the weather changes to cold, wet days, I begin to long for a certain type of soundtrack: melodic, slightly melancholy tunes that make me pensive while driving home at night through a snowstorm, or that simply make me want to lie back on my warm bed listening to the […]
In Idaho, our landlocked, typically wide-brimmed state, one is much more likely to hear the echoes of country music than the passionate rhythm of flamenco. But our Valley is also a place of cultural transcendence, and in this spirit Sun Valley Center for the Arts is hosting the critically renowned […]
“This will be our first time in your state,” Hector Flores says, in reference to our gem state of Idaho. And it’s true, as a member of Las Cafeteras, a genre-bending, musically revolutionary Chicano band from East Los Angeles, Flores knows that their group will find themselves in a very […]
Even though Idaho native Korby Lenker has lived in Nashville, Tennessee, for the past decade, his hometown roots are strong and clear. The singer, songwriter, author, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist just released his latest album, Thousand Springs, and Lenker spent weeks traveling and recording in various outdoor locations in southern Idaho. […]
Our parents’ music is the soundtrack of our formative years, shaping our memories and cultivating our tastes until we begin to develop passions of our own. In my parents’ household, the folksy singing of artists like Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and, of course, Emmylou Harris, was a constant presence. Without […]
Black Violin is all about breaking stereotypes; so much, in fact, that their newest album is titled Stereotypes and comes with a message of staying true to one’s self even though others may judge you. Violinist Kevin Sylvester (stage name Kev Marcus) and viola-player Wilner Baptiste (stage name Wil B) […]