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Coming SATURDAY, September 12, 2026
Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin
Sage Valley Pottery
4908 Corrales Road, Corrales, NM
Doors 7PM
GA $20 advance / $25 door / unplugged house concert style.| All Ages
Since 1992, Chris Brashear and Peter McLaughlin have established themselves as a pre-eminent songwriting and acoustic music duo with a particular interest in the American Southwest. Their performances include sibling-like harmonies, intricate arrangements, and stunning instrumental virtuosity. Though steeped in bluegrass tradition, they perform many original songs inspired by western landscapes, history and wild rivers. Peter is a National Flatpicking Guitar Champion, as well as an acclaimed songwriter, vocalist and music instructor. Based in Tucson, he plays many genres and styles, and specializes in acoustic flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques. Chris is a talented vocalist and songwriter, and a versatile instrumentalist on fiddle, mandolin and guitar. He performed for two years in Italy as violinist with the Maurizio Geri Swingtet and toured for many years with Robin & Linda Williams and Jim Watson, and more recently with the Piedmont Melody Makers. The duo continues to write, record, produce and concertize in a variety of contexts. They serve as musician hosts on guided trips on both the San Juan River in southern Utah and the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. New projects include a short film inspired by Glen Canyon and river journeys as well as a 2026 album of new songs with the working title When the Desert Smells Like Rain.
Coming SUNDAY, September 13, 2026
Ryan Biter in Concert
with opener Kent Gurley
Solamente Natural Plaster
135 North Camino Del Pueblo
Bernalillo, NM 87004
Doors 6:30 PM, Music: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
You may bring your own food and drink.
ALL TICKET PROCEEDS GO TO FEATURED ARTISTS
Questions? Call Kent 505-205-6010
Inspired by the 7000-foot elevation of his Flagstaff, Arizona home, Ryan Biter loves nothing more than taking audiences on adventures scaling emotional heights and depths.
Ryan Biter is the aimless, eccentric, tactless kid you went to school with growing up that you always kind of wondered what happened to after high school.With equal measures of irreverence, sharp insight, and vulnerability, Biter invites audiences to be open to our profound humanness. Weird, wonderful, and flawed.
The grit, soul, and raw emotion of his voice has drawn comparisons to Amos Lee , Chris Stapleton, and Teddy Swims. His songs have the ear worm hooks and everyman sensibility of Ed Sheeran, 2000s Country music , and Paul Simon. His expansive finger style guitar work is reminiscent of Michael Hedges, Newton Faulkner, Tommy Emmanuel, and John Butler.
Think of him like a guitar slinging Mr. Rodgers for messed up adults.
Awards
4 time Dripping Springs Featured Songwriter
2 Time Featured artist on The Blue Plate Special.
2026 Your Roots Are Showing Featured Artist ( Belfast, Ireland)
2025 Corpus Christi Songwriters festival featured arti
2025 Banderra Songwriting Festival Featured Artist
2024 Guest Musician with Author Athena Aktipis for National Science Week (University of New South Wales Syndey)
2024 South West Regional Folk Alliance Official Showcasing Artist.
2023 Red Lodge Songwriting Competition Finalist
2023 Wildflower Festival Al Johnson Songwriting Competition Finalist
2022 Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Alternate Showcasing Artist
2022 Kerrville New Folk Finalist
2022 Songwriters Serenade Finalist
Opening act for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Carvin Jones
You can find Ryan Biter sharing his music across the United States and Canada at a mix of house concerts, listening rooms, and festivals across the United States. Find him on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube, or sign up for his email list!