Biography

Lone Piñon es una orquesta de cuerdas del norte de Nuevo Mexico, Estados Unidos. Tocan una amplia variedad de la música regional que tiene arraigo cultural en Nuevo Mexico. Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or “orquesta típica”, whose music celebrates the integrity of our region's cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, accordions, guitar, and vihuela, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New Mexico. Over the past eight years Lone Piñon has played extensively throughout the Southwest, recorded four studio albums, and represented New Mexico traditions at the Library of Congress in Washington DC and in festivals across the mainland US and in Hawai’i. In 2019 they received the Parsons Award from the American Folklife Center and were recognized by the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures for their work with regional traditions. “Truly exceptional. A leading ensemble committed to the preservation and elevation of the traditional musical forms of the Northern New Mexico region.” -National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures “They make the music of the border into something living, breathing and absolutely enticing.” -fROOTS Magazine, UK “It’s a challenge not to clap, tap, or sway along with these rhythms... Listening to Lone Piñon highlights the pleasure to be derived from cross cultural relationships.” — No Depression