Society Hall Welcomes Back the Arellano Brothers!
Schedule
Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
400 Ross Ave, Alamosa, CO, United States, Colorado 81101 | Alamosa, CO
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Society Hall, the performance space, concert hall and community gathering place at 400 Ross Ave. in Alamosa, is excited to welcome Chris and Rodney Arellano back to the Society Hall stage, on Saturday, March 14th, at 7:30 pm, with doors opening at 6:30. Tickets are $20 and are available at the Green Spot in Alamosa or at the link below. The concert will also stream live on the Society Hall Facebook Page and on You-Tube.Chris and his brother Rodney are natives of Costilla, New Mexico, perched right on the Colorado border at the southern end of the San Luis Valley. They both grew up playing in their father’s band, but their musical journey since then has since taken them from the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles, to major label record deals in Nashville, through performances in New York City to Chris running his own music teaching academy in Oregon.
The Arellano Brothers have a remarkable range of musical influences and expressions, from the Norteno music they grew up playing in their father’s band, to the high desert folk/Americana music they learned to love in Red River, New Mexico, while learning to write songs with Chris's friend and mentor Eddy Lee Bullington, well known to area audiences as a member (with Michael Hearne) of the popular South by Southwest band, and also as a member (with Don Richmond) of the regional favorite Hired Hands. Chris and Rodney are able to blend these different musical streams seamlessly, and delightfully, in their music that they call “Nuevo Americana” (also the title of Chris's 2nd CD), creating a true expression of the beauty, richness and diversity of the musical heritage of this area.
If you add in Chris's superb command of multiple stringed instruments and voice, honed by years of experience as a recording artist, studio musician and producer in Nashville, mixed with Rodney's rock-solid bass work and note-perfect sibling vocal harmony and you have the ingredients of a remarkable performance and an amazing musical evening.
In 2025, Chris was the recipient of a grant from Howlin' Dog Music Group, a non-profit organization based in Alamosa, to help him record a new album, which he and Rodney are working on in Nashville with their old friend and Nashville legend Verlon Thompson. Chris's second CD, released on Alamosa's own Howlin' Dog Records, features several original songs, two of his father's Norteno-styled tunes, as well as songs from his mentors Eddy Lee and Verlon Thompson. The CD has received rave reviews from fans and DJ's alike, and is in heavy rotation on regional radio. Two cuts from Arellano’s previously released self-titled album held #1 positions on New Mexico Radio Charts and Cuentas Que Te Vas and Puno de Tierra were respectively the #6 and #3 most requested songs of the year in 2015. This CD project also received a Los 15 Grandes De Nuevo Mexico Music Award from the New Mexico Latin Music Academy. In 2016 the album received nine separate nominations for New Mexico Hispano Music Association Awards, including Songwriter of the Year, Artist of the Year, and the Rising Star Award.
The board of Society Hall, a 501c-3 non profit organization, invites lovers of music of all kinds to join them Saturday, March 14th at 7:30 pm, for an evening of the beautiful and moving music of the Arellano Brothers. Doors open at 6:30. As always, wine, beer, soft drinks and snacks will be available. Society Hall – where community celebrates!
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