2019 Viola Award Finalist for Excellence in Music Tha 'Yoties are a Reggae/Rock band from Flagstaff, IrieZona. The band is notable for their lively performances, catchy melodies, and conscious message. Their signature'IrieZona Reggae-Rock' sound is greatly influenced by the cultures and concerns of the Native American populations of the Four Corners region. Through the [...]
2019 Viola Award Finalist for Excellence in Music DJ Cecil Tso and emcee Colin “Smallz” Haviland of The Boom Box Bros make up the local hip-hop duo CoCec. Though the pair had known each other musically for years they hadn’t originally planned to make music together. When Tso crafted a handful of beats, sent [...]
2019 Viola Award Finalist for Excellence in Music In 2018, Flagstaff musician Donivan Berube released his newest single "So Much for No Mountain.” The release was accompanied by a music video presenting the spirit ofromance as a broken, post-Dharma Bums dystopia. "The recording and filming was a major collaborative effort between many Flagstaff musicians, [...]
2019 Viola Award Finalist for Excellence in Music Unique to Flagstaff and recognized globally, Ice Sword describes their music as high power fantasy metal. Their 2018 release ‘Dragon Magic’ has been compared to Metallica meeting J.R.R. Tolkien. The group’s jaw-dropping performance is marked with costumes, keytars, skilled musicianship, and loyal fans. According to FlagBrew [...]
2019 Viola Award Finalist for Excellence in Music David Strackany, known by some as Paleo, is a songwriter, producer, and audio engineer. Strackany made Flagstaff his home in 2015 and has made quite an impact on the community since then. Upon arrival, Strackany worked as one of the primary audio engineers at Firecreek Coffee [...]
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