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Las Cruces community radio station, KTAL-LP 101.5 FM is sponsoring an album release party for local musician and longtime radio host Teresa Tudury.
The event starts at 7 p.m. Friday, June 28 at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St. It will celebrate her new album, “Perhaps You’ve Heard of Me.”
Tickets for the concert are $25 including a copy of the new album and $15 without. Tickets will go on sale later this month through the Rio Grande Theatre at https://www.riograndetheatre.org/.
The album was recorded at Clarksdale Sound Stage in Clarksdale, Mississippi, according to a news release. It was produced by Tudury, Gary Vincent and Henrietta Musselwhite, the wife of legendary blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite, who plays on two songs.
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Rickie Lee Jones also performs on the album. Jones and Tudury sing a playful duet on the song “Cowgirls.” Jones and Charlie Musselwhite both play on the song “Magdalena,” which also includes local musician and former KTAL-LP host Doug Adamz on violin.
As with her prior albums, Tudury comments on current affairs, according to a news release.
This was Tudury’s sixth album. Previous albums by her include “West of Paradise” in 2015, “Love Letters” in 2011. “Such Fine Things” in 2009, “River of Life” in 2002 and “Teresa Tudury” in 1992.
Tudury will perform all 12 songs on the album during the June 6 concert, and will tell stories about the songs and the people who she wrote and performed them with. That was pretty much the premise of her radio show, ”Live From the Doublewide,” which debuted on KTAL-LP in 2019 and featured songs by artists who Tudury has known and performed with during her career. Along with Jones and Musselwhite, that list includes Leonard Cohen, Ritchie Havens, Lyle Lovett, Taj Mahal, Leo Kotke and Bonnie Bramlett, according to the news release.
Tudury started writing songs when she was 12 years old and was performing in San Francisco nightclubs by the time she was 15.
Tudury’s songs combine beautiful melodies with sharp-witted observations. Her voice was described by “LA Weekly” as a cross between Bette Midler and Bonnie Raitt, and is a perfect fit for her bluesy guitar style, according to the news release.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 3 p.m. on May 23 to reflect a change of date for the concert.
