ALAMOSA — Society Hall, the performance space, concert hall and community gathering place at 400 Ross Ave. in Alamosa, is proud to welcome the Arellano Brothers with Jimmy Stadler back to the Society Hall stage, on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6. 

Tickets are $20 and are available at the Green Spot in Alamosa or online at www.societyhall.org. Also appearing will be drummer Paul Pearcy and Alamosa musician Don Richmond on pedal steel and fiddle. The concert will also stream live on the Society Hall Facebook Page and on You-Tube. 

Chris Arellano and his brother Rodney on bass and vocals are both natives of Costilla, N.M., 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 around southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. Chris's musical journey has since taken him from the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles, to major label record deals in Nashville, through performances in New York City to running his own music teaching academy in Oregon. 

The Arellanos 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 Chris learned to love in Red River, New Mexico, while learning to write songs with his 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 the 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. 

Chris and Rodney will also be joined at Society Hall by Taos, N.M., legend Jimmy Stadler on keyboard and guitar. 

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 mentor Eddy Lee and Nashville legend and friend 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 No. 1 positions on New Mexico Radio Charts and Cuentas Que Te Vas and Puno de Tierra were respectively the No. 6 and No. 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 seperate nominations for New Mexico Hispano Music Association Awards, including Songwriter of the Year, Artist of the Year, and the Rising Star Award.