About

Round Mountain, as a band, rises as a metaphor for the historical perspective that we as a culture have at this time in accessing music and life knowledge from many traditions. We feel that living in a place of strong tradition enhances our desire to both live fully in that place, and see a long way in all directions. In 2002, Santa Fe brothers Robby and Char Rothschild met bassist Jon Gagan. Besides sharing a background of having grown up in Northern New Mexico, we found a deep commonality in our love of global traditional music.

Music

This is original world folk music, with strong influences and instruments from traditional global traditions as well as New Mexico. West African kora and Irish bouzouki are played along with guitar, accordion and a dobro strung to be played clawhammer-style, elevated by upright bass. Round Mountain's music most specifically references traditional music from West Africa and Appalachia, New Orleans, Ireland, the Balkans and Turkey, yet is inspired primarily by connecting to the land and culture of their native New Mexico. Robby has traveled to Mali and studied West African music, and Char has been working with Roma teachers on trumpet and accordion since meeting Zahir Ramadanov of Ansembl Teodosievski in Mendocino in 1998.

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Upcoming groupmuses

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  Living room

  Round Mountain at Casa Solana

  Saturday, Jan 11 7:00 PM MST

  • Neighborhood: Casa Solana
  • Instruments: World Folk Orchestra Trio
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $25+ at event

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