PRESS
- 2021 performed at Santa Fe Bandstand/Santa Fe Plaza Concert Series, opening for Sim Balkey
- 2020 & 2019: Voted Top 3 Best Local Band, Albuquerque Journal North Reader’s Choice
- 2019 Voted #2 Best Band, Santa Fe Reporter
- 2018 Opening act for the annual Las Cruces Country Music Festival
- 2017 KBAC/98.1FM added radio airplay for cover of “Can’t Let Go”
- 2016 performed at Santa Fe Bandstand, opening for Elen Jewell
“Half Broke Horses is the best band I’ve heard in Santa Fe in a long, long time. Real deal music played with heart and soul. Love ‘em.”
– William Gray
Wild, Wild Horses:
“Not that it’s, like, any big surprise to anyone who lives around here, but Cowgirl certainly has the market on all things Americana and country. And it’s in that tradition that everybody’s favorite place to get a frozen strawberry margarita (try it and thank us later) welcomes Half Broke Horses for an afternoon of acoustic-driven Americana and honky-tonk that will, in all likelihood, keep you dancing. HBH brings the energy to their set with songs that have a funny way of sticking with you – no small feat in a town where bands like this are a dime a dozen – and set themselves away from the pack by deftly merging the more fun aspects of these musical styles. There are only so many days left during which you’ll need a quality band like this to provide memories to keep you warm come winter.”
-Alex De Vore
9/30/15, Santa Fe Reporter
SF Reporter “Recommends”:
Half Broke Horses at The Palace, “Come enjoy some good ol’ fashion, two-stepping fun with these Americana, Honky-Tonk heroes.”
-Santa Fe Reporter, July 19 th , 2014
What People Are Saying
“Half Broke Horses have the look, the feel and the sound of a dancehall troupe that just stepped off the screen of a vintage western. Their songbook covers the country classics and contemporary Americana. Their on stage camaraderie is infectious and the crisp vocals and tight musicianship never fails to get listeners of all ages to the dance floor. The sound of Half-Broke Horses is romantic, timely and nostalgic at the same time, and really swings.”
-Ira Gordon, Program Director, KBAC Radio
“Half Broke Horses… a touch of Patsy, a splash of Loretta and a spoonful of Lucinda. Soulful country!”
-Nicholas Ballas, Partner, Cowgirl BBQ, Santa Fe
Santa Fe Reporter ‘Pick’: Half-Broke Horses @ the Cowgirl “This honky-tonk trio fires up the stage.”
-SF Reporter, 11/19/14 Issue, SFReporter.com
“Discovering Half Broke Horses is like discovering a well-stocked jukebox at a roadside diner. Their brand of country may have more in common with old-school renegades like Jerry Jeff Walker than the tight-britches- sporting country acts of today, but that’s a point in their favor. This is a time machine I’ll happily ride in whenever opportunity allows.”
-Chris Diestler, Program Director, KQBA-FM/Outlaw Country, Santa Fe, NM
“I really enjoyed Half Broke Horses last night! As a long time connoisseur of Americana and Honky Tonk, I found their sound to be nicely distilled, more like brandy than bud light. Don’t get me wrong though, extremely danceable whether gripping a snifter or a longneck!”
-Dan Koffman, Santa Fe, NM
