Green

Track 1 off of LYDIAN WATER SONGS, Cactus Tractor's second album (Dec. 2015). Written by David Bashwiner, performed by Cactus Tractor (Christy Cook, Stef Graner, Matthew Tobias, Paul Hunton, plus string quartet). Recorded by Matthew Tobias at Empty House Studios. Produced by David Bashwiner. 

Fan The Flames

Track 2 off of LYDIAN WATER SONGS, Cactus Tractor's second album (Dec. 2015). Written by Stephanie Graner, performed by Cactus Tractor (Stef Graner, Christy Cook, David Bashwiner, Brandon Baca, Samuel Sullivan, Paul Hunton, Matt Breuer, Jordan Fredrick, Orlando Madrid). Recorded by Matthew Tobias at Empty House Studios. Produced by David Bashwiner. 

Goodbye Without A Kiss

Track 6 off of LYDIAN WATER SONGS, Cactus Tractor's second album (Dec. 2015). Written by Christy Cook, performed by Cactus Tractor (Christy Cook, Stef Graner, David Bashwiner, Matthew Tobias, Matt Breuer, Jordan Fredrick, Orlando Madrid). Recorded by Matthew Tobias at Empty House Studios. Produced by David Bashwiner.

Winter

Track 5 off of LYDIAN WATER SONGS, Cactus Tractor's second album (Dec. 2015). Written by Stephanie Graner (in collaboration with artists at VSA Albuquerque), performed by Cactus Tractor (Stef Graner, Christy Cook, David Bashwiner, Brandon Baca, Samuel Sullivan, Paul Hunton, Matthew Tobias, Matt Breuer, Jordan Fredrick, Orlando Madrid). Recorded by Matthew Tobias at Empty House Studios. Produced by David Bashwiner. 

It's Crazy

Track 12 off of LYDIAN WATER SONGS, Cactus Tractor's second album (Dec. 2015). Written by Christy Cook, performed by Cactus Tractor (Christy Cook, David Bashwiner, Stephanie Graner, Brandon Baca, Samuel Sullivan, Paul Hunton, Matt Breuer, Jordan Fredrick, Orlando Madrid, Donna Bacon, Ryan Downs, Caitlyn Fukai, Mario Bastea-Forte). Recorded by Matthew Tobias at Empty House Studios. Produced by David Bashwiner.

Canyon

Track 4 off of LYDIAN WATER SONGS, Cactus Tractor's second album (Dec. 2015). Written by David Bashwiner, performed by Cactus Tractor (David Bashwiner, Christy Cook, Stef Graner, Brandon Baca, Samuel Sullivan, Paul Hunton, Jon McMillan, Donna Bacon, Ryan Downs, Caitlyn Fukai, and Mario Bastea-Forte). Recorded by Matthew Tobias at Empty House Studios. Produced by David Bashwiner.

I Don't Want To Get Hurt (By You (Again))

Cactus Tractor is a seven-person Bohemian Pop Folk Disco (beau-pop-faux-disc) band based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with four songwriters, toothsome harmonies, and a multitude of fun stringed and unstrung instruments. These include, but are not limited to, the hula horn (invented by Christy), the musical saw (which is dangerous), the violin (which is also dangerous if you're standing just to the left), the accordion (which is heavy), the charango (which attracts a lot of attention despite its small stature—much like its player, Stef!), buckets-and-buckets-full of harmonicas (which often fall on the ground and cause great consternation), frogs (which croak when struck with a stick—try it out!), and tea towels (which, laid artfully over a snare drum, make for a proper English quiet-funky kit sound). We love playing farmers’ markets, house shows, cafes, beer gardens, petting zoos, clothing swaps, nursing homes, and just about anyplace we will find teenagers uncomfortable to be with their parents. As of late, teens have reluctantly toe-tapped to our tunes at the New Mexico Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (showcased band), the Albuquerque Folk Festival*, the Tricklock Theater Company’s Reptilian Lounge (house band), Road to Rich’s Tie Dye Festival, the Albuquerque BioPark (botanic gardens and petting zoo), the Downtown Growers’ Market, a Skarsgard Farms “Folk Circus,” the Albuquerque Mennonite Church, the Regency Nursing Home in Springfield, IL, the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, and countless coffee shops, restaurants, and—for those peeking in the window—bars. Formed in 2012 to perform a concert of songs written by adult artists with developmental disabilities (co-written by Stef), Cactus Tractor is committed to fostering musical community in Albuquerque not only through performing but also through outreach and education. Both of our albums—Cactus Tractor (2014) and Lydian Water Songs (2015—are available on CD Baby and iTunes.

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