Ben Tavera King
Ben Tavera King (born 1952) is an American new age musician. He performs on guitar, lute, and vihuela.
King received notice in the 1980s and early 1990s on public radio for his releases, many of which were issued on his own label, Talking Taco.[1] He composed the music for several PBS programs, including Heritage and Mujeres con SIDA. The album Themes of Passion was composed as the soundtrack for the PBS special Los Mineros. His most commercially successful album was 1990's Coyote Moon, which peaked at #5 on the Billboard World Music Albums chart.[2] King also founded the label Iago, which releases new age and American Indian music.
Discography
- Saturday Night San Antonio: Tex-Mex Dance Music (Frank Corrales, Ben Tavera King and the Los Folkeros group) (1982)
- Border Bash: Tex-Mex Dance Music, Vol. 2 (Los Polkeros de Ben Tavera King) (1983) on Folkways Records
- Border Crossings: New Directions in Tex-Mex Music (1984) on Folkways Records
- Desert Dreams (1984)
- Coyote Moon (1990)
- Visions & Encounters (1992)
- Turquoise Trail (1993)
- Themes of Passion (1994)
- Hunting Magic (1994)
- Rio Grande Romeos (2003)
- Down Home Saturday Night (2007) on Smithsonian Folkways
Visions & Healing
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