Episodes 1-7 tell the back story of Tales of Tila, a one-woman historic musical set in Taos, New Mexico, USA through the first half of the 20th century. The Great War. The Spanish Flu Epidemic. The Great Depression. World War 2. The secret city of Los Alamos, NM during the creation of the atomic bomb. Tila Trujillo was the first in her family and the first in Taos to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormon Church), (the LDS Church). These stories and songs tell of her daily joy, sorrow, and triumph in navigating life and Hispanic Culture in the village of Taos. Get your Spanglish on!
Episodes 8 and on explore the stories behind songs by Carolyn Murset and other songwriting friends.