Since I Left You (The Dog Song)
42nd Gathering Featured Artists
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Lara shares a "brand new" breakup song. Lara Manzanares performs "Since I Left You (The Dog Song)" during the "Words Are Medicine" show at the 41st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lara Manzanares
Tierra Amarilla, NM
Lara Manzanares is a bilingual singer-songwriter from Northern New Mexico. She grew up singing the traditional rancheras and corridos of her sheep-ranching childhood, and composes her own style of music in both English and Spanish. Following up on her award-winning first album "Land Baby," in 2025 she released "Yo Soy de Ti (I’m Yours)," an album inspired by her homeland and her experiences at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. When she’s not singing or helping on the ranch, you can find Lara on her Rio Grande loom, weaving tapestries with yarn from her family’s Navajo-Churro sheep.
"Since I Left You (The Dog Song)"
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Filmed in front of a live audience at the Elko Convention Center’s Laurena Moren Theater on Jan. 30, 2026.
Made possible by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make this show happen.
Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
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