Malpais

I rode from Hondo to Lincoln to Capitan to Carrizozo, where the road wound down out of the hills into the flat, burnt stretch of desert known as the Malpais.

Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

I rode from Hondo to Lincoln to Capitan to Carrizozo, where the road wound down out of the hills into the flat, burnt stretch of desert known as the Malpais.

Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

I rode from Hondo to Lincoln to Capitan to Carrizozo, where the road wound down out of the hills into the flat, burnt stretch of desert known as the Malpais.

Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

The lava fields of western New Mexico are called El Malpais, which is Spanish for "bad lands"?

Route 66 Guide 2008

"Malpais," explained the pilot, as Bernard stepped out.

Brave New World Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1932

You can hear more music by Malpais on their myspace page, and on their official website you can also download the guitar tablature for some songs in case you wish to play along or on your own.

Global Voices in English » Costa Rica: Band Releases Citizen Collaboration Video 2009

Costa Rican band Malpais has released the video for their first single of their latest CD.

Global Voices in English » Costa Rica: Band Releases Citizen Collaboration Video 2009

The town of Malpais has become popular recently with tourists, both domestic and international, and is a lively community of artists, musicians and travelers who decided to stop their journeys there.

Global Voices in English » Costa Rica: Band Releases Citizen Collaboration Video 2009

Malpais means Bad Country in Spanish, and that is the name of the small coastal hamlet which is the band's namesake.

Global Voices in English » Costa Rica: Band Releases Citizen Collaboration Video 2009

Part of the much larger Zuni-Bandera volcanic field, the Lava Malpais covers some of the younger Holocene volcanic flows with the least soil development.

Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA) 2009