Music

2017: The year’s top moments in arts and entertainment

Looking back at what made us laugh, cry and think in Durango and beyond

December 28, 2017

Mariah Carey returns to ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’

Mariah Carey is returning to “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” after last year’s debacle. They released…

December 23, 2017

Music

Maroon 5 manager Jordan Feldstein dies unexpectedly at 40

A spokeswoman for the band confirmed Saturday that Feldstein died unexpectedly Friday. The Feldstein family said in a statement that…

December 23, 2017

Music

Music in the Mountains recalibrates education components

From a modest, and somewhat informal, beginning with 11 musicians three decades ago, MITM has morphed into a highly successful…

December 22, 2017

Music

Warm up those vocal cords: Durango Voice competition seeks singers

Audition tapes due in January for Manna fundraiser

December 15, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Bar D Wranglers to perform Christmas Jubilee

du1-i-syn Bar D Wranglers Gary Cook, Matt Palmer, Richard Espinoza, Joel Racheff and Charlie Daniels will perform family-friendly traditional western…

December 9, 2017

Music

Tears, pomp, extravagance as France mourns rocker Johnny Hallyday

Few figures in French history have earned a send-off with as much pomp as the man dubbed the “French Elvis,”…

December 9, 2017

Music

Music in the Mountains’ Mischa Semanitzky ‘very dedicated to adopting Durango’

Friends, colleagues remember one of festival’s founders

December 7, 2017

Religion

Sixth annual Messiah Sing-in open to public on Dec. 10 in Cortez

The program aims to make this famous choral work accessible to everyone during the holiday season. The Messiah Sing-in is…

December 6, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Jim Nabors, TV’s homespun Gomer Pyle and singer, dies at 87

Nabors, who underwent a liver transplant in 1994 after contracting hepatitis B, died peacefully at his home in Hawaii after…

November 30, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Russell Simmons steps down from companies amid allegation

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons announced Thursday he would be stepping down from companies he founded after a new allegation of…

November 30, 2017

Music

AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64

AC/DC announced the death Saturday on their official Facebook page and website Saturday. A representative for the band confirmed that…

November 18, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

FLC to host pianist as artist in residence

Valentidu1-i-syn Valenti will lead a class, free and open to all, at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Valenti will give a…

November 15, 2017

Local News

Country-folk singer to visit WildEdge on Friday

Jackson Emmer stops in Cortez on album tour

November 8, 2017

Music

CMA Awards predictions: Who will win, and who won’t

The 51st annual CMA Awards will air live on Wednesday.Charles Sykes/Invision/AP file Miranda Lambert is the top contender with five…

November 8, 2017

Local News

Cortez Middle School premieres ‘Into the Woods, Jr.’

Students perform to standing ovation

November 5, 2017

Music

San Juan Symphony navigates the new world

The San Juan Symphony will play Sunday in Durango.Durango Herald file Howard Hanson’s “Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings” was…

November 4, 2017

Music

Record crowd attends star ceremony for Latin icon Selena

Known simply as Selena, the singer-songwriter broke barriers for women in Latin music. She opened the floodgates for a new…

November 4, 2017

Local News

Montezuma-Cortez band places fourth at state finals

Panthers faced high-scoring Classical Academy, D’Evelyn

October 30, 2017

Music

Durango Chamber Singers to present varied program Sunday

Crawforddu1-i-syn On Sunday afternoon, “Heartstrings,” the newest iteration from the innovative Durango Chamber Singers, will take place. At 3 p.m.…

October 26, 2017

Music

Rock pioneer Fats Domino dead at age 89

Domino, the amiable rock ’n’ roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music even as…

October 25, 2017

Regional News

Al Hurricane, ‘Godfather of New Mexico music,’ dies

Al Hurricane known as the “Godfather of New Mexico music” for developing a distinct sound bridging the state’s unique Hispanic…

October 23, 2017

Music

Altius Quartet boys are back in Durango for recital

Lewis College launches A.I.R. recital season

October 19, 2017

Performing Arts

Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College celebrates 20 years

October 19, 2017