Music

Think you can sing? Prove it

Durango Voice 2 looking for competitors

January 14, 2017

Talking Dreads coming to Animas City Theatre

I spoke with Talking Dreads founder Mystic Bowie earlier this week about why Talking Dreads isn’t just another cover band,…

January 12, 2017

Music

U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd to headline Bonnaroo

Festival organizers announced the 2017 festival lineup on Wednesday. U2’s set will include its 1987 album, “The Joshua Tree.” Other…

January 11, 2017

Music

Squirrel Nut Zippers swinging into Durango

The Squirrel Nut Zippers are bringing their nine-piece outfit to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.Courtesy of the…

January 5, 2017

Music

Mariah Carey’s disastrous New Year’s Eve performance is a fitting end to 2016

Mariah Carey performs at the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square on Saturday in New York.Greg Allen/Invision/Associated Press The…

January 3, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Looking back: Arts & Entertainment in 2016

Despite the seemingly frequent bad news, there is one big old bright spot, however: The local arts and entertainment scene…

December 29, 2016

Local News

Bayfield High tuba player selected for state symphonic band

Zachary Hollingsworth’s rendition of ‘Alte Zauberkiste’ wins him a seat

December 27, 2016

Music

The stakes were high for George Michael’s solo career. Then ‘Faith’ changed everything.

Singer George Michael performs during his “Live Global Tour” concert in Inglewood, Calif., in 2008. Michael, who rocketed to stardom…

December 27, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

British singer George Michael dead at age 53

Publicist says cause was heart failure

December 25, 2016

Music

Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam, Yes to be inducted into Rock Hall

The rock hall, in downtown Cleveland, also said Tuesday it would give a special award to Nile Rodgers, whose disco-era…

December 20, 2016

Music

John launching video contest

The English singer announced Monday, in celebration of his 50th anniversary with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, that he’s launching a…

December 15, 2016

Music

Kitchen Jam Band to celebrate release of third album

Kitchen Jam Band to celebrate release of its third CD

December 8, 2016

Music

2017 Grammy Awards: A list of the nominees in top categories

Album of the year: “25,” Adele; “Lemonade,” Beyoncé; “Purpose,” Justin Bieber; “Views,” Drake; “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth,” Sturgill Simpson.Record…

December 6, 2016

Local News

Bar D Wranglers’ Christmas Jubilee will be Dec. 17

du1-i-syn Bar D Wranglers Gary Cook, Richard Lee Cody, Matt Palmer, and Joel Racheff perform family-friendly traditional western music, cowboy…

December 5, 2016

Music

There’s a new rapper in town

Nikolai Thers to make Animas City Theatre debut

December 1, 2016

Music

2 nights of music on tap at ACT

We had a chance to talk with Mike Tallman, who plays guitar and sings in Eufórquestra. Q: It seems like…

November 24, 2016

Music

Bruno Mars opens AMAs; Drake, twenty one pilots win awards

The song is Mars’ latest smash single after the success of last year’s “Uptown Funk.” He, like many of the…

November 20, 2016

Music

Kanye West goes on epic rant, storms out of Sacramento concert after 30 minutes

Kanye West, seen here in August, abruptly ended his Sacramento show Saturday night after letting loose a stream-of-consciousness rant.Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated…

November 20, 2016

Music

Big-voiced Dap-Kings soul singer Sharon Jones dies at 60

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings perform at the SPIN Party at Stubb’s during the South by Southwest music festival in…

November 19, 2016

Music

A Tribe Called Quest delivers final masterpiece

Phife Dawg and Q-Tip of the hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest perform in 2010.Kyle Gustafson/The Washington Post Despite sporadic…

November 17, 2016

Local News

Life-Long Learning series ends with the divas of opera

du1-i-syn Learn about the fictional and nonfictional women who have defined, and defied, the traditions of opera for more than…

November 16, 2016

Music

DJ-producer Kaskade: Electronic dance music is not over

Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Kaskade has seen the headlines proclaiming the beginning of the end of the electronic dance music…

November 15, 2016

Local News

Music infuses the visual art of Fort Lewis professor

As an associate professor at Fort Lewis College, his art career has taken him around the country and across the…

November 13, 2016

Music

Consolation in hard times: The Brahms Requiem

Orchestra and singers unite

November 10, 2016