Music

Review: Lee Ann Womack heads off in new direction

Associated Press photo/Sugar Hill Records Lee Ann Womack goes against the grain of modern country in her new album, “The Way…

September 22, 2014

Music

Sweeney style

San Francisco indie rocker Luke Sweeney, right, is bringing his psychedelic brand of folk-pop to Ska Brewing Co.’s SkaBQ on…

September 21, 2014

Music

Lady Gaga: ‘It’s a very happy time in my life’

Lady Gaga worked with Tony Bennett on the album “Cheek to Cheek,” out on Tuesday. The 28-year-old is on an…

September 21, 2014

Music

Piano man

Durango’s St. Mark’s Recital Series will kick off its 10th season today with a performance by Lee Bartley, a Colorado…

September 18, 2014

Music

FLC Music Department welcomes three new faces

Recital on Sunday will showcase talent

September 18, 2014

Music

Jason Isbell cleans up at Americana Awards

Jason Isbell performs at the Americana Music Honors and Awards show Wednesday in Nashville.Associated Press Photo/Mark Zaleski Isbell won artist,…

September 18, 2014

Music

Wealth of riches fuels rock band New Pornographers

Members of The New Pornographers, Carl Newman, front, second row from left, Neko Case and Kurt Dahle, third row from…

September 18, 2014

Music

Review: alt-J returns with beautiful, baffling LP

Alt-J’s new album, “This Is All Yours,” is the follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed debut, “An Awesome Wave.”Associated Press…

September 17, 2014

Music

Experts: Chopin’s heart shows signs of tuberculosis

A woman visits the shrine where the heart of Polish-born composer Frederic Chopin rests in the Church of the Holy…

September 17, 2014

Music

Forward-thinking U2 innovating while entertaining

Associated Presshoto/Marcio Jose Sanchez Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, greets Bono after U2 performed at the end of the Apple event…

September 16, 2014

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Robert Plant sets aside rambling ways on new LP

British musician Robert Plant seen here in Camden Lock in north London, England. Plant returned to his native country to…

September 12, 2014

Music

Music is healing

3rd Ave Arts is hosting a benefit concert at 7 p.m. on Friday to help Durango musician Cheryl Birchard, pictured,…

September 11, 2014

Music

Country singer Merle Haggard: still on the road

Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/Associated Press Merle Haggard performs at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. At 77, Haggard still hits the…

September 11, 2014

Music

Review: No surprise, the surprise U2 album shines

Associated Press Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez U2 members Bono, left, and Larry Mullen Jr. perform during an announcement of new products by…

September 10, 2014

Music

St. Vincent leaps ahead, will tour with Black Keys

St. Vincent, performing here at the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival, continues a big year with a full autumn of touring,…

September 9, 2014

Music

Tragicomedies at Toronto find mixed results

Bill Murray, right, and Jaden Lieberher star in “St. Vincent.”Associated Press photo/The Weinstein Company, Atsushi Nishijima The balancing act can…

September 8, 2014

Music

Q&A: Richards on new book, Stones tour, solo music

Keith Richards’ children’s book, Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar, releases today.Photo by Chris…

September 8, 2014

Music

Keith Richards’ has a new collaborator: his own daughter

Discovering guitar is central theme of children’s book

September 7, 2014

Music

3 bands, 30 breweries and a Ska celebration

Legendary Jamaican band The Skatalites stop in town during 50th anniversary tour

September 3, 2014

Music

Maya Angelou’s work mixed with hip-hop for album

Associated Press Photo/Charles Dharapak President Barack Obama kisses author and poet Maya Angelou after awarding her the 2010 Medal of Freedom…

September 3, 2014

Music

‘She Blinded Me With Science’ musician becomes teacher

Musician Thomas Dolby speaks with students in his class, “Sound on Film,” at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute music conservatory…

September 3, 2014

Music

Kanye, Juanes enliven LA’s Made in America fest

Juanes performs at the Made In America Festival at Grand Park in Las Angeles on Sunday.Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/Associated…

September 1, 2014

Music

Youth orchestra welcomes new director

Chrisman is longtime Four Corners music educator

August 28, 2014

Music

5 things to watch for at the Venice Film Festival

Enricco Masserdotti prepares a sign for the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice earlier this week. The…

August 27, 2014