Music

Influential country singer Ray Price dead at 87

Associated Press DALLAS – Good friends like Willie Nelson and Merle haggard got more credit for their contrary ways and…

December 16, 2013

Downtown Lowdown

Do you hear what I hear? One man’s top 10 CDs of the year

These are always hard. I feel like midway through the year I’m not really liking eight releases out of the…

December 12, 2013

Music

Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar

1. (1) Bon Jovi; $1,518,974; $93.32. 2. (2) Marc Anthony; $1,076,073; $82.66. 3. (4) Depeche Mode; $961,747; $66.73. 4. (3)…

December 12, 2013

Music

Spotify’s Top 10 most streamed tracks

UNITED STATES 1. Eminem, “The Monster ft. Rihanna” (Aftermath Records) 2. Pitbull, “Timber” (RCA) 3. Lorde, “Royals” (Republic) 4. OneRepublic,…

December 12, 2013

Music

Early birds get the tunes

No strangers to Durango, Tim Oâ€™Brien & Darrell Scott will be back Feb. 16 at Durango Arts Center. It will…

December 9, 2013

Music

Subjects of ‘20 Feet’ to sing anthem at Rose Bowl

Jo Lawry, Judith Hill, and Lisa Fischer sing a stirring rendition of “Lean on Me” in a scene from “20…

December 9, 2013

Music

Choral Society gets in the spirit with ‘Family Christmas’ concert

Members of the Durango Women’s Choir flirt with Santa during last year’s concert. The ladies will be part of the…

December 5, 2013

Music

Oops, she did it again: Spears fails on new album

RCA Records/Associated Press You want to release a good album? You better work harder, chick. A lot harder. Britney Spears’…

December 3, 2013

Music

Jazz percussionists to revisit past

Lewis players to take stage tonight

December 2, 2013

Downtown Lowdown

Electronic musicians have jam-band roots

New jam, funk and world music projects were born. In the case of the band’s percussion section, an improvisational duo…

November 28, 2013

Music

Toy company sues Beastie Boys over ‘Girls’ song

The main character of the toy series GoldieBlox is a female engineer named Goldie, designed to spark an interest by…

November 26, 2013

Music

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

Top Songs 1. “The Monster (feat. Rihanna),” Eminem 2. “Royals,” Lorde 3. “Timber (feat. Ke$ha),” Pitbull 4. “Counting Stars,” OneRepublic…

November 26, 2013

Music

Hallelujah chorus

Symphony, singers deliver ‘Messiah’ with power, emotion

November 25, 2013

Music

Dead comes to life in film, on stage

Eyed Djinn is nightcap for ‘Sunshine Daydream’

November 21, 2013

Downtown Lowdown

Old is new for Durango’s Lawn Chair Kings

What began as a trio in the year 2000 has wavered between trio and quartet; fourth members have been guitar…

November 21, 2013

Music

Wu-Tang forever, but not with RZA on the mic

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, aka RZA, left, and Clifford Smith, aka Method Man, of Wu-Tang Clan perform in April at the…

November 21, 2013

Music

Red Rocks new home for music hall

“Starting with Mayor Hancock, the city of Denver has been an amazing ally in our quest to find a permanent…

November 18, 2013

Downtown Lowdown

Clinton captains the Mothership to Sky Ute Casino

Both genres clearly are present in the mash of music Clinton started writing and producing in the late 1960s as…

November 14, 2013

Music

Maura O’Connell’s voice is in demand

An Irish upbringing followed by an immersion in the Nashville music scene forged a unique singing style for O’Connell. She…

November 14, 2013

Culture Gulch

Joshua Mietz is a storyteller with a clarinet

So begins clarinetist Joshua Mietz in his program notes for his upcoming solo recital. Mietz is the featured performer in…

November 11, 2013

Downtown Lowdown

Intrastate favorites return to The Hank

They’re a voluminous bunch who try to live up to a rich history, steeped in the tradition of American music…

November 7, 2013

Music

Eminem re-explores Marshall Mathers

Aftermath/Associated Press Don’t be fooled: Eminem’s latest, “The Marshall Mathers LP 2,” is not a sequel to his gloriously unhinged…

November 4, 2013

Music

From the ‘Prairie’ to the mountains

Radio’s Robin and Linda Williams to return to Durango for concert

November 4, 2013

Music

Bob Dylan’s guitar from Newport to be auctioned in N.Y.

The Fender Stratocaster a young Bob Dylan played at the historic 1965 Newport Folk Festival could bring as much as…

October 31, 2013