Music

Simple, complicated Seeger changed American music

Pete Seeger, 92, foreground left, marches in 2011 with nearly a thousand demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests…

January 28, 2014

Music

Folk singer, activist Pete Seeger dies in NY

A surging crowd, two canes and seven decades as a history-sifting singer and rabble-rouser buoyed him as he led an…

January 28, 2014

Music

Spotify’s Top 10 most viral and streamed tracks

UNITED STATES 1. Tycho, “Montana” (Ghostly International) 2. Manchester Orchestra, “Top Notch” (Seven Four Entertainment, LLC./Republic Records) 3. Beck, “Blue…

January 28, 2014

Music

Timberlake, Thicke have top-selling album, song

Nielsen Entertainment announced late Tuesday that Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience” was the top-selling album with 2.4 million units sold. Thicke’s…

January 8, 2014

Music

AP music writers’ top 10 albums of the year

The Grammys got it right; Sara Bareilles’ third release, “The Blessed Unrest,” is one of the year’s best thanks to…

December 19, 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

Music

A cappella group highlights FLC opening

Musical offerings are varied and spirited

October 28, 2013

Music

Lou Reed, iconic punk poet, dead at 71

FILE – In a June 13, 1986 file photo, Lou Reed performs in 1985 at a benefit in Chicago, for…

October 27, 2013

Music

Top music on iTunes, Spotify

Top Songs 1. “Rap God”, Eminem 2. “Royals”, Lorde 3. “Wake Me Up”, Avicii 4. “Roar”, Katy Perry 5. “Wrecking…

October 22, 2013

Music

Lang among the best of young bluesmen

Lang’s sets include shades of R&B, soul, gospel, hard rock, funk and more. All of it is packaged in a…

October 21, 2013

Music

Willie’s new duets uneven

“To All the Girls…” is the second release in by Willie Nelson.Legacy/Associated Press The second album of original material released…

October 20, 2013

Music

Singer Cee Lo Green pleads not guilty in felony drug case

Singer Cee Lo Green, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, listens as attorney Blair Berk speaks during his arraignment…

October 20, 2013

Music

Todd Snider hits notes and nerves in live show

Few evenings are as entertaining and educational as a Todd Snider concert. The singer-songwriter will play Sunday night at the…

October 17, 2013

Music

SXSW Festival releases initial music lineup

The first batch of 183 acts from 27 countries will only be the first of many, said Elizabeth Derczo, publicist…

October 16, 2013

Music

Satchmo house marks 10 years as museum

Armstrong, who documented his career in unusual ways, had the life mask with a painted bronze-patina finish made in the…

October 13, 2013

Music

Tribal Seeds starts tour in Durango

Diego band a rising star in reggae music

October 10, 2013

Music

Setting the stage

opens Symphony season with a little Ives, Bruch and a big Beethoven

October 7, 2013

Music

Pixies look for revival in new songs, tour

The Pixies, from left, Kim Shattuck, Joey Santiago, Black Francis and David Lovering, in New York. In late June 2013,…

October 7, 2013

Music

Top 20 Concert Tours

1. Taylor Swift; $2,789,937; $84.88. 2. Kenny Chesney; $2,564,447; $76.71. 3. Beyonce; $1,680,005; $113.64. 4. Phish; $1,590,139; $50.54. 5. Justin…

October 3, 2013

Music

Apple happy with iTunes Radio

iTunes Radio launched its music streaming service late last month as part of its update to its iOS 7 operating…

October 3, 2013

Music

Romania music festival is gaining credibility

Russian-born violinist Maxim Vengerov reacts to applause during the George Enescu classical music festival in Bucharest, Romania.Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press The…

October 3, 2013

Music

Game-changers to open season

Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ will cap San Juan Symphony program

October 3, 2013

Music

Band to give Marley a Dollface-lift

Tribute concert will be more than just reggae

September 26, 2013

Music

Gaudi – DJ and more – back in Durango

Tonight’s concert is one of only two North American stops for Gaudi; he played earlier this week at the Symbiosis…

September 26, 2013