{"id":106314,"date":"2016-03-09T03:21:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T10:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sunflower-theatre-brings-reggae-bands-to-cortez\/"},"modified":"2016-03-09T03:21:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T10:21:48","slug":"sunflower-theatre-brings-reggae-bands-to-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sunflower-theatre-brings-reggae-bands-to-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunflower Theatre brings reggae bands to Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3e46d45a-fba7-4914-9230-6762854b3495&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3e46d45a-fba7-4914-9230-6762854b3495&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3e46d45a-fba7-4914-9230-6762854b3495&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3e46d45a-fba7-4914-9230-6762854b3495&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1998\" alt=\"\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy photo&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Telluride reggae band Niceness makes its first stop in Cortez on Friday At the Sun<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to come out and connect with the community in Cortez,\u201d lead vocalist Koral Delatierra said. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping people come out and co-create a positive evening celebrating music in our region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band plays venues around the western slope of Colorado, but Friday will be Niceness\u2019s first visit to Cortez. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. for the show, which starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 online or $15 at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Special guest Wake Up Laughing, a Cortez band that blends reggae, gypsy and jazz music styles, joins Niceness for the show.<\/p>\n<p>Though many of the musicians have been playing together off and on for more than a decade, Niceness started about a year-and-a-half ago, Delatierra said. Sets feature a variety of music styles, from reggae and dancehall to Latin, funk, soul and jazz, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The band plays reggae versions of popular songs and soul favorites, including a handful of Motown tunes, Delatierra said. Niceness\u2019s original songs are steeped in projecting positivity, accepting responsibility and stepping into one\u2019s purpose in life, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully the message will come through clear and leave people feeling inspired,\u201d Delatierra said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy photo&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Telluride reggae band Niceness makes its first stop in Cortez on Friday At the Sun \u201cWe\u2019re excited to come out and connect with the community in Cortez,\u201d lead vocalist Koral Delatierra said. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping people come out and co-create a positive evening celebrating music in our region.\u201d The band plays venues around the western [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5843],"tags":[21,559],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-106314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-living","tag-cortez","tag-music"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106314"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=106314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}