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Nathan Kalish plays pop-up show

Musician Nathan Kalish recently made himself a bit more local. The Nashville, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter, who last played Durango in 2018, won’t be moving to the area, but he has sign...

DATE: Mar 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

John Pizzarelli plays The Lift at Cascade Village

The Great American Songbook is no longer limited to early 20th century jazz, pop and show tunes. Sure, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin will always be at the top of the heap o...

DATE: Mar 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Corb Lund plays Dolores

Corb Lund was going to be a rodeo dude. Coming from a rodeo family, as a kid and into his teenage years he was riding bulls and steer wrestling; but those teenage years he also picked up a g...

DATE: Mar 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Dana Ariel makes new record

Three days is a short amount of time taken to make a record. Or maybe it’s the perfect amount of time. Watch enough of that old VH1 television program “Behind the Music,” and you’ll learn m...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Cuatro Kruse and FutureFolk

Durango native Cuatro Kruse is a lot of things. He’s a permaculture builder and a chocolate maker, a glass blower, archery coach and farmer. All those hobbies, skills and life pursuits also ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

High Country Hustle hosts Kickstarter campaign

Early on, members of local bluegrass band High Country Hustle weren’t that down with competitive music scenes, nor did they see bluegrass as a soundtrack for a party. They were students at ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

International Guitar Night

Four of the world’s best guitar players will have their chops on full display Tuesday at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. They’re not household names in the pop-culture wor...

DATE: Feb 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Musician Brendan Shafer’s new solo effort

Local musician Brendan Shafer’s quest to stretch the definition of the word “musician” continues. He’s a musician in its most basic terms, meaning he rehearses and plays various instruments...

DATE: Feb 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

El Ten Eleven returns to ACT

Musician Kristian Dunn of El Ten Eleven wants to shorten, but increase, his output. Or as he puts it, “make shorter statements more often.” The bass player and one-half of the Los Angeles-b...

DATE: Feb 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Durango Cool Jazz presents Catherine Russell

Suat Gulec loves jazz. The Turkey-born, now Durango local and self-proclaimed “jazz freak” loves jazz music so much he’s moved beyond just being a fan of the music and jazz pianist. His lat...

DATE: Jan 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Carter Sampson plays pop-up show

Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College performances don’t always have to happen in the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. Much of Durango is familiar with the Concert Hall’...

DATE: Jan 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Badly Bent has new record, new lineup for 2022

Local band The Badly Bent rides again. Or more appropriately, continues to ride, because despite the pandemic, the band hasn’t really gone anywhere. The tenured local bluegrass band, winner...

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown