Author – The Durango Herald

Olde Schoolhouse ready to rock

It’s been the premier music venue for north La Plata County. Despite its inability to hold hundreds of music lovers because of its size, and the reality that the building’s intent was to nev...

DATE: Jun 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Anthony D’Amato in a Songwriters Circle

Three guitars, three voices, one stage and a load of songs. The first in-person performance the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College will host in over a year is a three-performer aff...

DATE: Jun 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Patrick Crossing hosts Celtic gathering

Think back 14 months or so to the last social event you attended before the pandemic forced closures. For many, it was Durango’s Celtic Music Festival, the annual March gathering that featur...

DATE: May 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Niceness reggae and ’that one drop’

The members of reggae band Niceness recorded their latest record in a summer-camp style setting. The Telluride-based band dropped “Realize” back in February, but it had been recorded well be...

DATE: May 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

iAM MUSIC announces summer shows

Putting on a concert isn’t easy. Concert promoters are regularly questioned by the show going public about the booking of certain acts, while a bulk of the time those people asking about th...

DATE: May 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Elder grown back on stage

It’s not the greatest idea to live with your co-workers. Spending up to eight hours a day with certain personalities while on the clock can be challenging, but then to be by that person’s si...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

A music scene needs a music store

Sometimes, all a musician needs is a pick. And a town like Durango, one with a growing and fertile music scene that features dozens of bands of different genres; a couple of different nonpro...

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Tyler Grant Supergroup hits Tico Time Bluegrass Festival

The loose, bluegrass festival campground jam was a major contributor to guitar player Tyler Grant’s musical education. It’s a common festival occurrence: Go to any festival, spen...

DATE: Apr 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Terry Rickard, Durango’s jukebox

Local musician Terry Rickard is kind of like Durango’s jukebox. If you’ve bellied up to the bar in any Durango watering holes over the last 25 years, you’ve likely seen Rickard w...

DATE: Apr 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Patty Storen keeps up with Durango

One-time local mandolin player Patty Storen still keeps a foot in Durango’s rich acoustic music scene. A founding member of local jam-grass band Liver Down the River, Storen has ...

DATE: Apr 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Dana Ariel branching out musically

Local musician Dana Ariel grew up a festival kid. Carted up to Reservoir Hill in Pagosa Springs by her parents for the bluegrass, roots and folk festivals that bookend the summer...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Sunny Gable’s new album out Saturday

The songwriting muse can hit at any time. Perhaps it hits when you’re staring at the ceiling at 3 a.m. as you worry about how you’re going to pay for your kid’s college tuition. ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown