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Hash Cabbage makes up canceled Durango date

Most bands tour in support of one record. New Orleans-based band Hash Cabbage is currently out on the road supporting two, the result of a pandemic-thrown wrench that landed right on their t...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Ely Cartwright: ‘Being an artist is a compulsion, I think’

Local musician Ely Cartwright is in the music-making business. But he’s not in the music “business.” He’s not tied into a contract that requires him to move musical units or sell tickets. H...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Diabolical Sound Platoon bringing hip-hop to ACT stage

Older siblings are often the reason people dig on certain styles of music. A household ritual and often a familial right of passage, phrases like, “My older brother had a Sex Pistols record”...

DATE: Jul 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Maria’s Bookshop hosts Willy Vlautin and Jonathan Evison book event

Ask authors Willy Vlautin and Jonathan Evison what genre their books fit in and they’ll likely answer, “the genre of life.” The Pacific Northwest-based authors – Vlautin living outside Port...

DATE: Jun 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Miller and The Other Sinners play fest

David Miller waited until he was in his 40s to dive headfirst into his music career. Now, some may say that music is a young man’s game and perhaps it is, however, waiting until you near mi...

DATE: Jun 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

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