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Mark Lavengood joins Sidecar Concert Series this weekend

The national bluegrass and roots music community is large enough to encompass hundreds, if not thousands, of bands coast to coast, yet small enough to make lifelong colleagues and friends af...

DATE: Dec 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Lawn Chair Kings drop new record

The Lawn Chair Kings have been a band for 20 years. That’s twice as long as The Beatles were together, 17½ years longer than the Sex Pistols and they’re catching up to The Ramones, who calle...

DATE: Dec 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Records of 2020 Part II, Nos. 5 to 1

This list is a continuation of what began last week, the top five of my favorite 10 records of 2020. This collection comes from a year’s worth of listening. This list is not base...

DATE: Dec 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Records of the Year Part 1: Nos. 10 to six

The bulk of 2020’s forced isolation left many with nothing to do but bake bread, do push-ups and listen to music. Or perhaps that is what your 2019 and every year before was like. ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

(DJ)-Calvin lays down funky beats

Local musician Jesse Ogle’s new project, (DJ)-Calvin, finds the musician stepping into new roles. Known locally and regionally as the bass player in J Calvin and Hello Dollface, ...

DATE: Dec 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Dale ‘X’ Allen works in nitro-twang

2021 should be flooded with music. A deluge, surge, torrent, downpour or whatever word you want to use for the inundation that will hopefully come soon after a coronavirus vaccine has made i...

DATE: Nov 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Bowregard and the Sidecar Virtual Concert Series

Local bluegrass and roots trio Stillhouse Junkies are lifting the virtual concert to a new level. Taking on the role as concert promoters and producers in addition to performers,...

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Thom Chacon takes music international

Italy digs on the music of local singer-songwriter Thom Chacon. He’s one of many roots/folk/Americana musicians who sells just as many, if not more, records outside America. Chat...

DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Reggae musician Nick Hagglof blazing his own trail

Local musician Nick Hagglof is creating a new style of reggae music. And while he’s at it, he’s starting a new record label that is releasing numerous singles along with his forthcoming EP, ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

P.J. Moon ready to drop new album

The plan was to put out a four-song EP. However, time away from the stage allowed for more time to write, and that forthcoming EP from local rock band P.J. Moon and The Swappers turned into ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Galloway a jack-of-all-trades

After 30-some years in the music business, Benny “Burle” Galloway knows the right and wrong way to do things. The one-time Durango local has kicked around the Colorado jam-grass ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Aftergrass reunites for a benefit show

It’s safe to say that local rock band Aftergrass never really broke up. Yet since going on an indefinite hiatus about eight years ago, the shows have been few and far between. Th...

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown