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Sunny Gable releases new album

The early shut-in days of the uninvited guest that is refusing to leave offered all of us plenty of time to get some things done. Just as the to-do list was extending off the page, many were...

DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Tim Birchard never stops the music

Write, record and release. That’s the pattern for local musician Tim Birchard, a pattern he’s followed for the past decade or so with regards to his music career – “career” being a loose ter...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

‘Ike’s America’ radio show a history lesson

All of Ted Holteen’s favorite musicians are dead. Frank Sinatra died in 1998, Ella Fitzgerald in 1996. Vic Damone died in 2018, Bing Crosby in 1977 and Doris Day in 2019. But the...

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Saxophonist Bob Hemenger lets music dictate the plan

It’s like fitting the square block into the round hole. A saxophone isn’t a bluegrass instrument by any means, but Pagosa Springs-based saxophone player Bob Hemenger has played his with many...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

iAM MUSIC Festival to be held at Buckley Park with social-distancing rules

The music industry has always been an unpredictable mess. Never an easy way to make a living, the music business is an unpredictable venture with ever-changing rules and ever-changing method...

DATE: Jul 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

City Councilor Chris Bettin’s musical side

Had Durango City Council member and local real estate agent Chris Bettin’s childhood guitar instructor had his way, the young Bettin would have never learned guitar. He had been ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Almadani stretches soul definition

Durango’s getting a big nod from musicians like Bassel Almadani. If you regularly read this column or have professional musician pals, you know music scenes are suffering nationw...

DATE: Jul 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Summer concerts in your backyard

The uninvited guest – COVID-19 – that refuses to leave the party continues to darken summer plans and summer traditions everywhere. Durango, of course, is not void of this unwant...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Rob Webster: ‘It’s a constant hustle’

Rob Webster is the town’s jukebox. The local musician, who has been playing out and about locally as a solo performer for about the past 12 years, has amassed a catalog in his he...

DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Shafer’s album a new take on old-time music

Be it old-time, punk rock or jazz, a conversation about music with local musician Brendan Shafer is always enlightening discourse. He’s an articulate orator who will sell you on ...

DATE: Jun 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

KSUT offers up a virtual concert

It’s a tough time to be a festival promoter. The worldwide buzzkill that is COVID-19 has put a hard stop to summer festivals, wrecking music lovers’ vacation plans while also lightening the ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Jade Robbins goes DIY with ‘The Call’

The best Christmas gifts are the ones that can result in the production of more gifts. Like a cheese or beer-making kit. The kind of gift that will aid the recipient in further assisting and...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown