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Usinowicz: Band is more than a band

Eddie Adcock and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s 1972 classic “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” are what led George Usinowicz to the banjo. Neither Adcock nor Nitty Gritty have much to do with each...

DATE: Apr 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Internet shows are the new ‘normal’

Social media and other internet platforms are finally doing some good in the world. All it took was a global pandemic and musicians wanting to eat and pay their rent. It’s no sec...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Bar-D Wrangler Gary Cook looks back at lifetime in the music business

It’s been a lifetime spent in the entertainment business. Thirty-one of those years have happened right here in Durango, where Gary Cook has taken the stage every evening from Me...

DATE: Apr 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

New records you should give a listen to

That deafening silence you are hearing is coming from every venue in every town. Stages are dark and venues are as empty as some of the bank accounts of your favorite independent musicians, ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Gummersall submerging himself in Texas scene

Musician Tyller Gummersall had great people in his corner when he was a kid. The Allison-raised Gummersall had musical aspirations since he was a child, which began with singing ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Why is Bluegrass polarizing?

There are opinions rolling around that the jam band scene has hurt bluegrass. Others believe musicians like Allison Krauss have turned the genre from the gutsy murder ballad-spew...

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Downtown Lowdown: Durango Celtic Festival a go for this weekend

Annual event a family affair

DATE: Mar 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Stillhouse Junkies go abroad – but first, a local show

This month, local roots trio Stillhouse Junkies will be hitting the opposite side of the road. Since forming in 2017 and playing regular Friday afternoon gigs at the distillery i...

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Six Dollar String Band goes vinyl

The Six Dollar String Band continues to display a punk-band aesthetic in their old-time world. It’s an aesthetic that if most bands practiced, would result in a more honest music business ar...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Che Apalache: Argentina’s only bluegrass band?

Argentina is about 5,200 miles away from North Carolina. A considerable distance that could prohibit any kind of cultural influence from making its way from North to South America, but this ...

DATE: Feb 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Sticks -N- Thorns a musical friendship

It’s a friendship and musical partnership that goes 20 years. Guitar player Jon Stickley and banjo player Andy Thorn’s friendship and subsequent musical relationship began in a N...

DATE: Feb 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Sue Coulter: State bluegrass royalty

A major appeal of the bluegrass scene is the picking. Go to a metal concert, and when the show’s over, it’s likely the live music will stop – drums are packed up, stringed instruments loaded...

DATE: Feb 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown