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Emily Scott Robinson to play Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College

Emily Scott Robinson has had a couple of great music influences. One was the church, a place where as a child she learned to sing in the choir while developing a love of music. The other is...

DATE: Apr 22, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Lawn Chair Kings turn 25

It was a quarter century ago when local rock band Lawn Chair Kings first came onto Durango’s scene. A perfect band for the aging, ex-skateboarding punk rocker or any lover of independent mus...

DATE: Apr 15, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Tyler Grant plays 30th annual Durango Bluegrass Meltdown

Tyler Grant is first and foremost a bluegrass picker. Despite leading a cosmic-country-rock band in Grant Farm; producing studio sessions for up and coming bluegrass bands; being an online j...

DATE: Apr 8, 2026 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Neil Berg gives a lesson in rock ’n’ roll

Neil Berg is blessed. Not many can say they’ve had a successful career in the entertainment industry, as it’s a business that chews up and spits out. Tackling the entertainment business and ...

DATE: Apr 1, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Caroline & Tom to play Durango Celtic Festival

It was ritual and music that led to their marriage. The ritual being the jam session, the music Celtic. Like its bluegrass mate, these open invitation jam sessions are a key part of the Celt...

DATE: Mar 25, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

PJ Moon & The Swappers play a double

Local musician PJ Moon has to make music. It’s an artistic endeavor he’s always chased, even when he moved to Denver back during the pandemic. As the music business was on a forced hiatus, ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Hans Gruber and The Die Hards to play Anarchy Brewing

Humor belongs in and around music. It’s one of the things that give Hans Gruber and the Die Hards great appeal: Not only are they upbeat, rowdy, reckless and quite smart, they know how to ha...

DATE: Mar 11, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Mixed in Mancos celebrates its third year

Erik Nordstrom is an organizer. The frontman for local bands Lawn Chair Kings and Farmington Hill has always been a champion of the local music scene, supporting not only his own bands but ...

DATE: Mar 4, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Southwest Civic Winds celebrates 14 years

Southwest Civic Winds likes themes and milestones. The symphonic wind ensemble will celebrate its 14th season with a pair of performances titled “An American Overture,” a show that will cele...

DATE: Feb 25, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Tony Furtado and Luke Price hit the DAC

Tony Furtado keeps busy. The Portland, Oregon-based artist may be known to most as a musician, a roots and newgrass player whose banjo and slide guitar playing kept him busy at club shows an...

DATE: Feb 19, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Damn the Moon: ‘There’s been no looking back’

Local band Damn the Moon was born out of a meeting at a music festival. It was a straightforward connection: Lead guitarist Mike Bator and songwriter/guitarist Michael Ryan were volunteering...

DATE: Feb 11, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Patsy O’Brien takes solo show to Dolores

Patsy O’Brien is a musician who lives in the best of both worlds. The Ireland born, now Colorado-based guitar player and singer-songwriter sometimes goes out on the road as a hired guitarist...

DATE: Feb 4, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown