Music in the Mountains expands repertoire
Festival adds programs this year, is an economic force
DATE: Jul 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
Figueroa and Faust: Music in the Mountains opens with a fairy tale
Heading home, a soldier encounters the devil and trades his fiddle for fortune.
Sound familiar? It’s the Faustian bargain as told in a Russian fairy tale, one that Igor Stravinsky...
DATE: Jul 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music
Answers with Thom Chacon: ‘...the head frat guy was like, ‘Get ’em outta here.’’
Thom Chacon is one of 24 artists featured on the compilation “Buy This Fracking Album,” released June 30 by Movement Music Records. The others include the late Pete Seeger, Bonnie Raitt, Mic...
DATE: Jul 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music
Buy this fracking album: Local featured on compilation to raise environmental awareness
Local featured for environmental cause
DATE: Jul 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music
The best albums of 2015 (so far)
The saving grace of the music business may be its circularity. An art form based on sound, style and medium is sure to have some resurging moments, whether it’s via a resurgence in vinyl sal...
DATE: Jul 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music
From ‘Seinfeld’ to song: Former actress finds fulfillment with ukulele
To many – millions perhaps – Heidi Swedberg will always be Susan Ross. That’s what happens when you play an iconic and pivotal character on arguably the most colossal television show in the ...
DATE: Jul 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
FLC band Liver Down the River’s EP is a worthy debut
If traditional bluegrass fans want a fresh take on the familiar, they’ll pick up Liver Down the River’s latest EP.
Comprised of six Fort Lewis College students, the band is makin...
DATE: Jun 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music
‘Harmonicowboy’ returns for Cortez show
Of all the musical instruments that evoke a classic, western sound, the harmonica’s rhythmic howl is hard to beat.
It’s also an instrument that many buy but never learn to play – ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Badly Bent brings bluegrass to Brew Train
Durango’s historic steam train continues to find ways to entice riders on board.
Saturday’s Brew Train is the first of the 2015 series of rolling beer-tastings with music. The bl...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown
Rochester Hotel concert series to benefit local nonprofits
In Durango, it’s a rare day when a business owner isn’t hit up for a contribution by at least one of the more than 300 nonprofits in town. This year, Kirk Komick, co-owner of the Rochester H...
DATE: Jun 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
'Call Me Maybe.' 'Fancy.' What next? Why the song of the summer still matters
Real quick, before school’s out forever, raise your hand if you still care about the song of the summer.
Everyone should. The annual debate over which pop single will rule our hot...
DATE: Jun 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music
Grieves returns to Colorado
Seattle rapper has Fort Collins roots
DATE: Jun 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music
