Downtown Lowdown

2-Bit Tom Kipp serves up an all analog listening experience

Tom Kipp is into sharing the music he’s collected his whole life. A DJ in the most traditional sense, he spins music from vinyl records played on a good-old turntable. If he hasn’t tattooed ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

The Fretliners coming to Animas City Theatre

Winning the band contest at a bluegrass festival is a sure way to gain quick fans and music-biz footing. It comes with immediate recognition, and in many cases, future attention as part of t...

DATE: Sep 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

KNFRMST: Musicians, professors of punk

Punk’s not dead. While some may think otherwise, it’s never been dead. With the rise of “alternative rock” in the 1990s bringing punk rock into the living rooms, resulting in the jock and ch...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Rattlesnake Milk takes stage at San Juan Brewfest

Lou Lewis and Andrew Chavez have been playing music together since they were 15 years old. Rock ’n’ roll, surf and rockabilly have all been sounds they’ve explored kicking around Lubbock, Te...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Betty Benedeadly: Groove, psych, twang

Betty Benedeadly’s sound all started with the acquisition of a “banjitar.” A solid reflection of the name, it’s an instrument that’s part banjo and part guitar, and it’s become an integral p...

DATE: Aug 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Stillhouse Junkies release concept album

A proper LP should be more than a handful of singles and some throwaway cuts. True music lovers know that sometimes a record deserves a proper beginning to end listen, where you start with t...

DATE: Aug 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Jeremy Garrett: Artist at large

If you’re a music lover who’s been in Colorado in the summertime, it’s safe to say you’ve been to a festival or two. If you have, you know that sometimes at festivals your favorite bands can...

DATE: Jul 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Denver’s Pink Fuzz plays Cold Storage

Being in a band is an all-time job. When you’re a DIY outfit in an industry with no nine-to-five regularity it has to be, as in addition to being talented, you also manage all of the red tap...

DATE: Jul 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Music in the Mountains goes to the movies

It’s “take your daughter to work day” for Music in the Mountains’ Conductor Richard Kaufman. Kaufman has been a regular on the musical podium at Durango’s annual classical and then some musi...

DATE: Jul 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Ryan Cassata: Songwriting fuels the fire

Concerts don’t need to be hosted in traditional venues. While both performers and concertgoers alike have done what they can to play in or see shows in legendary rooms like Cain’s Ballroom o...

DATE: Jul 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Galavant open to next experience

You’re never too old to start playing music. Especially in a fertile music community like Durango, where an armchair musician’s best inspiration is voicing a want to learn to play an instrum...

DATE: Jul 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Dressy Bessy and Alicia Glass help celebrate KDUR’s 50th

Durango and Denver are about 337 miles apart. That’s about the same distance between Washington, D.C., and New Haven, Connecticut, a distance that has likely kept many a Denver band from pla...

DATE: Jun 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown