Bruno Mars opens AMAs; Drake, twenty one pilots win awards

Bruno Mars kicked off the 2016 American Music Awards with some serious uptown funk: He sang his groovy hit, “24K Magic,” backed by his band who matched his slick, upbeat dance moves. ...

Kanye West goes on epic rant, storms out of Sacramento concert after 30 minutes

Kanye West brought his Sacramento concert to an abrupt end Saturday night, going on a stream-of-consciousness rant before walking off the stage to boos and confusion from fans. We...

Big-voiced Dap-Kings soul singer Sharon Jones dies at 60

NEW YORK – Sharon Jones, the stout powerhouse who shepherded a soul revival despite not finding stardom until middle age, has died. She was 60. Jones’ representative, Judy Miller ...

A Tribe Called Quest delivers final masterpiece

Until recently, the odds of the Cubs winning the World Series and a Donald Trump presidency seemed slim if not fantastical, but still more substantial than the existence of a new A Tribe Cal...

Life-Long Learning series ends with the divas of opera

The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College presents “Sirens of Song: The Divas of Opera” at 7 p.m. Thursday. This free lecture will be held in Roshong Recital Hall in Jo...

DJ-producer Kaskade: Electronic dance music is not over

LOS ANGELES – Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Kaskade has seen the headlines proclaiming the beginning of the end of the electronic dance music craze – but he’s not buying it. “I...

Music infuses the visual art of Fort Lewis professor

Hearing and seeing are not separate senses for Fort Lewis College associate professor As an associate professor at Fort Lewis College, his art career has taken him around the country and a...

Consolation in hard times: The Brahms Requiem

Orchestra and singers unite

Martin Shkreli debuts secret Wu-Tang album after Trump win

NEW YORK – President-elect Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday has prompted embattled pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli to publicly debut some songs off the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album...

Gregg Allman cancels shows due to vocal cord injury

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Rocker Gregg Allman has cancelled or rescheduled his shows for the rest of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 after a vocal cord injury. The 68-year-old musician sa...

Durango-area resident Charlie Daniels inducted into Country Hall

Iconic musician ‘humbled’ by honor

Recital series continues Friday at Unitarian Univeralist Fellowship

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango will present another Recital series on Friday. Guitarist Nicolò Spera will perform at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fe...