Music - The Durango Herald

Miss. blues guitarist, singer ‘T-Model’ Ford dies

JACKSON, Miss. – James Lewis Carter “T-Model” Ford, a hard-living blues singer who taught himself to play guitar when he was 58 years old and his fifth wife left him, died Tuesday at his hom...

DATE: Jul 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Sock it to the firefighters

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Latest festival is well worth THE RIDE

Telluride needed another festival, so it made one. KOTO-FM, Telluride’s community radio station, has always hosted music events in the summer; why not add a festival into the mix ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Romantics rejoice with local music festival opening

Opening the first full weekend of concerts for this year’s Music in the Mountains, an abundance of Brahms and Schumann’s “Spring” symphony seemed to set a Romantic tone. That’s been changed....

DATE: Jul 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Twister relief show draws scalpers

Country stars to play concert at Okla. school

DATE: Jul 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Doors survivors to honor Ray Manzarek

Keyboardist died of cancer in May

DATE: Jul 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Visual effects

Multimedia ‘Crossroads’ to open music festival

DATE: Jul 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Halfway through the year in music

We’re six months into 2013 and I’ve already exceeded this year’s music budget. Like most music geeks who also are writers, I’m compiling what will be my Top 10 list throughout the...

DATE: Jun 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Fire benefit show braves the flames

Durango singer Dave Mensch to host concert Saturday in South Fork

DATE: Jun 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Long-lost Bennett-Brubeck recording discovered

NEW YORK – Tony Bennett never forgot the first time he performed with Dave Brubeck more than half a century ago. But the tape of that memorable collaboration between two American jazz master...

DATE: Jun 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Even in glory days, Rochester wasn’t so glorious

When The Rochester Hotel was refurbished 20 years ago, its new owners were purchasing and renovating a building that was a classic part of Durango’s rich history. While that histo...

DATE: Jun 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Finally! Black Sabbath scores first No. 1 album

With 43 years in the music business, Black Sabbath has a lot of numbers to its credit, except for No. 1. Until today. For the first time, Black Sabbath has claimed the ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music