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Durango Choral Society to stage wide-ranging recital-fundraiser

Show to be held Sunday at St. Mark’s

DATE: Oct 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Bolero! Orchestra celebrates the French Impressionists

When’s the last time you heard “Bolero”? A recording? As a backdrop for a commercial? A musical score for a movie? Any chance you heard it played by a full orchestra in a big concert hall? I...

DATE: Oct 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

High mountain music: Guitarist for Michael Martin Murphey performing at Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Carin Mari is bringing some high-country music – and perhaps even a yodel or two – to the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering this weekend. A gifted singer and guitar player from Buena Vista, th...

DATE: Sep 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

New Mexico’s only Celtic festival runs in Aztec this weekend

Expect to see kilt-wearing athletes competing in heavy lifting, vendors galore, traditional Scottish music and dance at the Aztec Highland Games this weekend at Riverside Park in Aztec. Prou...

DATE: Sep 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Pharoah Sanders, influential jazz saxophonist, dies at 81

LOS ANGELES – Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. He was 81. Sanders, also kn...

DATE: Sep 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

A once-in-a-year chance

FLC Showcase introduces new and ‘old’ faculty

DATE: Sep 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Photo: Playing the didgeridoo in downtown Durango

DATE: Sep 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Shawn Mendes cancels world tour to prioritize his health

Shawn Mendes has pulled the plug on the rest of his world tour, canceling dates in North America and Europe so he can focus on his mental health. “I was not at all ready for how difficult to...

DATE: Jul 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The Chainsmokers to perform at the edge of space

NEW YORK – One of The Chainsmokers’ latest hits is “High” and they're hoping to live up to their lyrics. The hit-making duo of Drew Taggart and Alex Pall have signed up to get into a pressur...

DATE: Jul 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Linda Mack Berven explains it all

Music in the Mountains schedules pre-concert lectures

DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

3 charged in scheme to sell stolen ‘Hotel California’ notes

NEW YORK – Three people were charged Tuesday in an alleged conspiracy involving the handwritten lyrics to the classic rock juggernaut “Hotel California.” The defendants, despite knowing the ...

DATE: Jul 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment