Music - The Durango Herald

Leftover Salmon’s Drew Emmitt on the band turning 30 and evolving over the years

Iconic jam band headed back to Durango

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Virus fears will postpone Miami’s Ultra music festival

MIAMI – Fears of the new coronavirus have led to postponement of the three-day Ultra electronic dance music festival in Miami, city officials said Thursday. The festival that draw...

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Orchestra to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday

Shows will be held in Durango, Farmington

DATE: Feb 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Good Times’ Ja’Net DuBois dies; co-wrote ‘Jeffersons’ theme

LOS ANGELES – Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang the theme song for “The Jeffersons,” has died. DuBois’ song “Mov...

DATE: Feb 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

La Plata County students attend Colorado All State Orchestra

Competitive conference breaks youth out of Durango ‘bubble’

DATE: Feb 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Irish folk/ballad band The High Kings reschedule show

Issues with travel visas impact the band’s Feb. 15 performance at Concert Hall

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

The tidal power of ‘Porgy and Bess’

MET celebrates Gershwin with new production

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Can equality pledges fix gender problem in country music?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – What started as a joke on Twitter about an unwritten rule among country radio stations not to play two female artists in a row prompted outrage by country music stars, but...

DATE: Jan 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Bob Marley’s kids celebrate late reggae icon’s 75th birthday

LOS ANGELES – At a celebration for Bob Marley’s 75th birth anniversary, the late icon’s children – famous in their own right – gathered to tell stories about the reggae king and discuss pass...

DATE: Jan 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Dance and music brings students, with and without disabilities, together

Stillwater Music expands program from elementary schools

DATE: Jan 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Taylor Swift shakes Sundance with revealing documentary

PARK CITY, Utah – The normally private Taylor Swift premiered an intimate documentary Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival in which the pop star discloses a past eating disorder, chronicle...

DATE: Jan 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming