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ZZ Top: Bearded bassist Dusty Hill dies at 72

HOUSTON – ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues rock trio’s bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday. He was 72. In their Facebook post, guitarist...

Now playing at Durango movie theaters

Movies playing in Durango July 30-Aug. 5

Slipknot founding drummer Joey Jordison dies at 46

DES MOINES, Iowa – Joey Jordison, a founding member of Slipknot, who drummed for the influential metal band in its most popular period and helped write many of its best-known songs, died Mo...

Wu-Tang Clan album sale pays off Martin Shkreli’s court debt

NEW YORK – An unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album forfeited by Martin Shkreli after his securities fraud conviction was sold Tuesday for an undisclosed sum, though prosecutors say it was enough t...

Prosecutors air more claims in R. Kelly case; 1 involves boy

NEW YORK – Federal prosecutors in R. Kelly’s sex trafficking case say he had sexual contact with an underage boy in addition to girls, and the government wants jurors in his upcoming sex tra...

Devise and Conquer Improv takes the stage at Durango Arts Center

Coming off a sold out inaugural show, Devise and Conquer Improv will offer a second performance, “The Sophomore Album,” at 7:30 p.m. July 30. Devise and Conquer Improv is Durango’s only imp...

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include Fly Fishing 101 and an ’80s-themed dance party. San Juan Angler will host its Fly Fishing 101 class from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Pine River Library, 395 ...

Native American blues band wants us to ‘Pray for our Planet’

Blue Mountain Tribe’s song, video gaining worldwide attention

Artist Paul Folwell reopens studio doors for annual show

Show held online last year because of pandemic

‘We’re back on the road!’ Rolling Stones relaunch U.S. tour

NEW YORK – The Rolling Stones announced on Thursday the relaunch of their U.S. “No Filter” tour, which had been derailed by the pandemic, beginning in St. Louis on Sept. 26. “I’m so excited...

Let the fashion policing begin on opening day of Tokyo Games

NEW YORK – Let the fashion policing begin. The Olympics in Tokyo open Friday, when the world’s athletes will march behind their flag-bearers. And when they do, the peanut gallery on what the...

‘Titane’ wins top Cannes honor, 2nd ever for female director

Julia Ducournau’s “Titane,” a wild body-horror thriller featuring sex with a car and a surprisingly tender heart, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Ducournau just the se...