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Kenny Chesney to receive Pinnacle Award at 50th CMA Awards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Kenny Chesney will receive the Pinnacle Award during the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards, joining Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift as the only recipients. ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Two grand nights of singing planned

The annual He & She concert at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church officially starts the musical season for the Durango Choral Society. At 7 p.m. today, the Fort Lewis College Men’s Choir will be jo...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Elle Carpenter to celebrate release of her fifth album

Singer-songwriter Elle Carpenter celebrates fifth album

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam lead rock hall of fame ballot

NEW YORK – The late rapper Tupac Shakur and Seattle-based rockers Pearl Jam are among the first-time nominees on the ballot for induction next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

A reinvigorated symphony begins 31st season

The San Juan Symphony opened its 31st season with a high, new sheen, so gleaming it could be taken for a complete makeover. New Music Director Thomas Heuser has polished our regional orchest...

DATE: Oct 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

American songwriter Bob Dylan wins Nobel in literature

The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, who first burst on the scene singing in Greenwich Village coffeehouses in the 1960s. The Swedish A...

DATE: Oct 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Nearly six months later, Prince superfans still mourning

NEW YORK – Have you ever missed someone so much that even the thought of them made you burst into tears? Now imagine that feeling drenched in purple rain. Nearly six mo...

DATE: Oct 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

A founder of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups dies

NEW YORK – Joan Marie Johnson, one of the founding members of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, who had a No. 1 hit in 1964 with “Chapel of Love,” has died at a hospice in New Orlea...

DATE: Oct 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Tonight’s the knight: Rod Stewart becomes Sir Rod at palace

LONDON – Sir Rod, you wear it well. Rocker Rod Stewart wore tartan trousers – a nod to his Scottish heritage – and a scarlet-trimmed military-style tunic to be knighted by Prince ...

DATE: Oct 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Randy Newman’s first new song in years is about bare-chested Vladimir Putin

A new Randy Newman song doesn’t come around every day. He’s notoriously slow in the studio, a master craftsman who has only released four studio albums in the past 36 years. But w...

DATE: Oct 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Jay Z, Serena Williams, Kendrick help Beyoncé wrap up tour

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Beyoncé wrapped up her “Formation World Tour” with onstage assists from Kendrick Lamar, Serena Williams and Jay Z, whom she kissed passionately at the end of their pe...

DATE: Oct 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Karla Bonoff coming to Durango

Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff has packed a lot into a career that started when she was a teenager: She’s been in a band; her songs have been recorded by the likes of Linda Ronstadt and Wyno...

DATE: Oct 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music