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Festival serving up a musical lunch

Durango Chamber Music Festival series scheduled to begin Monday

DATE: Jun 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Official: Prince died of opioid overdose

CHICAGO – Tests show that Prince died of an opioid overdose, a law-enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday. The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at hi...

DATE: Jun 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Paul Simon: Still adventurous after all these years

NEW YORK – Look at the liner notes on Paul Simon’s new disc, “Stranger to Stranger,” and it seems like a laboratory of exotic instruments. Musicians use a mbira, a bamboo marimba, cloud cham...

DATE: Jun 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

DMC: Commissioner should apologize for words about rap

NEW YORK – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and hip-hop icon Darryl “DMC” McDaniels says the New York police commissioner’s recent comments – where he labeled rappers as thugs after a shooting at...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Photo: A little heel-kickin’ music

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ex-Megadeth drummer Nick Menza collapses on stage, dies

LOS ANGELES – Nick Menza, former drummer for the influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Southern California, a f...

DATE: May 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Madonna pays tribute to Prince at Billboard Music Awards

Madonna paid homage to Prince by wearing his signature color and bringing another icon – Stevie Wonder – onstage to sing the classic “Purple Rain” at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards. ...

DATE: May 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Bad Boy concert rocks hard with Puff Daddy, Jay Z, Lil Kim

NEW YORK – Hours before Puff Daddy hit the stage for an all-star concert featuring his Bad Boy family, Jay Z and Mary J. Blige, he could not contain his excitement. He kissed Li...

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Hickenlooper: Prince was ‘unique creative spirit’

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper remembered influential musician Prince as a “quintessentially unique creative spirit.” Prince was found dead at his home Thursday in suburban Minne...

DATE: Apr 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ask Robert Earl Keen

Legendary singer-songwriter coming to concert hall

DATE: Apr 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

The Met series continues with ‘Roberto Devereux’ at Fort Lewis

When Donizetti’s opera “Roberto Devereux” begins, the man of the title finds himself trapped in a brocade of lies. Roberto (tenor Matthew Polenzani), the young, swaggering Earl o...

DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment