Music - The Durango Herald

The amazing Taylor Swift, Jessie J and Pharrell medley made with household items

In Andrew Huang’s new video, the hits just keep coming. As do the household items he uses to perform them. In a mind-blowing medley featuring a half-dozen songs — inclu...

DATE: Jan 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music

Behind the scenes with The High Rollers

Local county band talks about life onstage, offstage

DATE: Jan 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: John Peel

A blues-rock brotherhood

DATE: Jan 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music

Six Dollar String Band: Keeping old-time alive

Durango’s Six Dollar String Band continues to be a local purveyor of a genre of music that out-dates us all. The quartet has been playing old-time music locally for three years. ...

DATE: Jan 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Yo La Tengo: indie rock's standard-bearers, still experimenting

WASHINGTON – Old concert posters and relics line the walls of the 9:30 Club’s basement bar. Dressed in loose jeans and sneakers on a Friday night in December, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan and Ja...

DATE: Dec 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

A year-end game that never gets old: Best songs

On the one hand, December is a mean month: The days shrink into pitiful windows of sunshine, the holidays are harried and the bite of cold gets downright rude. On the other hand, December br...

DATE: Dec 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Rock ’n’ roll brotherhood

Colo.’s Brothers Keeper to kick off tour on NYE in Durango

DATE: Dec 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Telluride Bluegrass releases initial lineup

The Telluride Bluegrass Festival has released the initial lineup for its 2015 festival, which will take place on June 18-21 in Telluride Town Park and various venues around town. ...

DATE: Dec 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

British singer Joe Cocker dies of lung cancer

Friends gather at radio station in Colo. to play his songs as tribute

DATE: Dec 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

The majesty of Christmas music

Concert spotlights sacred songs

DATE: Dec 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

An assortment of sounds

DATE: Dec 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Ski season is here: it’s time to celebrate

Let the coming of winter and its beloved ski season be officially welcomed with a party. For the last decade, Ska Brewing Co. has partnered with Venture Snowboards, the Silverton...

DATE: Dec 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown