Music - The Durango Herald

And the Grammy nomination goes to...

NEW YORK – Will the Grammys be “Drunk In Love” with Beyonce or will they fall for the sad, soulful sound of Sam Smith? The Recording Academy will announce the nominees for the 57th annual Gr...

DATE: Dec 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Rolling Stones’ sax player Bobby Keys dead

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Saxophonist Bobby Keys, a lifelong rock ‘n’ roller who toured with Buddy Holly, played on recordings by John Lennon and laid down one of the all-time blowout solos on the ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

She & Him talk about orchestra, new album

Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward pick songs that stick out

DATE: Nov 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Lisa Blue’s new album is gift for her grandkids

Art documents time and preserves memories, and has done so since paint was put to canvas, words were printed to paper and sound etched into vinyl, tape or lesser-quality medium. ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Opera ovation

DATE: Nov 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

From Durango to Carnegie Hall

DHS violinist selected for elite honors performance

DATE: Nov 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Symphony presents a night at the opera

Concert to feature overtures, arias and soaring solos

DATE: Nov 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Fugazi's road to punk royalty was paved by file-sharing, '80s-style

WASHINGTON – In the late 1980s, when Henry Owings was a teenager living in York, Pennsylvania, he’d drive his mom’s gray Oldsmobile two hours to D.C. to see punk shows. Owings, a writer and ...

DATE: Nov 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Chopin’s heart exhumed in secret, like a relic

WARSAW, Poland – As Frederic Chopin gasped for air on his deathbed in Paris in 1849, he whispered a request that became the stuff of musical legend: Remove my heart after I die and entomb it...

DATE: Nov 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Like father, like sons

Nelson brothers to celebrate country-rock dad in concert

DATE: Nov 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

AC/DC drummer lives at full speed among retirees

TAURANGA, New Zealand – AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was the toast of this quiet New Zealand coastal community when he celebrated the launch of his surprise solo album at his marina restaurant, P...

DATE: Nov 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music