Music - The Durango Herald

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

It’s a revival

DATE: Nov 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Powerful piano and classical music to meet on stage

Durango pianist Marilyn Mangold Garst will perform a program of classical music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries at 7 p.m. today during the second installation of the Unitarian Univers...

DATE: Nov 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Damien Rice’s ‘Fantasy’ is a lovely reality

Damien Rice, “My Favourite Faded Fantasy” (Warner) Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice says the creative process behind his third studio album “My Favourite Faded Fantasy” was so ...

DATE: Nov 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Pink Floyd say goodbye with ‘The Endless River’

Pink Floyd, “The Endless River” (Columbia Records) Never was an album more aptly named than “The Endless River,” the new – and seemingly final – release from Pink Floyd. It flows ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Review: Lost Dylan lyrics brought to life in ‘New Basement Tapes’

Associated Press Various Artists, “Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes” (Electromagnetic Recordings/Harvest Records) The bottomless well of material from Bob Dyla...

DATE: Nov 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Music legend Les Paul gets hometown honor

WAUKESHA, Wis. – Music legend Les Paul discovered his penchant for guitar at Waukesha Junior High. It’s where his teachers recognized his curious nature, answering never-ending questions lik...

DATE: Nov 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Red Pride tooting its own horns

Durango High’s marching band collecting honors

DATE: Nov 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hip-hop as a hypochondriac: The decline of the major label rap album

Hip-hop is a hypochondriac. Since its first records, the genre has reimagined and revised its own Edenic myth. For every Golden Age, there’s a tin present, allegedly limping from commercial ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

The Duhks bring fresh sound to Durango

Folk band has new members, new album, new energy

DATE: Nov 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

In a town that loves Halloween, events abound

Durango loves Halloween, sometimes making it a holiday that stretches on for two, three or four nights. Often this is because Halloween falls during the week and venues want to g...

DATE: Oct 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown