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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 ...

The Duhks bring fresh sound to Durango

Folk band has new members, new album, new energy

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...

Hancock shares life lessons in new memoir

Book examines musician’s long career

James Brown: New documentary traces the soul of the Godfather

“Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown,” the two-hour documentary that premiered Monday on HBO, chronicles the career of the Godfather of Soul, from his ascension in music at the height of t...

Review: Flaming Lips fail with ‘Sgt. Pepper’ cover

The Flaming Lips, “With a Little Help from My Fwends” (Warner Bros.) Ever wonder what “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” would sound like sung by robots? Me neither, but her...

Holding council

Ignacio duo makes headway in hip-hop

Mamma Mia!

Johnny Marr returns to rock roots on ‘Playland’

LONDON – Fittingly for the man who co-wrote “How Soon Is Now,” Johnny Marr doesn’t believe in living in the past. The former guitarist for The Smiths has just released his second ...

Durango Massive announces Leftover Salmon shows

Also bringing Afroman, John Popper, Abney Park

Potpourri of romantic pieces featured

St. Mark’s recital is today at 7 p.m.

The legacy (and return) of Sleater-Kinney, once America's best rock band

A generation ago a trio stormed out of the Pacific Northwest to become the most critically acclaimed rock band of their era. They rode the crest of a fiercely independent, now-legendary musi...