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John Mellencamp finds some impressive co-authors

NEW YORK – John Mellencamp feels he has some impressive co-writers for his latest songs, like playwright Tennessee Williams and folk legend Pete Seeger. That they’re both dead doe...

DATE: Oct 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Music Review: As usual, Lucinda Williams digs deep

Lucinda Williams, “Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone” (Highway 20) “Have compassion for everyone you meet,” goes the opening line on the new album from Lucinda Williams, who st...

DATE: Sep 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Celebrating the Old West’s lyrical side

Durango’s Cowboy Poetry Gathering, now in its 26th year, continues to be the local showcase for celebrating the lyrical side of the old West. The idea of becoming a cowboy is a y...

DATE: Sep 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Thom Yorke’s “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes” – new sounds in a new container

As pop music continues to bend into new shapes, so do the shipping containers. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke was busy torquing the architecture of both on Friday when he suddenly ...

DATE: Sep 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Exclusive: Prince exalts in his ‘heaven’

CHANHASSEN, Minn. – Nightfall is fast approaching at Paisley Park. There are few lights on in the cavernous compound, and unseen doves (of course there would be doves) are cooing ...

DATE: Sep 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Downton Abbey’ star heads on U.S. tour with band

NEW YORK – “Downton Abbey” won’t be the only place fans can see Elizabeth McGovern this winter: The show’s star is heading on a tour with her folk-rock band in December. McGovern...

DATE: Sep 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Horse Spirit

DATE: Sep 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Harpist’s mellow tone soothes apes at St. Paul zoo

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Harpist Terry Tacheny long enjoyed taking her young daughters to Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota, except for the Primate House, where she thought the gorillas, orangutans a...

DATE: Sep 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

The band Tennis bats about a classic pop sound

NEW YORK – Besides terminal unhipness, the band Tennis has a practical reason to regret taking its name from an inside joke between founding couple Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley. ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Cuban salsa singer split between island and U.S.

MIAMI – In his most famous song, Cuban salsa singer Manuel Gonzalez croons about creating a bridge between Miami and Havana. “A bridge made up of long sleeves,” he sings in “The B...

DATE: Sep 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Pink Floyd sets Nov. 10 release date for new album

The Associated Press NEW YORK – Pink Floyd’s new album will arrive on Nov. 10. A Monday news release gives fresh details about “The Endless River,” the British rock ‘n’...

DATE: Sep 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Review: Lee Ann Womack heads off in new direction

Lee Ann Womack, “The Way I’m Livin”’ (Sugar Hill) For more than a decade, Lee Ann Womack ranked as the most traditional female artist in contemporary country music, holding on to ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music