Music - The Durango Herald

These 3 do more than strum 6 strings

California Guitar Trio show off licks from Queen to Beethoven

DATE: Apr 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Kiss not the first to tell Rock Hall to kiss off

Miffed band refused to attend famous induction ceremony

DATE: Apr 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Erratic B.B. King performance makes fans blue

ST. LOUIS – At 88, blues guitarist B.B. King is a living legend, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with his own satellite radio channel and a string of blues-themed restaurants in New York, Las ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Pharrell Williams, Zimmer create ‘Spidey’ opera

LOS ANGELES – Director Marc Webb and famed composer Hans Zimmer assembled a supergroup of influential recording artists, including the “Happy” chart topper Pharrell Williams, for “The Amazin...

DATE: Apr 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Durangoans have chance to hear blues at local favorite, downtown, outdoor venue

Durango hasn’t seen much of a winter. My snow shovel was used twice, and the mountain bike gear never got put away. Spring has been just around the corner since November, and one ...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

First Stratocaster sells for $250K

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The first production model Fender Stratocaster has been sold for $250,000. George Gruhn of Nashville sold the 1954 guitar on consignment for owner and guitar hi...

DATE: Mar 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

GWAR frontman Brockie found dead in Virginia home

RICHMOND, Va. – Dave Brockie, who as “Oderus Urungus” fronted the alien-costumed heavy metal band GWAR during graphic and fake-blood-soaked stage shows for more than three decades, has died....

DATE: Mar 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Our country boy

To call Tyller Gummersall a lifelong performer may be stretch – but not much of one. The Bayfield-based musician got his start shortly after arriving in Durango in 1995 from South...

DATE: Mar 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

The Man in Black left a little something for you

While not very legendary, Johnny Cash’s lost album is a must for you to put your ear to

DATE: Mar 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

String Cheese vet Hollingsworth has a backup plan

If the fragile music industry ever sours, leaving musicians, writers and bloggers, roadies and sound guys out of work, musicians like Kyle Hollingsworth will be able to fall back on other tr...

DATE: Mar 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Texas fest goes on after tragedy

Crash kills two at South by Southwest

DATE: Mar 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Ragtime & Early Jazz Festival is right at home at the Strater

For the second week in a row, this column will acknowledge the importance of American jazz music. With such a rich and colorful history, enjoying jazz and studying its early contr...

DATE: Mar 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown