Music - The Durango Herald

Eminem re-explores Marshall Mathers

Eminem, “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” (Aftermath/Shady/Interscope) Don’t be fooled: Eminem’s latest, “The Marshall Mathers LP 2,” is not a sequel to his gloriously unhinged 2000 rap...

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

From the ‘Prairie’ to the mountains

Radio’s Robin and Linda Williams to return to Durango for concert

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Bob Dylan’s guitar from Newport to be auctioned in N.Y.

NEW YORK – The sunburst Fender Stratocaster that a young Bob Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when he famously went electric, perhaps the most historic instrument in rock ’n’ r...

DATE: Oct 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

The Sadies offer a midweek treat at the ACT

Dallas Good had no specific genre in mind when he formed The Sadies in the mid-’90s in Toronto. The guitar player had grown up in a musical family, the son of a member of the long...

DATE: Oct 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

A cappella group highlights FLC opening

Musical offerings are varied and spirited

DATE: Oct 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Lou Reed, iconic punk poet, dead at 71

NEW YORK - Lou Reed was a pioneer for countless bands who didn’t worry about their next hit single. Reed, who died Sunday at age 71, radically challenged rock’s founding promise o...

DATE: Oct 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Breuer’s comedy is grown up, not adult

Longtime “Saturday Night Live” fans may recall former cast member Jim Breuer best as the character Goat Boy. The New York-born comedian, whose tenure on the long-running NBC late-...

DATE: Oct 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Top music on iTunes, Spotify

iTunes’ Official Music Charts for the week ending Oct. 21, 2013: Top Songs 1. “Rap God”, Eminem 2. “Royals”, Lorde 3. “Wake Me Up”, Avicii ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Lang among the best of young bluesmen

Since the release of his 1997 major label debut, “Lie To Me,” the then-16-year-old Jonny Lang has built a reputation as one of the best live performers and guitarists of his generation. A bl...

DATE: Oct 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Singer Cee Lo Green pleads not guilty in felony drug case

LOS ANGELES – Cee Lo Green pleaded not guilty on Monday to giving a woman ecstasy at a Los Angeles restaurant during a 2012 dinner, and prosecutors declined to file a rape count against the ...

DATE: Oct 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Willie’s new duets uneven

Willie Nelson’s “To All The Girls ... ,” an album of duets with female partners, is custom-made for the download age. Few fans will connect with all 16 songs – the set is too eclectic and to...

DATE: Oct 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Todd Snider hits notes and nerves in live show

“Good things happen to bad people,” Todd Snider sings in “New York Banker,” a cut from his 2012 album “Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables.” It is a typically honest, if sardonic, se...

DATE: Oct 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music