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Choral Society to preview summer Europe excursion

Before 30 lucky members of Durango Choral Society head to Europe this summer for yet another tour of a lifetime, they’ll warm up on the locals. “I wanted to give the entire Choral...

DATE: Apr 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

iTunes celebrates a decade, faces new challenges

NEW YORK – When Apple launched its iTunes music store a decade ago amid the ashes of Napster, the music industry – reeling from the effects of online piracy – was anxious to see how the new ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Review: Martin’s banjo melds well with Brickell

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, “Love Has Come For You” (Rounder Records) It’s clear from the opening line on the first song “When You Get To Asheville” that “Love Has Come For Yo...

DATE: Apr 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Singer Richie Havens dies at 72

Woodstock folk artist performed in Durango beginning in 1996

DATE: Apr 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Big finale for local symphony

Big. That’s the adjective the season finale for the San Juan Symphony has inspired. From beginning to end, with a breath of elegant classicism in the middle, last Saturday’s concert earned t...

DATE: Apr 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Musical superpowers to hold summit

Guest soloists star in rare collaboration

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

On this day, we give thanks for vinyl

As wonderful as our Internet can be, its destruction of some of the simple things in life, like sending a postcard, is frustrating and sad. Its hand in the dwindling of small busi...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Tuning in: Twitter launches music app

LOS ANGELES – Twitter has launched a service that lets people find music they like and tweet songs from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio. Twitter said in a blog post that an app will be a...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Judge allows Flavor Flav to attend Hall of Fame

LAS VEGAS – Flavor Flav has a new court date in Las Vegas that doesn’t interfere with his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A judge on Thursday agreed to postpone ar...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Weather or not, Meltdown is here

More than 25 bands to play bluegrass festival

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

The Second City is a star-making machine

Fifty years has passed since Chicagos The Second City comedy troupe began churning out talent and laughs. Its been the launchpad for dozens of household names in the e...

DATE: Apr 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown