Music - The Durango Herald

‘Gatsby’ soundtrack is ambitious, not great

For his sure-to-be-fabulously-hip new take on “The Great Gatsby,” director Baz Luhrmann – collaborating with executive producer Jay-Z, executive music consultant Jeymes Samuel and executive ...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Drug overdose suspected in death of Kriss Kross rapper

ATLANTA  The mother of rapper Chris Kelly told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine and heroin on the night before he died, according to a police report. ...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Victor Wooten is a most entertaining music instructor

When you sit down for a chat with Victor Wooten, you get more than a conversation about playing bass.You get a conversation that involves philosophy, education, nature and how music can rel...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Singer George Jones is buried in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn.  For a guy who sang so many sad songs, George Jones left behind a lot of laughs. There was more humor than sadness at Jones funeral Thursday at the Gr...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Music choices should be matters of ‘and,’ not ‘or’

Whenever I have to double up on music features in one column, it’s usually a good thing for writer and reader alike. Options are great, especially when the options are unique. In ...

DATE: Apr 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

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