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Durango Voice to crown a winner this weekend

Ten singers will take the stage Saturday night for the Durango Voice finals. They have spent the past month in vocal training with judges/coaches Linda Mack Berven, Andreas Tischhauser, Drea...

DATE: Apr 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Swedish superstars ABBA: New song later this year

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus says fans can expect a new song “in September or October” from the four-member Swedish pop group that broke up 37 years ago. Ulvaeus tol...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Eagles to perform ‘Hotel California’ album in its entirety

LAS VEGAS – The Eagles will perform their 1976 “Hotel California” album in its entirety in concert for the first time. Live Nation says it will take place Sept. 27 and 28 at MGM G...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Durango Street Band brings music wherever it’s needed

When the members of Durango Street Band – An Organized Noise Society get together to play, their sound is huge. They are also a fun, supportive group always looking for new people...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

7th Ave mixed vocal quarter to perform

SouthWest Colorado Concerts will present the 7th Ave mixed vocal quartet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Montezuma-Cortez High School Auditorium, 418 S. Sligo St., in Cortez. 7th Ave is...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Fort Lewis College Music Department to host the Rocky Mountain College Music Society Regional Conference

The Fort Lewis College Music Department will host the Rocky Mountain College Music Society Regional Conference in Jones Hall on March 30. The keynote address will be held from 1 t...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Community Concerts in the Secret Garden Grant Application Now Open

The application for nonprofit beneficiaries for the Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado’s summer concert series at the Rochester Hotel is now open. The deadline to apply is April...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Colorado band changes name over police violence reference

DENVER – A Colorado rock band named for a term referencing police violence has changed the group’s title because one of its members is also a law enforcement officer. The Denve...

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Andre Williams, R&B singer and producer known as Mr. Rhythm, dies at 82

Andre Williams, an R&B singer and record producer whose talking, proto-rap style and strutting stage persona earned him the sobriquet “Mr. Rhythm,” died Sunday at a nursing home in Chicago. ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Medical bills kept surf-rock legend Dick Dale touring till the end

It was the mid-1960s and the rapid-fire sounds Dick Dale was pulling out of his gold-painted Fender Stratocaster had already reshaped popular music. In the space of a few short ye...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Bernie Torme, guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, dead at 66

NEW YORK – Bernie Torme, a guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, died a day before his 67th birthday, according to his drummer. Drummer Mik Gaffney told The Associated Press on Tuesday tha...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Lou Pearlman was a disgraced mogul who defrauded ’90s boy bands – then came the $300 million Ponzi scheme

Before he was implicated in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, Lou Pearlman’s lies started to unravel at a meal with ’N Sync at a Los Angeles steakhouse. Sitting ar...

DATE: Mar 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music