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A Laurie Anderson pilgrimage? Just don’t tell her you’re calling it that

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – You are sitting, floating through the virtual clouds, when you hear that unmistakable voice coming through the headphones. The glittering buildings. Paper bei...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Ariana Grande announces a benefit concert: ‘I’ll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester’

Four days after a suicide bombing left 22 dead and scores wounded at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, the 23-year-old pop singer has announced that she will return to the gri...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Music in the Mountains offers summer fest, volunteers sought

Tickets are now on sale for the Music in the Mountains summer classical music festival, to be held July 9-30. The event will feature orchestra, chamber music, and conservatory cla...

DATE: May 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Chamber Music Festival to arrive in June

The ninth annual Durango Chamber Music Festival is scheduled June 5-9 and June 12-16, and will feature ten 30-minute concerts each day at 12:15 p.m., at St. Markâ€™s Episcopal Church, 910 Ea...

DATE: May 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Oblee’s Eric Kiefer making it interesting

Band has upcoming shows at Moe’s, Animas City Theatre

DATE: May 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Chris Cornell’s wife writes note: ‘I know that was not you’

LOS ANGELES – Chris Cornell’s widow has written a letter addressed to the late Soundgarden frontman days after he took his own life. Vicky Cornell writes in the note published onl...

DATE: May 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Parents weigh in on concert fears after Manchester

Iris Azulai’s 17-year-old daughter, Carmel, recently attended a large concert in Tel Aviv of the Argentine singer Lali. Given Israel’s history, the fear of terrorism is always lurking, parti...

DATE: May 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Harry Styles’ next direction: Self-deprecation in song

Surely, all the young dudes in boy bands believe in reincarnation. It’s part of the deal. You spend your adolescence touring the planet as a well-behaved multimillionaire, driven mad by teen...

DATE: May 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Chris Cornell’s family believes prescription drugs may have caused his death

Chris Cornell’s family is disputing the findings of the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office, which ruled that the Soundgarden frontman died from suicide by hanging. Lawyers for...

DATE: May 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Animas High School seniors unite for concert at ACT

The end of senior year is a time of caps and gowns, parties and figuring out your next step. For four seniors at Animas High School, it’s also a time to put on a show. ...

DATE: May 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, a founding father of grunge, dead at 52

Chris Cornell, a key figure in the grunge rock movement as the banshee-voiced singer in the seminal Seattle band Soundgarden died after playing a Wednesday night concert with the Grammy-winn...

DATE: May 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Katy Perry is the first judge named for new ‘American Idol’

Pop star Katy Perry is the first judge to be named for the new season of “American Idol,” which was revived by ABC for the 2017-2018 season. The show, which pulled in 38 million v...

DATE: May 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music