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Check out the Slackers at Ska Brewing

A sought-after venue for a ska band to play a show is Durango’s own Ska Brewery. It’s a glorious ask to be invited to perform at a brewery named after the style of music your band plays; it...

DATE: May 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Mighty Poplar plays Tico Time

Sometimes, you just have to play some bluegrass music. Musicians like bass player Greg Garrison, banjo player Noam Pikelny, guitar player Chris “Critter” Eldridge, mandolin player Andrew Ma...

DATE: May 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience

Like them or not, it’s fair to say that you know at least something about The Beatles. You can say you aren’t a fan, but for those “non-fans” you likely know the names John, Paul, George and...

DATE: May 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

The High Hawks: A super group that’s not a super group

Fiddle player Tim Carbone does not like the term “super group.” Often used to describe a group of musicians who have joined forces as a band outside of their individual, solid and successful...

DATE: Apr 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Talia Keys has never forgotten Durango

Durango was one of the first cities to give Talia Keys a chance. Approaching the music business like a door-to-door salesperson, the Salt Lake City-based singer-songwriter’s career started b...

DATE: Apr 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Durango Bluegrass Meltdown coming next weekend

The bluegrass bug bit Keith Reed when he was 15. First hearing the music on television and film, he then took the typical path of discovery for the genre, which was borrowing records and slo...

DATE: Apr 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Alex Graf celebrates album release

Alex Graf doesn’t consider himself a great songwriter. Which is odd, because the guitar player for blue and new-grass band Tone Dog has written plenty of them, enough for his solo debut, wit...

DATE: Apr 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Get ‘doowopified’ with Doo Wop Project

The group The Doo Wop Project has contributed a new word to the English language: “Doowopified.” It was created by the New York City-based band, specifically its bass vocalist Dwayne Cooper,...

DATE: Mar 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Sarah Shook bringing bands to Durango

Music was a forbidden fruit in the Shook household. River Shook, who tours as Sarah Shook, didn’t follow your typical path toward listening to cool music. There were no early bouts of listen...

DATE: Mar 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Durango hosts Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Reverend Peyton will go anywhere. The country blues guitar player who leads The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is one of those musicians more comfortable when asphalt is rolling by under th...

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

ON stops at The Hive

Steve Fall and his band ON operate like a mom-and-pop store in the independent music business. They’re an everything under one roof operation, from self-production and the release of their ...

DATE: Mar 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Animas City Theatre hosts Snakes and Stars

Musician Michael Travis hasn’t always been on board with electronic dance music. The drummer for Colorado jam-grass band String Cheese Incident had always preferred music being made the trad...

DATE: Feb 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown