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The Brew Train is all about supporting local. Part of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, the weekly Brew Train, which runs from Rockwood to Cascade every Saturday morning, features...
DATE: June 20, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
Chandler Holt’s bluegrass and banjo obsession started with a cassette. Long before he had an awareness of anything bluegrass music-related, he was a typical music fan absorbing what most young...
DATE: June 13, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
The phrase, “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach,” doesn’t apply for faculty at iAM MUSIC. It’s a stupid phrase anyway, likely created by a one-hit wonder in the clever-phrase department who...
DATE: June 6, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
Nobody said the music business was a walk in the park. The band Dire Straits took a sarcastic look at how some view the music biz with their 1985 hit “Money for Nothing,” with that infectious hook...
DATE: May 30, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
Jeff Solon is all about jazz. If he’s not playing solo, or with his duo, trio, quartet or big band, he’s home practicing or writing new compositions. If he’s not practicing or creating new music,...
DATE: May 23, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
He’s a huge figure in Colorado bluegrass music. As a teacher, Pete Wernick, aka “Dr. Banjo,” has provided the starting steps for scores of banjo players; his book, simply titled “Bluegrass Banjo,”...
DATE: May 16, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
Follow your muse. We all should have that inner-voice, that thing inside us that hopefully guides us down our life path and pushes us into whatever direction we think we need to go. When the muse...
DATE: May 9, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
Local musician P.J. Moon has good things to say about Durango’s music scene. It’s the reason he moved here and arguably the reason he stays here. The well runs pretty deep when it comes to people...
DATE: May 2, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
The Fort Collins-based band Euforquestra wears many musical hats. Unafraid of a musical challenge and willing to experiment and change things up, if the genre hat fits, they’ll put it on and style...
DATE: April 25, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
A Ranky Tanky concert provides two outcomes. One being what you’d expect from a concert: You dance, you’re entertained, you leave the venue musically satisfied. The other outcome appeals to music...
DATE: April 18, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part column highlighting the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown and its overall contribution to the community. Guitar player Larry Keel is a perfect performer for...
DATE: April 11, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part column highlighting the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown and its overall contribution to the community. People have big opinions about bluegrass music. “I...
DATE: April 4, 2019 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
