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A TV Tale of “Badwater,” to be Filmed in Montezuma County
A TV show pilot that will be shot in Montezuma County this fall aims to put the area on the filmmaking map. It's also an opportunity for the show's creators to revel in the Four Corners backdrop they call home.
Artbot Army Fills Social Media With Art
If you have a social media feed, chances are you’ve seen something that was automatically posted by a “bot.” Sometimes they publish highly-polarizing political content. Sometimes it's just a sales pitch. But one Colorado man is using them to spread art across the internet.
Art Vending Machines Debut in Mancos as Artistic Expression Explodes During Pandemic
Mancos, Colorado-based blacksmith Alex Bond found a way to get art into the hands of customers using vending machines. He also spoke about the pandemic's effect on creativity.
Crucial Music: 20 Top Releases of 2017
Selective & subjective. My favorite music releases of 2017: The American Dollar – Music for Travel Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band – Body and Shadow CCFX – “The One To Wait” (single) The Church – man woman life death infinity Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up...
Irish-American Fiddler Eileen Ivers Connects Celtic and Americana, Looks to the Future of the Instrument
Eileen Ivers adopted a love for the fiddle at an early age. Fiddle music filled the air of her New York City home as a young child, so at age nine she took up the instrument herself. She's now an accomplished solo artist, a member of Cherish the Ladies and...
A.J. Croce Reconnects With Long-Deceased Father Jim Through a Shared Love of Music
A.J. Croce appeared on the music scene in the early 1990s with a seemingly anachronistic mix of classic songwriting and 'boogie-woogie'-style piano playing. But he's enjoyed modest success over a career of eight albums. He's also collaborated with Willie Nelson,...
South African Musician Johnny Clegg on Nearly Forty Years of Transformation
Clegg passed away July 16, 2019. Here's an archive interview I conducted with him in 2016, a few days before he performed in Durango, Colorado.
The Reincarnation of Os Mutantes
A conversation with Sergio Dias of the legendary Brazilian band.
Tom Russell and the Vanishing Poetry of ‘The Old, Weird America’
Tom Russell writes songs about champion fighting cocks, Edward Abbey, the Watts riots, Nina Simone, and the day Frank Sinatra played Juarez. For him, it's all part of a grand tradition of American storytelling.