Before I got up the guts to start sneaking my parents vinyl records into my room—a big no-no in my house—I was pressing 'play' on a cassette tape of The Beatles.
Ethan Maffey
Both a writer and a fan of vinyl records since age 5, it wasn't until nearly three decades later that Oregon Native Ethan Maffey derived a plan to marry the two passions by writing about music. From blogging on MySpace in 2007 and then Blogspot, to launching his own website, 83Music, and eventually freelancing for publications in the Pacific Northwest, like Spokane’s alt-weekly Inlander, Ethan’s aim has been to provide fans of music alternatives to the mundane and overplayed. This included a nearly two year stint as the music editor for the Source, where he scoured the Bend music scene drawing attention to local talent and notable touring acts as they passed through town. In addition to deep knowledge of the local music scene, Ethan has an uncanny ability to quote lines from the television show “Friends.” He also has an eye for women’s fashion and feels a kinship with Lucky Day, Steve Martin’s character in ¡Three Amigos!
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Re-inventing Bluegrass
Brooklyn group Punch Brothers take classical and emotional swings at the genre
ot only is Brooklyn-based Punch Brothers, who are playing the Tower on Nov. 26, another great example of a bluegrass-bending group visiting Bend, it just so happens that the band has turned out to be a sort of vortex bringing all three of our recent bluegrass stories together.
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Twink-tastrophe!
They can survive a nuclear holocaust, but not a union strike. Go figure.
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The Brassman Cometh
NYC jazz trumpeter Jeremy Pelt swings into Bend
If there’s a heartstring that can be pulled by the sound of smooth toe-tapping jazz, Jeremy Pelt’s passionate trumpet playing will find a way to tug at it. After all, he’s been honing his craft since he was five years old. Pelt plays the Oxford Hotel Nov. 23 and 24 and, at those shows, Bendites […]
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Live Music PSA Part Two
Helping you navigate the world of live music both in Bend and beyond
In September we told you about why the Doug Fir and Silvermoon were great places to see live music. In this second installment of our new “best places to see live music” series we’ve got another one over the mountains and one here at home. Both owe their heritage to old-timey religion. In Town McMenamins […]
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Listen Local
This IS the Bend music scene
Sure, each week one or two great regional or national acts come through town, but it’s the other five or six nights of the week where the real business of building the Bend music scene happens. And that work is being done by talented local artists. If you’ve only been seeing out-of-town bands when they […]
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Take A Journey: One of the best music videos this year.
Perhaps the best music video of 2012. Thanks to my friend at LYED for alerting me to this one!
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Aint Nothin’ But A G-Thang In Bend: Snoop headed our way
Snoop-a-loop rocks it old school in Bend this December 18.
