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Raw, Heartfelt Country Musicians Put Central Oregon on their National Tours

Liam St. John and Texas Headhunters liven up Bend & Redmond. International DJ Oliver Dollar also makes a beeline to Bend.

Gritty rock ‘n’ roll packed with soul Nashville-based, rock and alt-country rambler Liam St. John will stop in Redmond on his nationwide on Aug. 15 after releasing his debut album, โ€œMan of the North.โ€ Rolling Stone described it as โ€œa bluesy, powerful album that announces the Washington state songwriter as an artist you need to […]

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Mt. Joy: Creating on the Road

Guitarist Matt Quinn says the whole tour ends up being a practice session

โ€œYou canโ€™t have one without the other,โ€ sang Frank Sinatra on โ€œLove and Marriage.โ€ For Mt. Joy, the groupโ€™s musical matrimony comes in the form of touring the world and playing for crowds of rapturous fans before settling down in a recording studio. Life on the road inspires those studio recordings, and by the end […]

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Barenaked Ladies: Blind Stupidity & Good Times

Drummer Tyler Stewart says the band is still going strong after four decades due to mutual respect and making new music

Over the past 35 years. Barenaked Ladies have left a considerable mark on pop culture. Dip into the bandโ€™s canon and youโ€™ll find songs that plug into generation-spanning sitcoms ranging from โ€˜90s behemoth โ€œFriendsโ€ (โ€œShoe Boxโ€), appearing as a guest band on โ€œ90210โ€™sโ€ fictional Peach Pit After Dark nightclub (they played a three-song set that […]

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Supporting Community Through the Outlaw Country Tradition

Local artists join forces to raise money and food for local nonprofits

Ten local artists are teaming up for a fundraiser benefitting the Latino Community Association of Central Oregon and NeighborImpact. The event on Aug. 1 is called โ€œWillie and Friends: Unbroken Circle.โ€ Itโ€™s a community concert inspired by the outlaw country tradition pioneered by Willie Nelson and a generation of songwriters, poets, outlaws and highwomen who […]

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Lindsey Stirling’s Best Gift is Storytelling

The former “America’s Got Talent” star is headlining at Hayden Homes Amphitheater

When Lindsey Stirling sits down to write an album, sheโ€™s not only thinking about what she wants to play on her violin and how sheโ€™ll arrange the rest of the music around it, she keeps in mind how the song could be performed and how it will fit into her highly acclaimed show. โ€œI’ve always […]

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Bringing Nashville to Central Oregonโ€™s Backyard

Southern tunes fly in to Eagle Crest July 15

Eagle Crest Resort will be filled with a certain Nashville twang on July 15, when the resortโ€™s Greenside Cafรฉ brings various acclaimed Nashville-based musicians in for a laid-back night of country music. One of the night’s performers is Austin Jenckes, originally from the Pacific Northwest, who told the Source how excited he is to be back. […]

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Melissa Etheridge Will ‘Rock Your Toes Off’

With a healthy song catalog from which to draw, the legend promises plenty of fireworks when she hits the stage

Melissa Etheridge is a survivor. For starters try coming out publicly as a lesbian in January 1992 at a time when entertainers didnโ€™t do that kind of thing, surviving breast cancer and most recently, losing a child to an opioid overdose. This kind of reclamation of self and survival over the trauma and tragedies real […]

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Wynonna Judd: ‘A Tragic Comedy’

The country star says her relationship with fans is sacred

A decade ago, Wynonna Judd played one of the most surprising and memorable shows ever at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Judd agreed to perform at SXSW, for no money, only if she could play in St. Davidโ€™s Episcopal Church, a venue she knew of from the time she lived in […]

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The Flame Keeps Burning

A week-long celebration honoring Jerry Garciaโ€™s legacy is happening throughout Bend

The legacy of Jerry Garciaโ€™s 30-year music career is still going strong more than 30 years after his death. Garciaโ€™s birthday, on Aug. 1, will be honored at several local venues in the days surrounding that date. Silver Moon Brewing is kicking off the celebration with a Jerry Garcia Band Night on July 22. Fans […]

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Ecologist and Musician: On Stage is Where KR3TURE Thrivesย 

KR3TURE is coming back at the end of July for his second show in Bend.

KR3TUREโ€™s (pronounced ‘creature’) first show in Bend was just last January at the Volcanic Theatre and it was sold out. Electronic and modern live music fusion that defies any sort of category is what can be expected during a KR3TURE performance. All with the goal of connection.  The mountains of Santa Cruz is where KR3TURE […]

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