Last year wasn’t a good one for Kent Ueland. But as 2015 emerges, so does his first ever solo record—and perhaps that will make some artistic sense of the wasteland of the previous year. The former songwriter and bandleader of Spokane-staple The Terrible Buttons presents, Do it Yourself, which consists of songs based on what […]
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Source Suggests 1/15-1/21
Show Ponies Los Angeles may not be the epicenter for string bands, but the Show Ponies have crept their way up into the surrounding mountains and tapped into the clear water, rolling hills aesthetic. With fiddle, banjo and guitar, joined by the occasional harmonica riff and a mix between male and female lead vocals, the […]
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Out of Town 1/14-1/22
portland thursday 15 – sunday 18 The Oregon Truffle Festival Perhaps lesser known then the grapes of the Willamette Valley are the French Truffles that grow abundantly in Oregon. In fact, the same advantageous climate that allows for a flourishing wine industry also produces what are known among the experts as the highest quality truffles […]
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No ‘Wagon Wheel’ Covers
The Harmed Brothers attempt to dodge clichรฉ
The front men of The Harmed Brothers, Alex Salcido and Ray Vietti, frequently recount how lucky they are to have found their musical soulmate in each other. “It’s a person who speaks your language of ideas and hopefully challenges you to learn and embrace new ones,” said Salcido in an interview with the Source. Paired […]
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Source Suggests 1/7-1/15
New Ranch Records Location Don’t freak out when you walk past the former Ranch Records location on Wall Street. next to the Tower Theater. Yes, it’s empty, but Bend’s oldest record store isn’t closed, it has just moved a few blocks over to Oregon Avenue, across from US Bank and next to Summit Saloon. We […]
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Out of Town 1/7-1/15
saturday 10 The Builders & The Butchers They came from the cold, damp streets of Portland. Starting out busking on rainy corners and playing small shows in pizza shops and galleries, The Builders & The Butchers has progressed to bigger stages and higher wattages. In its recent albums, the group attempts to harness its raucous […]
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R. Kelly With More Banjo
Portland’s Junebugs splice genres
The Junebugs are really into beards. Or at least that can be deduced from the fact that two of the three members of the band have pretty epic ones. “Yeah man, we just feel lucky beards are in right now,” said Moses Barrett, the band leader who sings and plays guitar and banjo. “We are […]
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Don’t Look So Woebegone
Members of Larry and His Flask return with new side project
What’s an underemployed musician to do when—after 10-years, five full-length albums, and hundreds of thousands of miles driving every direction on every highway in the US, Canada and Europe—he and his band decide to take a yearlong break? Guitarist and vocalist of Larry and His Flask, Ian Cook, and the rest of the band are […]
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Watching the Winter
Dead Winter Carpenters’ nature-inspired bluegrass
Way up in the Sierra Nevada, surrounded by snow-capped peaks in the Tahoe National Forest, next to a lake whose clear blue water resembles liquefied sapphires, is where the Dead Winter Carpenters call home. The band formed in North Lake Tahoe, not the typical urban music scene filled with basement bound garage bands or countrified […]
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One More Sad Song
Ben Ballinger treks back to Oregon
When asked which musical artists he aspires to, Austin’s Ben Ballinger answers simply, “The Gods,” by which he means Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and the like. He goes on to convey his deep respect for more contemporary artists like Fiona Apple and Father John Misty. Also, he adds, Nina Simone, […]