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Here Comes SOULstice

4Peaks is excited to bring a stacked night of music to Silver Moon. And yes—they miss the flagship festival just as much as you
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Usually around this weekend many of you would be gearing up for another round of the always amazing 4Peaks Music Festival. However, as most of you know, this year the festival won’t be taking place. Fortunately, those bummed out by this shouldn’t worry, as the flagship festival is planned to be back on in 2023. […]

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Memories of a Musical Life

Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane on his book
by Dave Gil de Rubio

In light of the spate of music biopics and memoirs that have have come out recently, anyone expecting lots of hot dishing when they crack open “Been So Long: My Life and Music,” Jorma Kaukonen’s 2018 autobiography, is advised to look elsewhere.  Despite the fact that the Jefferson Airplane founding member and Hot Tuna co-founder […]

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Gov’t Mule Goes Full Blues

Warren Haynes dishes on Mule’s latest album while on the road to Bend
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There’s no shortage of wheelings and dealings when it comes to Gov’t Mule’s discography. The highly skilled crew has tackled just about every inch of rock music in a variety of ways, from its 2004 Pink Floyd live covers album, “Dark Side of the Mule,” to the band’s third and highly beloved album, “Life Before […]

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The Enduring Duo

The Indigo Girls open for Sarah McLachlan June 10 in Bend, showing off a musical career now in its fifth decade
by Alan Sculley

Most musicians found their activities curtailed during the pandemic. For the Indigo Girls, the past two years have been a particularly busy season. The duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray just released a livestream project, “Look Long: Together,” that took a year and a half to complete, they’re the subject of an upcoming documentary […]

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A Songwriter’s Album

Join DRIFT for a release party for its reflective and powerful album, “The Innocents”
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In April, Bend-based band DRIFT released its debut album, the 12-track acoustic rock collection titled “The Innocents.” DRIFT features the talents of Mark Quon, Terrence Neal, John Allen, Matthew Fletcher and Linda Quon. Now the band is ready to throw a rocking release party this Friday at the Volcanic Theatre Pub. Mark Quon has a […]

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Gung Ho for Summer Shows

Can you feel it? Summer concerts are in the air
by Chris Williams

Well people, the time is finally here. Let the summer concert galore begin! For months it seemed like you just had to blink an eye and there would be a new concert announcement at Hayden Homes Amphitheater. As things stand, there are 50 shows lined up from June to Oct.   With so much hype around […]

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A Love Affair with the Moon

Profit Drama’s latest album, “Luna,” was inspired while under the night sky in Joshua Tree
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At the beginning of April, Trevor Martell of Profit Drama arrived at the Rancho De La Luna recording studio in Joshua Tree. Many big names have spent time there to record or get inspiration— Arctic Monkeys, Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, Kurt Vile and many more. Martell, currently living on a farm in Ashwood, Oregon, found […]

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Kenzi Returns with “Summer Nights”

A few months since releasing his last piece of music, Spencer Brown is looking ahead to a big 2022
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“This one is total pop, but I am really proud of how it came together and what’s coming,” Spencer Brown says of his upcoming single. With the artist name Kenzi, a play on Brown’s middle name, the singer/musician/producer has been serving up electronic-based R&B and pop jams that are soulful and lo-fi for a few […]

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A Little Ol’ Band from Texas

ZZ Top is set to debut a new album, just after it kicks off the season at the amphitheater
by Alan Sculley

ZZ Top’s “Raw” is as close to being an accidental album as it gets. The album, which is set for release on July 22, is drawn from a session at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, in which singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard played versions of such familiar songs as […]

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Croce Plays Croce

AJ Croce, son of the late Jim Croce, brings the music of his father to the Tower
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When AJ Croce was just eight days away from turning two, his father, Jim, passed away in a plane crash. Since his father happened to be a beloved singer/songwriter, music has been at the heart of Croce’s life for as long as he can remember. Many are familiar with Jim’s songs; whether it be “I […]

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