Music

Brandon Campbell and The Northwest Three have been cooped up for far too long during this pandemic. Their last in-person show was on March 12, 2020—for musicians, that’s basically like LeBron James not dribbling a basketball for a whole year. During this time, Campbell has turned his focus toward writing new material (what he calls […]

It’s that time of the year again—music’s biggest night! This Sunday, the 63rd Grammy Awards will take place, highlighting some of the best in music from 2020. There will be performances from Taylor Swift, Post Malone, HAIM, Brittany Howard, Bad Bunny and many, many more. Other than an impressive lineup of performers, there are of […]

Bend pianist/composer Julie Hanney has been involved with music for decades, doing everything from being a piano teacher to being a published composer and professional musician who just released her third solo piano album. The album, titled “Where the Ocean Meets the Sky,” is made of 14 softly crafted piano songs that really capture a […]

This week, Daft Punk announced its split/retirement in a short film where one of the famed robots-in-disguise blows up in a desert. I question if their retirement is real or even permanent, but only time can answer that. If it is a forever split, then the duo will surely be missed and the imprint they […]

At the end of last year the Source ran a Q&A with Bend local Ella Peterson, who makes music under the artist name Lupine. At the time she only had a few pieces of music released, but now Peterson has kicked off the year with the release of the debut full-length album, “Midnight.” What first […]

This week, Sisters Folk Festival announced that the festival will move the date of the popular fall gathering into October, in hopes of avoiding wildfire/smoke season. This year the festival will take place Oct. 1-3. That is, of course, if it’s held at all. Many popular and larger festivals like Coachella and Stagecoach, and Glastonbury […]

Not everything in life starts off flawlessly, even if we’d like to imagine it works that way. For Brian Craig, his journey as a musician started off rocky. But sometimes those moments of difficulty are what make stories beautiful— and in Craig’s new memoir, “Local Dad Rocker: A Memoir of Self-Discovery from Songwriting,” we see […]

The Tower Theatre is kicking off its monthly “Live To Your Home” series this week, aiming to bring some Portland bluegrass to Central Oregon with The Junebugs. To top it off, these shows are FREE! Of course there will be options to tip the band as the show goes on, and anyone who does so […]