Music

Tommy Emmanuel is not kind to his guitars. The Grammy-winning Australian musician beats out rhythms on their soundboards, scrapes the top of them with pliers, and sands off finishes so he has yet another surface to punish. On average, Emmanuel’s guitars survive five years of this before they become unplayable. Sometimes that happens onstage, at […]

“Don’t lose hope, because it’s not impossible that we might play again.” So said Larry and His Flask member Andrew Carew, addressing fans in the farewell-ish article “Is the Flask Empty?” the Source published in early 2020. Yet to the delight of fans, Larry and His Flask are back, for the time being, at least, […]

Composer and musician Chris Thomas invites listeners into a conversation that spans centuries and continents with his new work, “Celestial Threads,” written for mezzo soprano and chamber orchestra. The piece draws its inspiration from 10 traditional Korean sijo poems, weaving them into a musical dialogue between heaven and earth. Though the poems are brief, they […]

Over the course of their 25-year career, Umphrey’s McGee’s praises have been sung by countless critics and musicians. But few have been as dear to the Indiana improv-rock group’s heart as those of Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead cofounder who took the band under his wing early on. “I’m not so much paternalistic,” Lesh once […]

DJ Jason Brown, the grandson of the famous ’60s funk and soul singer James Brown, is coming to perform at the Box Factory’s Wildwood.   Jason, whose niche fits in remixing Brown’s songs with electronic sounds, modern drums, and afro-house and tech-house influences, is on a small tour making a stop in Bend. The goal of his music artistry is to match classic songs like “Sex […]

Overgrown indie-rock kids, rejoice! Two stalwarts of melodic, ‘90s-originated indie rock — Pedro the Lion and Grandaddy — are bringing their trademark blends of quirky, earnest songmaking to Bend this spring. Pedro the Lion is celebrating 30 years of existence with a tour-pitstop at the Volcanic Theatre Pub on March 27. Grandaddy is touring in […]

As the world was emerging from the pandemic, a group of musicians in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, was trying to figure out how to put their mark on the world. They settled on starting a Fleetwood Mac tribute band. “Fleetwood Mac is legendary and one of those bands that means so much to so many people, […]

When it comes to making music, every musician has their own journey. And Kimberly June has been on that road—with plenty of twists and turns along the way—for as long as she can remember. She began singing solos in her church choir at a young age, unknowingly kicking off her lifelong passion for music. After […]