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Celebrating Rock’s Greatest Guitarists

Two musicians team up to pay tribute to rock legends
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Guitar Gods Revue bills itself as a high-energy, guitar-driven rock show with the fire of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Van Halen and more. It’s the passion of local musician Rod DeGeorge. What makes this performance extra special is the addition of Italian virtuoso Enrico Santacatterina flying to the U.S. for the first time […]

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Modern Lit With A Swiftie Twist

OSU-Cascades embraces the Tortured Poets Department
by Stephanie Gregory

When we think about great American literature, the kind of work that’s been studied at length and most often emulated, writers that come to mind are usually Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allen Poe and, in the case of OSU-Cascades, Taylor Swift.  In the winter course of English 485: Studies in American Literature, Professor Jennifer […]

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Rockin’ the Domino Room

First class from School of Rock Bend to hold debut concert
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Three months after opening, students from the School of Rock Bend will hold their first public concert. “We are very excited for our first performance, as you can imagine,” Jeff Reading told the Source. He and his wife Niki opened the school, which is part of a national franchise. The theme for the first concert […]

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Songwriters Support Nonprofit Art Center

A musical evening for artful spaces
by Stephanie Gregory

Central Oregon’s Alicia Viani is a singer, songwriter and supporter of the Open Arts Center, a nonprofit on NE Second and Greenwood in Bend, she describes as a “creative arts center that provides free and accessible after school programming.”  The Open Arts Center, or OAC for short, has been softly open since this past fall […]

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YAGÓDY Brings Ukrainian Culture and History to Central Oregon

Ukrainian musical group depicts its culture, customs and conflicts with theatrical performances of Ukrainian songs and original compositions
by Dallas Finn Calvert

A Ukrainian musical group will engage and inform Central Oregonians about its country’s culture and customs when it performs ancient Ukrainian folk songs and original compositions on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Tower Theatre in Bend. YAGÓDY, a seven-member musical ensemble that formed in Lviv, Ukraine, is the first offering in a new three-concert series […]

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‘Stop Making Sense’ is Landing at the Tower Theatre

The Talking Heads 1984 concert film will be followed with a live Q&A with co-star Jerry Harrison
by Bill Forman

The opening of the Talking Heads 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense” — a new and improved version of which is currently touring theaters and making a stop at the Tower Theatre on Jan. 14, along with a live Q&A with cofounder Jerry Harrison — finds David Byrne on a bare stage performing “Psycho Killer” […]

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COCC Professor and Conductor of Central Oregon Symphony to Retire

Michael Gesme looks forward and back after almost 30 years
by Julie Hanney

Central Oregon is preparing to say thank you, and somewhat of a goodbye, to a man who has been an absolute pillar of the musical community for almost 30 years. Michael Gesme has been the conductor of the Central Oregon Symphony for his entire career here in Bend, in addition to his work as professor […]

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Party for a Good Cause!

The Holiday Benefit Jam raises money each year for a local nonprofit
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As you do the holiday party hop around town, put the Holiday Benefit Jam on your list. It’s the fourth year for the event which has raised nearly $20,000 for local nonprofits. This year, the Family Kitchen is the beneficiary of money raised. The Jam is organized by Jarrod Donatelli and his wife, Holly McClintock, […]

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Songwriters Gather in the Round

New monthly music series features local artists
by Stephanie Gregory

Local musician Joel Chadd is getting back to his roots and sharing a creative space in a new monthly music series, “The Commons Sessions,” every second Thursday, December through March at The Commons Cafe and Taproom in downtown Bend. Chadd will be joined each month by various artists from the area to create a relaxing […]

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Music for Questionable People

The Brandon Campbell Trio releases its first album together
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Brandon Campbell has released a new album, “Swinging from the Chandeliers.” It’s the first time all three members of The Brandon Campbell Trio have recorded together. It’s a Bend-based instrumental group which Campbell describes like this, “We are an acoustic trio with a sound rooted in the tradition of Gypsy Swing icon Django Reinhardt, but […]

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