You may not have heard of Caleb Caudle, but it’s only a matter of time before he’s a household name in the same vein as Chris Stapleton. With smooth, yet raspy vocals, Caudle balances on a wire between country and alternative rock that allows him to sway to both sides with ease. A natural storyteller, […]
The Brothers Reed Fri., July 13. 5pm // Main Stage Brothers Aaron and Phil Reed have a broad background in a variety of styles of music from reggae to metal to country, but have created a seamless folk sound together. This one is for fans of other “brother” bands — The Avett Brothers, The Brothers […]
“It still gives me a thrill, man, ya know,” Mike Ness, lead singer of Social Distortion says of touring. “I obviously still love it, I wouldn’t have been doing it this long if I didn’t. It’s hard sometimes, it’s challenging. It seems like this schedule we’re on now would be hard for a 25-year-old. It’s […]
If bluegrass music has an equivalent to the relationship Bob Dylan enjoyed with The Band, it might be in the partnership that has developed between Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers. Dylan famously brought the future members of The Band—originally known as The Hawks—to be his backing band on his 1965 and 1966 tours, during which […]
According to The Register-Guard, Autzen Stadium hadn’t hosted a concert in 20 years before this past Saturday night—but when the band is the newest iteration of the Grateful Dead, it’s worth making an exception. In fact, exceptional is perhaps one of the only ways to describe the Dead & Company concert at the University of […]
Bigstock Bend music festival announced their 2018 lineup Friday morning, with Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers on the top of the bill. The pop pianist made waves with his 1986 hit, “The Way It Is,” and won a Grammy for “Best New Artist” in 1987. As many talented musicians seem to do, Hornsby also left his […]
Eric Leadbetter may be one of the hardest-working musicians in Central Oregon, performing nearly every day each month. Because he performs solo, as a duo and as a full band, Leadbetter thought a rebranding was in order. Leadbetter founded the popular rock band Jive Coulis back in 2004, deciding to rebrand as the Leadbetter Band, […]
The Bridge City Sinners had just finished breakfast in Garberville, Calif., and were jamming some tunes when I called for our phone interview. Two of the dudes had taken their shirts off for the occasion—or so they told me—as a throwback to a previous interview they’d done. When you interview a band with five members […]
A few tell-tale signs signify summer in Bend. One of them: The annual gathering of “Soulrockers,” with Michael Franti at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. I first saw Franti four summers ago at the Amphitheater, but the tradition started years before that. Fans converge on the grassy lawn at the Amphitheater for an evening of extreme […]
Mastodon won its first Grammy earlier this year for best heavy metal performance. The band has been lumped in with the new wave of American heavy metal that began in the 1990s with Pantera and Machine Head and the preeminent metal act of the 21st century, Metallica. But over its 18 years of existence, the […]
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