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The PDXchange Program continues to bring an incredible string of Portland bands over to the Tower Theatre, as evidenced by last night’s show featuring Viva Voce, Damien Jurado and Loch Lomond.
Sadly, I missed Loch Lomond’s set due to, well, a college basketball obligation, but got there for all of Damien Jurado’s depressing yet brilliant folk songs.

WinterFest sure was wintery, huh? Not only was the weekend a winter wonderland, due to plenty of snowfall, but the festival itself proved to be an excellent time for locals and visitors alike. Mike Bookey shot tons of video this weekend, which I plan on editing together into a mini-documentary this week.

A few hundred of us got an early jump on WinterFest at last night’s WinterFringe event, which began downtown before teleporting to the Century Center.
Downtown, there were brief sets from Mosley Wotta, who delivered a solo spoken-word set, and Larry and His Flask, who did a totally un-amplified run through of half a dozen or so songs.

Local singer-songwriter Joanna Lee is showing off her soulful vibe in a new music video produced by Bend’s own Far From Earth Films.
The video is for her song, “Sunshine” and is one of the best offerings we’ve heard from this promising folk meets R&B artist.

As I wrote about last week, Mosley Wotta — Bend’s much-buzzed-about live hip-hop band — was invited to play at the Sundance Film Festival. Here’s some footage they put together from the trip, which began with a show in Portland before heading out to Utah.