Evie Ladin opens for the Stray Birds on May 24 at the Old Stone Performing Arts Center (previously the Old Stone Church). The Stray Birds is an acoustic trio on a coast-to-coast tour, stopping by Bend between gigs in Ashland and Eugene. The Evie Ladin Band just released its new album, “Jump the Fire,” earlier […]
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Flat Picking & Good Vibes
Sean Watkins plays The Belfry
Sean Watkins has been making music since 1989 and none of what he releases is predictable. Comparing his music with Nickel Creek with his solo work shows the depth and breadth of the man’s talent and his abilities as singer, songwriter and guitarist. It’s very easy to pigeonhole him as simply a bluegrass artist, but […]
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Picks 5/11-5/18
Thursday 12 Mexican Gunfight MUSIC—Described as a combination of blues grit, country lyricism and gospel, this band has been making beautiful music together for a few years now. The members have played with multiple Northwest groups over the years and have only become more impressive for it. 7 p.m., McMenamins Old St. Francis. 700 NW […]
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Picks 5/4-5/11
Friday 6 – Sunday 15 “Tarzan” THEATER—Bend Experimental Art Theater has been training kids how to be onstage for years and its newest production, “Tarzan” opens May 6. It is hard not to imagine children swinging across vines from the rafters, which should always be something worth checking out, as kids can be pretty fearless […]
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“Ghosts of Champoeg”
The Hill Dogs Re-release
Few albums are worthy of taking up a permanent spot used for companionship on the road, but the re-released “Ghosts of Champoeg” by the Hill Dogs is one of those albums. This CD, first released March 13, 2013, includes 15 tracks of what the band calls psychedelic folk’n’ rock. These Oregon musicians call Newberg home, […]
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The Power of Music
Soldier Songs helps vets find their voice
Chuck Hemingway is a soldier with a song. He wrote the lyrics for “Outside The Wire Again” and the song was put to music by Mark Quon. The song sheds light on the ghostly images that haunt him and the way his mind travels back to the deafening roar of an ambush: “John buddy what […]
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Broken Down Guitars
“Everything You Need”
A CD release party for “Everything You Need,” the second album by the local group Broken Down Guitars, is coming Saturday, April 30. The six-piece band prides itself in being about diversity in sound with influence from blues, rock and country, all with an electric mix to it. Lead soul-singer Stacie Johnson and guitar guru […]
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Retro Majestic Laney Jones
A legend in the making
Laney Jones is the front for the band Laney Jones and the Spirits, a group based out of the boot of Florida. It is important not to underestimate the power of this disarmingly petite, young and downright adorable 24-year-old. What she is offering to the music world, or even the world as a whole, is […]
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Smooth Beast
Whenever good hip-hop music passes by, it is hard not to compare it to Bend’s own Person People. With members including Mike Fish, KP, MOsley WOtta, Mez, Sorski and Adam Bomb, they were one of the most explosive hip-hop collaborations far and wide. Several years after their untimely breakup, Fish is back with a new […]
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The Corrupt, The Honest and The Heroic
The Devil Makes Three is here
The Devil Makes Three is an interesting contradiction in sound and style. The band’s punk roots and upbringing, combined with an old school ragtime sound, saturated in a roughneck bluegrass ambiance, gives DM3 a sonic soundscape very different from bands with their toes in similar waters. Pete Bernhard (guitar, vocals) Lucia Turino (upright bass, vocals) […]