Burning oil as he drove through the Moab Desert, Charlie Parr was in the middle of making the trip from Minnesota to L.A. for the singer/songwriter’s next stop on tour. Luckily for Parr, he left to visit his mom just before his hometown of Duluth was smacked with 22 inches of snow. Otherwise, as Parr […]
Charlie Parr
The Week-nighter 7/21-7/24
Get out after work this week and check out these great events #inBend. Monday 21 Eff Cancer Benefit BENEFITโCancer is the worst. Not only is it a creeping menace that always seems to strike the nicest people, but the medicines used to stop it in its tracks are brutal and costly. Ugh. On the bright […]
Minnesota Gold
I’m convinced that there’s something in the water that makes great Minnesota musicians. Gloom pop group Low are out of Duluth, the riot grrrl punk act Babes in Toyland formed in Minneapolis, alt-punkers Hüsker Dü are from St. Paul. Not to mention Atmosphere, The Replacements, Bob Dylan and Prince; the wellspring of musical talent in […]
Our Picks 7/17-7/24
thursday 17 Ringo Starr LEGEND—Fifty years after the Beatles re-invented what it meant to be a rock-and-roll band, Ringo Starr has emerged as the least likely of the Fab Four to be the most relevant and enduring musician of the group; yet there he is, still more a band member than a front man, but […]
Into the Woods
The summer music festival scene has quickly gone from a beacon of counterculture DIY craftsmanship, to mindlessly pumping bass cabs, corporate stages sponsored by Doritos and Taco Bell, over-hyped holographic performers and heavily filtered Instagram photos of bikini clad girls in native American headdresses. Wildwood Music Festival is not that kind of festival. Located in […]

