It is par for the course in 2013 that musicians trying to make it must do a certain amount of online grunt work. Websites, free downloads and using social media to acquire fans outside their ZIP code. What club time was in the '80s and '90s is now done online. But Portland folk pop singer/songwriter […]
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Intelligent Folks
Bay Area music students earn high marks for their after-school band Aquadeer
Some things can’t be learned in school; like the meaning of the word “Aquadeer.” “Let your imagination run with it,” says Linnea Sablosky when asked to define the name she and her three California Institute of the Arts classmates chose for their band. The fictitious hooved marine mammal likely has nothing to do with a […]
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Budgetary Blues
Keb’ Mo’ helps out Sisters schools By Ethan Maffey
Forget about passing a levy to overcome budget shortfalls. Sisters, Oregon, has a better-than-a-bake-sale approach to closing the education funding gap: live music. Since 1997, the Sisters Starry Nights concert series has used donated performances by top-notch musicians like Lyle Lovett, Kenny Loggins and Vince Gill to raise money for the Sisters Schools Foundation. On […]
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Listen Local
Indie rock group Isles teems with musical moxie
When it comes to launching itself into the Bend music scene, wide-eyed indie rock quartet Isles has thrown conventional wisdom out the window. Other than performing a brief opening set at Parrilla Grill a few weeks ago and making a handful of First Friday Art Walk appearances, Isles has yet to play a legitimate gig. […]
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A New Path
Fiddler Sara Watkins continues musical growth post Nickel Creek
The members of progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek haven’t been together since 2007, but the individual artists are carrying momentum from that band into their solo careers. Mandolin player Chris Thile is turning heads with his new project The Punch Brothers, and fiddle player Sara Watkins is now two albums into a promising solo career. […]
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Broken Down Guitars
2012 Last Band Standing winner set to release debut album
The votes placing Bend’s five-piece-alt-rock crew Broken Down Guitars into the winner’s circle of the Last Band Standing competition were counted way back last June—almost an entire year ago. Eleven months later, they finally have something to show for it. Eighteen hours of studio time at Top Secret Records and Productions came with the Ninkasi […]
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All That Glitters
Eilen Jewell to shine at Belfry
A demure, grown-up Alice in Wonderland in a black dress and black boots, there’s something ethereal but a little bit racy about Eilen Jewell. Pronounced eye-lynn, even her name is just a bit off center. The 34-year-old bandleader is one part devilish Mississippi River bottom blues and one part sweet folk-singer on the stage in […]
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Corn, Crud and Tunes
Bachelor adds music to the spring ski regimen
This weekend kicks off the annual Deschutes Brewery Concert Series at Mt. Bachelor. As part of Mt. Bachelor’s Springtacular celebration, on Saturdays during spring ski season Deschutes offers up live music and beverages in the Snow Lounge at West Village Lodge. Weather dependent, catch the following acts: May 4—Out of the Blue, noon. Old Motown, […]
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Sing Your Heart Out
Songs to make you king or queen of the karaoke By Source staff
Don’t Stop Believing that karaoke is a good idea. No matter the song, no matter how many beers deep. We Wannabe stars, and We Will Survive the boos, the drunken heckles. In fact, the Source’s Christmas party turned into a karaoke-centric shindig, late night at Corey’s. Here are some gems suggested by our editors, writers, […]
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Screen Door Porch
A great backdoor away from the daily toil
In a state where livestock outnumber people six to one, getting a good turnout for a show in Wyoming can be hit and miss. Lucky for Screen Door Porch, a smoldering honkytonk husband-wife duo, they hit more than they strike out. “There are some towns [in Wyoming] with only like 20 people in them total,” […]