The Angry Inch slowly comes on stage, tuning instruments while the bassist banters with the audience in her thick, German accent. Hedwig’s assistant, husband and backup singer Yitzhak (played by director JoEllen Ussery) comes to the stage to say that Hedwig is in the dressing room, being a diva again and the show will start […]
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Evie Ladin Band “Jump the Fire”
Released May 6
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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“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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Underneath the Purple Rain
Prince Rogers Nelson: June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016
Prince Rogers Nelson, born June 7, 1958, left this world on April 21, at the way-too-young age of 57. Following a week of tributes and remembrances, the shock is still unfathomable and fresh. Prince was a talent for the ages, and for many, the news of Prince’s death hit like a wind-sucking blow to the […]
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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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Joe Leonardi, Renaissance Man
Whychus headlines tribute bash April 22
“Singing’s my main thing,” says Joe Leonardi, squinting against the sun streaming through the large windows of the geodesic dome he built in Sisters. On April 22, the weekend of his 71st birthday, he will be fronting the band Whychus at an open bash. He calls Whychus a country rock band that also includes Mark […]
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The Blue Note
The Source talks hip-hop with Curtis Salgado
When asked how it all began for him as a musician and what led to the decision to make music his life, Curtis Salgado chuckles and says, “I should have went with software, apparently. Why didn’t I come along then? Music hit me as a kid and that’s what I’m fascinated with.” That fascination has […]