Roots Festival Kickoff with Patchy Sanders Ashland is more known for its top-notch theater than for its music scene, but folk orchestra Patchy Saunders is trying to change that. Combining minor-key medieval song structures with Americana soul, the band ventures outside of the typical realm of southern Oregon music in a classically influenced menagerie with […]
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Source Suggests 9/11-9/18
Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Party Green beer, bagpipes, kilts and shamrocks keep a low profile 364 days a year. Whether you’ve forgotten them or not, the day when it’s ok—nay expected—to do, wear and drink all those things is only six months away and McMenamins can’t wait. Celebrate with food and drink specials and […]
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Source Suggests 9/18-9/25
Moody Little Sister After joining forces musically and romantically, Rob Stroup, a founding member of Portland’s Baseboard Heaters, and Naomi Hooley, an Alaska native with an angelic alto, became Moody Little Sister, an endearing balladeer pop-folk duo. After fully recording, but never releasing their last album, Hooley and Stroup went back to the drawing board […]
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Source Suggests 9/4-9/11
This special edition of the Source Suggests covers a few of our many picks from the incredible lineup of the 2014 Sisters Folk Festival. The festival is mostly sold out, but there are a handful of Sunday tickets still available online at sistersfolkfestival.org. Sisters Folk Festival, Sept. 5-7 Shakey Graves This charming Austin singer-songwriter is […]
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Source Suggests 8/21-8/28
Editor’s note: We want to acknowledge that two of the biggest acts of the summer will play the Les Schwab Amphitheater this week, Jack Johnson on Sunday Aug. 24 and Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday Aug. 26. However, both shows have been sold out since the first days of ticket release, so unless you’re a […]
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Source Suggests 8/13-8/21
JPNSGRLS Normally I’m against removing vowels and unnecessary letter capitalization in band names (I’m talking to you Strfkr and tUnE-yArDs), but after taking a good hard listen to JPNSGRLS, a Queens of the Stone Age-esque crew that includes exactly zero people from Japan and zero women, I’ve concluded that the Vancouver, BC, band’s loud, danceable […]
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The Source Suggests 8/7-8/14
John Butler Trio If you missed your chance to snag tickets for Dave Matthews Band, don’t fret too hard: the ’90s hippie-alt-jammers John Butler Trio is coming to town. Flesh & Blood, Buttler’s sixth album, came out just a week ago, and addresses all manner of political and social issues from bullying to usage of […]
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Source Suggests 7/31-8/7
Theory of a DeadmanEli Young Band The musical guests of the Deschutes County Fair offer something for everyone, just so long as everyone listens to top 40 radio. Theory of a Deadman is a Canadian alternative band in the vein of Nickelback and Puddle of Mudd, counting #1 hits, “Bad Girlfriend,” and “Lowlife,” both heavy […]
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The Source Suggests 7/23-7/31
TV Mike and the Scarecrows Chugging along to the beat of its own folksy drummer somewhere between Wilco and a Californian dog day afternoon, TV Mike and the Scarecrows aren’t searching for a lost brain, they’re masterminding a Laurelhurst Canyon resurgence. Local favorites Wilderness open. Sat., July 26. 9 pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW […]
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The Source Suggests 7/17-7/24
The Source Suggests Champagne Charlie A horror-jug band with a gravel-gargling singer, Champagne Charlie doesn’t take it easy on the creepy minor keys or the malicious, moustache curling content. A Tom Waits-esque growl howling drinking man’s songs, the Denver band will play opener to ska-rockers with a flair for the dramatic, The Back Alley Barbers. […]
