The Blender

The Sisters Folk Festival Winter Concert Series kicks off tonight with a show from Anchorage bluegrass/Americana quintet, Bearfoot.
The band, which fuses traditional roots music influences with modern country flavors, is quickly on the rise over the past couple years.

Devotees to the late, great Man in Black can shimmy to the sounds of the legendary country singer tonight at the Domino Room tonight when Cash’d Out, a San Diego-based Johnny Cash tribute act hits the stage.
While I’m always weary of tribute bands, this one does, in fact, do justice the Cash’s music.

Another Wednesday, another crowded show at McMenamin’s Old St. Francis School.

Ruins of Ooah, as those hip to the local music community know, is, well, weird. When I wrote about the band this fall, I outline how the band consists solely of drums, harmonica and the didjeridu work of Tyler Spencer.

Last spring we were treated to guitarist Steve Kimock’s latest project, Steve Kimock Crazy Train. It was a high energy show and now the talented ax man is back, but this time with the Chris Berry Trio, who are out on a mini-tour featuring the African based sounds of Zimbabwe.

There was a steady curtain of wet snow falling outside the Silver Moon Brewing Co. on Friday night, but inside things were pleasantly sweaty, with a packed house getting down to the sounds of Portland’s Quick & Easy Boys.

As was to be expected, the Father Luke’s room at McMenamins Old St. Francis School was packed last night with a couple hundred Bendites who Tetrised themselves in to see Head for the Hills, the young Fort Collins, Colo.