Music

Pickathon

Into the Woods: Pickathon

For the 19th year, Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, transforms into an “elaborate fantasy setting” of sensational live music, local food and drink and feel-good community.  At Pickathon, stages pop up inside dreamy barns draped with twinkly lights and built into wooded alcoves, where haystacks and hammocks lure listeners of all ages.

The Slants are made up of, from left, Yuya Matsuda, Ken Shima, Simon Tam and Joe X. Jiang.

Musician: The Slants

The Slants’ 8-year battle for the trademark for their name ended June 19th when the Supreme Court ruled in their favor.

DJ Spooky: Heart of a Forest

The musician Paul D. Miller, better known as DJ Spooky, is premiering a new hybrid work called the “Heart of a Forest” based on his residency at the H.J. Andrews experimental forest in the western Cascade Mountains.

Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond consists of lead singer-songwriter Ritchie Young and many band members and instruments.

The Domestics

The Domestics would call themselves “a working-class band,” in the same way that domestic beer is working-class beer.

MOsley WOtta

MOsley WOtta

Jason Graham created his stage name, MOsley WOtta (a.k.a., MO WO), from the idea that every human is made mostly of water.

WL Portland

Musician: WL

WL is a Portland dream-pop trio, creating improvisational music that pairs well with visual art components.