Portland Folk Singer: Anna Tivel
For Portland folk singer Anna Tivel, songs are opportunities to tell stories about people and the lives they lead—their triumphs, tragedies and all the things in between.
Music
Oregon Musician: Astoria’s Holiday Friends
A review of the Oregon band Holiday Friends’ new album Night Terrors.
Top Five Oregon Christmas Albums
Our top five Oregon Christmas albums
Musician: Curtis Salgado
Musician Curtis Salgado is back in full force.
A Swede with Soul
We catch up with Daniel Norgren on tour.
The Junebugs
Known for their genre-bending originals and energetic, folk-inspired covers, the Junebugs are releasing a new album, “Brothers in Music” August 5 at Mississippi Studios with opening performances by Balto and Falcon Heart.
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.
Cedar Teeth Comes full Circle
Cedar Teeth embodies Northwest roots rock.
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.