Music to Heal a Dying Planet
Contemporary composers contemplate the apocalypse
On a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon in May, hundreds of people crammed into the gymnasium at Burns High School in eastern Oregon for a concert. … Continue reading
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The River Keeper
Okkervil River looks back while moving forward
From the outside, the creative process seems so mysterious and alchemical. We want in on it, to take nip off that bottle, to be there … Continue reading
Amber Pop
Learning life lessons with Cayucas
As though preserved in amber, Real Life, the brand-new release from Los Angeles twin-brother duo Cayucas, captures and inhabits all those moments growing up that … Continue reading
Minus 5 at Sessions Lounge June 14
Subterranean Brainsick Blues
The Minus 5 debuts the brilliant, baffling Stroke Manor in eugene
Minus 5’s new release is a concept album, of sorts. In song after song on the aptly named Stroke Manor, words slip their foundation, falling … Continue reading
Can’t Tell Her No
Summer Cannibals return to Eugene
“Can’t Tell Me No” is the rowdy leadoff single from Portland garage-punk quartet Summer Cannibals’ fourth album, which has the same name as the song. … Continue reading
Sax Master
Jazz, Bach and choral music coming to a venue near you
Is Idit Shner a jazzer or a classical musician? Yes! A native of Israel, the longtime University of Oregon music prof is a master of … Continue reading
Cigarettes and Milk
Eugene Weekly presents Cigarettes and Milk's full Lincoln Street Session
Eugene Weekly presents Cigarettes and Milk performing for #lincolnstreetsessions live at the EW offices. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of … Continue reading
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Father John Misty and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Live June 9 at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend
Eugene Balkan-i-ana
Sample the many musical moods of Mood Area 52 in the band’s new album
Michael Roderick is feeling modest. “I’m not ambitious to a flaw,” he says, despite the fact his band Mood Area 52 has released eight studio … Continue reading
Party On, Garth
Pop country superstar and OCF’s 50th highlight summer concert season
It’s summertime in Eugene and the livin’ is sometimes easy, while other times it’s a mad dash to get out of town before all the … Continue reading
Music for Ghosts
Dance out the darkness with Ghost House
For some, the Eugene music scene is about dancing barefoot in the grass to a jam band or some reggae-rock hybrid. But for nearly a … Continue reading
Bach to Summer
The Oregon Bach Festival is back — as are Eugene Symphony’s outdoor concerts
For classical music lovers, summer in Eugene means Bach. The two-week Oregon Bach Festival, a fixture here for more than four decades, opens June 28 … Continue reading
Summer in the (Music) City
Symfest, Mood Area 52, Chamber Music Amici and more coming to a venue near you
Summer brings sunshine, smoke (maybe) and our annual influx of regular returning visitors. Eugene Symphony’s third annual SymFest returns to the Hult Center June 1 … Continue reading