A Passion for the Poor
Eugene Opera takes a passionate look at poverty
“It was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast.” So begins H.C. Andersen’s … Continue reading
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Pop Music Dreams
To this year in local music, EW music writer Will Kennedy says, ‘Ok, boomer’
2019 saw Garth Brooks sell out Autzen Stadium and the Oregon Country Fair celebrate its 50th birthday with a music lineup appropriate for the occasion, including … Continue reading
The Allman Sisters
Ashleigh Flynn’s new project breaks musical glass ceiling
Longtime Portland singer-songwriter Ashleigh Flynn says there’s a glass ceiling for women in music. She wants her new band, The Riveters, to break it. “I … Continue reading
Orchestral Abundance, Jazzy Intimacy
Music to get us through the dark nights
If December’s lack of lumens is leaving you sluggish, the Eugene Symphony’s Thursday concert at the Hult Center Thursday, Dec. 12, should supply just the … Continue reading
Sunnyside Up
Long-running L.A. rock band Silversun Pickups return to Eugene
Silversun Pickups go all out for the holidays. “We’re traditionalists,” drummer Christopher Guanlao tells me over the phone from Richmond, Virginia. SSPU is wrapping up … Continue reading
Worldwide Blues
Kiran Ahluwalia blends desert blues with the traditional music of India at Tsunami Books
The earliest musical memories of Indian-born, New York-based musician Kiran Ahluwalia involve Mother Goose, Sikh spirituals and sheep’s blood. As a girl, Ahluwalia lived for … Continue reading
A Small Connection to Rap Royalty
A UO student and hip-hop aficionado reflects on Big Boi's return to Eugene Nov. 29
The first time I ever cared about Ducks football was earlier this year, when I found out that Big Boi, from legendary Atlanta rap duo … Continue reading
Oregon Legends
December offers a buffet of music from classical to musical comedy
Among classical composers based in Oregon today, four are likely to make it in the music history books. One of them, Portland’s Tomáš Svoboda, turns … Continue reading
First of His Name
CharlestheFirst brings a sound that’s digital in nature to the WOW Hall
Lake Tahoe-based musician Charles Elias Ingalls, performing as CharlestheFirst, draws inspiration from what might seem like a contradictory place for an electronic musician: the natural … Continue reading
Big Papa
Hip-hop legend — and father of Oregon Ducks running back — performs in Eugene
Many University of Oregon students head home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Some, though, stick around town, waiting for their families to come to them. One … Continue reading