A diminished Bach Festival opens in Eugene, as does a world music fest in Salem
The 49th Oregon Bach Festival has lately been looking like a bit of a Blah-ch Festival. If the venerable University of Oregon music institution is … Continue reading
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Best Year Ever
2019 starts strong for Eugene Symphony’s Francesco Lecce-Chong
Francesco Lecce-Chong is on a road trip with his fiancée, the harpist Chloe Tula, when I talk with him about what could be the best … Continue reading
Best Teef in the Game
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Thundercat and Earl Sweatshirt perform at Edgefield (6.22.19)
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
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