Dog Man Blues
“The problem with genres is you don’t get to pick,” Minnesota musician Charlie Parr tells me over the phone from his favorite Eugene café. He … Continue reading
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Feelin' Allright
Eugene Weekly presents VCR performing live for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents VCR performing ‘Feelin’ Allright’. live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of … Continue reading
Next Day
Eugene Weekly presents VCR performing live for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents VCR performing ‘Next Day’. live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions. Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of live studio … Continue reading
Bach for the 21st Century
A rock music writer ponders time, art, relevance and Johann Sebastian Bach at the Oregon Bach Festival
By 1829, nearly 80 years after his death, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach had fallen out of fashion. Think of what we were listening … Continue reading
Portrait of the hero as a young man
Spiderman: Homecoming takes our friendly neighborhood web-slinger back to his New York roots
It’s oddly easy to forget how important Spider-Man is to the current superhero movie bonanza. 2002’s Spider-Man was the first movie with a $100-million opening … Continue reading
Good News, Everyone!
Bach, Broadway and more for local music lovers
Some things just won’t wait. Only two days before he was scheduled to conduct the Oregon Bach Festival’s opening night concert, Matthew Halls received urgent … Continue reading
Code Red
Popular Eugene rock act Fortune’s Folly celebrates the release of its new EP, titled simply Red EP. And Fortune’s Folly vocalist Calysta Cheyenne tells EW … Continue reading
For Those About to Rock
Revisit some of your favorite bands from the ’80s at Harefest music festival in Canby
If the dream of the ’90s is alive in Portland, the dream of the ’80s lives happily in Canby — at least for two days … Continue reading
Blue Beat Dance Music
Bay area songwriter and soul singer Quinn Deveaux has his own term to describe the music he plays: “blue beat dance music.” “For the soul … Continue reading
Summer Buzz
Eugene Weekly presents VCR performing live for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents VCR performing ‘Summer Buzz’. live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of … Continue reading