Character Sketches
Songs from an imaginary font of lost love and loneliness
Julien Ehrlich says that when he started writing as a duo with guitarist Max Kakacek, the musicians “wanted the songs to sound like they were … Continue reading
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Spotlight on Kenji Bunch
Q&A with the Snow Queen Composer
We recently caught up with Portland composer Kenji Bunch, who wrote the music for Eugene Ballet Company’s new production of The Snow Queen opening at … Continue reading
Eat Me
Disgusting and pretentious, Raw tells the story of a teenaged vegan driven to cannibalism
The premise is just so damn tasty: A teenaged vegan, Justine (Garance Marillier), enters the veterinary school where her sister, Alexia (Ella Rumpf), is already … Continue reading
American Voices
Spring brings vocal music by 20th- and 21st-century American composers
Although America seems like a scary place at the moment, we can draw strength and solace from the music of American composers of our own … Continue reading
Lincoln Street Sessions
Live Music, Local Musicians, Recorded in our Shitty Office
Lincoln Street Sessions is a series of video studio sessions filmed live in the Eugene Weekly office at 1251 Lincoln in Eugene Oregon.
The Spin: Snow Queen, White Bird, #Instaballet and more
Who’s who and what’s what in dance this month
Sure, you’ve seen Frozen — and if you have children of a certain age, you’ve probably seen the beloved animated film more times than you … Continue reading
Who gets the baton?
We handicap the race among three musicians who want to lead the Eugene Symphony
It’s all over now except for the hiring. Eugene Symphony’s yearlong music director search has all but ended, once more attracting national attention as the … Continue reading
We’ll Always Have Paris
VLT’s Dear World is a slight but enjoyable musical about a gang of misfits saving the world from corporate greed
VLT’s Dear World is a slight but enjoyable musical about a gang of misfits saving the world from corporate greed By Rick Levin Technically speaking, … Continue reading
Death is Real
Mount Eerie's fragile renderings of grief
Last summer Québécois artist and musician Geneviève Castrée died of pancreatic cancer. Now her husband, Washington state musician Phil Elverum, known for work with indie … Continue reading
The Slants
The Asian-American band that mustn’t be named is playing in Eugene
Artists live at the crossroads of the active and the passive, between merely creating and sharing or creating and engaging with the broader community. Asian-American … Continue reading