Makaya McCraven and Louis Cole Big Band
Don’t look now, but there may be a jazz insurgency afoot as artists like Makaya McCraven — touring in support of 2022’s excellent In These … Continue reading
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Wet Leg
Live at McDonald Theatre [10.7.22]
Amyl and The Sniffers
Live at Sessions Music Hall [10.5.22]
Rule, Britannia!
The future of British rock music comes to Eugene
Eugene music fans are faced with a dilemma on Oct. 7: Two of the U.K.’s most vital young bands with debuts released this year perform … Continue reading
Sisters Folk Festival
Folk, jazz, bluegrass and blues music will fill the air this weekend in Sisters — the tiny picturesque community not far from Bend in Deschutes … Continue reading
Jackson Browne: Like He Never Left
Jackson Browne performed at the Cuthbert Amphitheater and offered a mixture of political statements and heartwarming nostalgia
Going into Cuthbert Amphitheater on the night of the Jackson Browne concert it must have been clear that I was there for some reason other … Continue reading
Begin Again
Founded by local jazz musicians, the Oregon Jazz Workshop can get you hooked on music again
Once upon a time, all I cared about was music and the guitar. As a teenager, I’d play guitar all day, learning songs by AC/DC, … Continue reading
Jazzy Brothers
The Eugene jazz scene’s influence is still felt in the music of Dana and Alden McWayne
Dana and Alden McWayne grew up in a musical family in Eugene. Alden says he remembers having a toddler drum set in their kitchen. Dana … Continue reading
Local Jazz
The Jazz Station Bossanaire Saturday Sept. 10, 7:30 to 10 pm Greg Goebel Quartet Friday, Sept. 16, 7:30 to 10 pm Joanne Broh: From Ella to … Continue reading
Retuning Tradition
Celtic fingerstyle guitarist virtuoso Tony McManus to perform at Tsunami Books
In the middle of a phone call with Eugene Weekly, internationally renowned guitarist Tony McManus picks up a guitar and begins to pluck Celtic songs … Continue reading