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It’s been three years since Growing Pains, a band local to both Portland and Eugene, released its first full length album Heaven Spots. Since then … Continue reading
Musician Freedy Johnston wouldn’t recommend his songwriting approach to anyone. With a note of self-deprecating humor, Johnston says in a phone interview, “It’s very slow. … Continue reading
Legally Blonde, The Musical, which ran at the Hult Center Feb. 3-5, was not what I was expecting. I’m a big fan of the movie, … Continue reading
Anton Armstrong knew a good thing when he heard it as an undergrad at St. Olaf College in Minnesota — the school’s choir. He graduated … Continue reading
It all came together in a matter of hours, according to Eugene musician Frank Visconti, trumpeter and manager with Natsukashii Soul, a brand-new jazz, R&B … Continue reading
On the day of the University of Oregon’s 2022 spring football game in April, many students were preparing to cheer on the Ducks. Junior Claudia … Continue reading
For many Duck football fans, Mat Kearney’s “Coming Home (Oregon)” is a song that’s almost as iconic as “Shout.” The song plays during the interlude … Continue reading
Few bands can match the pleasantly violent assault on the ears of The Stooges’ 1973 classic Raw Power. But Frankie and the Witch Fingers can … Continue reading
It’s been a bastion of flowering culture throughout the nation’s history, with Western European threads tied to much of it, and a slice of that … Continue reading
“It goes by much quicker than an Avengers movie,” Andrew Bisantz says of the opera La Bohème. “There’s never a dull moment.” Bisantz, in his … Continue reading