Music in Motion
Seattle’s HTST Wants Your Head and Your Heart
Perpetual motion is behind the music of Don’t You Want to Dream Again?, the new release from Seattle rock quartet Happy Times Sad Times. “I’m … Continue reading
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Pussy Riot
Seattle rockers fight for your right to say ‘pussy’
When Whitney Petty rolls into a new town while on tour, she likes to go where the locals are, the real divey-looking bars. “Sometimes you … Continue reading
EW and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Harry and the Potters brings wizard rock to Eugene
Rock Against Purebloods Harry and the Potters brings wizard rock to Eugene Public Library By Henry Houston In the 1970s, when an epidemic of racism … Continue reading
Swinging Eugene
OFAM opens its annual jazz fest at The Shedd with Chuck Redd at the helm
Maryland jazzman Chuck Redd, who’s played with the likes of Charlie Byrd and Mel Tormé, has been a regular with the Oregon Festival of American … Continue reading
Losing Our Groove
EW’s pop music writer laments the closing of CD World
Back in the ’90s I started working at CD World’s Corvallis location — and in case you weren’t aware, yes, there was a CD World … Continue reading
Not Slowing Down for 50
OCF’s 50th anniversary music lineup brings it on
That Oregon Country Fair knows how to throw a party is a well-established fact. It follows, then, that OCF would do it up right on … Continue reading
Sky’s the Limit
Local musicians say ‘happy birthday’ to Dylan’s Nashville Skyline
At this point, arguments about whether or not Bob Dylan can sing are pretty tired. I did recently say on social media that I’d rather … Continue reading
White Light/White Heat
Elizabeth Colour Wheel are having a quarter-life crisis
In Chinese culture, white is the color of mourning. On Boston-based Elizabeth Colour Wheel’s upcoming West Coast tour supporting their debut release, Nocebo, singer Lane … Continue reading
‘The Territory’
Bach Festival brings music confronting beauty and darkness from Darrell Grant
When Chamber Music America commissioned Darrell Grant to compose an hour-long piece for a jazz nonet in 2012, the acclaimed pianist, composer and all-round icon … Continue reading
Surfs Drugs — Full Session
Eugene Weekly presents Surfs Drugs performing for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Surfs Drugs full #lincolnstreetsessions recording live at the EW offices. Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of live studio performances featuring … Continue reading