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Gregg Emley, bassist with Portland hard rockers Holy Grove, tells me his bandmates wanted to workshop their new material on the road before heading back … Continue reading
Among those in the know, including the adoring fans who packed McDonald Theatre to see him play March 8, David Rawlings is one of the … Continue reading
Eugene musician Marietta Bonaventure says she’d played in so many bands around town she felt “there’s really no music that needs to be played right … Continue reading
James “Jimbo” Mathus, bandleader with Dixieland jazz revivalists Squirrel Nut Zippers, says stories of “weird old New Orleans” inspired Beasts of Burgundy, the band’s first … Continue reading
Ernest Hemingway played the cello. He went on to do a bunch of other stuff, too, after those childhood lessons in Illinois, like bullfighting in … Continue reading
Eugene Weekly presents Breakers Yard performing ‘Next Big Town’ for #lincolnstreetsessions live at the EW offices. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a … Continue reading
On Monday, Feb. 26, and exactly on time, the members of Superchunk took the stage at Portland’s Mississippi Studios, said a quick “heyhowyadoin” and got … Continue reading
In the mid to late 1980s, They Might be Giants came up alongside what might be called “first-wave” alternative bands like The Cure, REM, Depeche … Continue reading
Here’s a little story all about how one man rose to fame in the shadow of a prince — a fresh prince, to be exact. … Continue reading