A Two-Tone Army of One
Second wave ska legends return to Eugene
Second wave ska bands in both the U.K. and the U.S. arose during the economic recession of the 1970s, only to find themselves responding in … Continue reading
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Mystery is Beautiful
Claire Burbridge looks deep into nature in enormous drawings at JSMA
Claire Burbridge is moved by small things. Her drawings in Claire Burbridge: Pathways to the Invisible at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art are of … Continue reading
Medieval Multimedia
13th-century musical theater kicks off February for music lovers in Eugene
Multimedia performances are all the rage, and just wait until augmented reality tech allows even more multiples. But before shows that spiced up sounds with … Continue reading
Macks Rock
Eugene quartet updates classic rock for Zoomers
Yup, the brand-new album from The Macks, asserts with confidence that, at least for this young Eugene quartet, classic rock still holds sway. “Beatles, … Continue reading
Oregon Bach Festival Candidate Drops Out of Running for Top Job
Craig Hella Johnson still performing here in May
One of three finalists being considered by the University of Oregon to become the new artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival has pulled out … Continue reading
Space Rock
Nicolas Cage confronts cosmic evil in the sci-fi/horror thriller Color Out of Space
The following anecdote may or may not be totally accurate — I suspect it is, the source is reliable — but it doesn’t matter because … Continue reading
Homegrown Hip Hop
yuckgod HD invites you over to his house. This is what it sounds like.
Under the moniker yuckgod HD, Ian Michael Lindsay lets his voice become the centerpiece in an unmastered collection of raps meant to soundtrack your lethargy. … Continue reading
The Lone Ranger
Ralph White plays outsider folk music at Old Nick’s
These days Ralph White does all his own booking. “I’m not very good at it,” White tells me with humility, cut by an edge of … Continue reading
Nunsensical
ACE delivers the holy goods with the comic musical Nunsense
In what is perhaps the most appropriately named show in all of theater, Nunsense is the hilarious and irreverent holy mother of musical revues. A … Continue reading
Bach is Back
The beleaguered Oregon Bach Festival looks ahead as it prepares to name a new artistic director
The Oregon Bach Festival has finally begun to re-invent itself. In the wake of a 2017 scandal that drew international publicity and threatened the festival’s … Continue reading