Interview with front man Greg Bryce By KRYSTAL MARIE COLLINS A loaded cocktail of delta blues style slide guitar jumped up and electrified with a punk rock influence hammers through the amps when Black Flowers Black Sun (BFBS) take the stage at one of their various Bend haunts: Cindercone Clay Studio, M & J Tavern,…
The local folk group Parlour plans a CD release party for Friday, August 21 on the lawn at Crux Fermentation Project in Bend from 6-9pm. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and/or low back lawn chairs for the performance. Parlour was formed in 2013 consisting of Linda Quon (vocals), Mark Quon (guitar/vocals), Mike Potter (mandolin/dobro/vocals)…
Folk singer Patty Griffin, it seems, has long missed out on the fame she deserves. The struggles in the release of her new album, Silver Bell, are characteristic of her undeservedly taxing career. Ready for release in 2000, Silver Bell was shelved due to corporate takeover of the record label she was working with. Thirteen…
Enchanting. That is the best word I can use to describe the lovely harmonizing of sisters, Lily and Madeline Jurkinewicz. At just 16 and 19 years old, these Indiana natives leapt into popularity with their YouTube video In the Middle in 2012. They released a five-track EP, The Weight of the Globe in early 2013…
The Neighbourhood’s release of I Love You in April 2013 didn’t cause a typhoon or even a wave in the music industry. Rather, back in December their song Sweater Weather reached number 17 on the Hot 100 Billboard. I Love You was the band’s debut album, with top tracks like Sweater Weather and Afraid. The…
A friend and I were trying to find the best rendition of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas when I first encountered Kelly Willis on this CD. Willis, critically acclaimed as a roots music singer, is recognized as a new country and Americana pioneer. She appeared in the Tim Robbins film Bob Roberts and was heard singing…
I’m a child of the ‘80s, and it wasn’t Christmas until my mom put on her Mannheim Steamroller Christmas CD while we decorated the tree and made our annual gingerbread house. I grew up listening to that album every year, and even today while I’m going about my day and any of the tracks from…
Over six decades the iconic Texas singer-songwriter Willie Nelson has earned a noteworthy position in pop music’s pantheon with treasured songs that combine the classiness of Tin Pan Alley with the rough-and-tumble grit and emotional honesty of country music. To All the Girls reunites his two greatest loves: beautiful music and talented women of country,…
With only one album, Lorde doesn’t have much claim to fame. However, when this 16 year old’s song Royals hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 along with being the youngest to reach number one in 26 years, her claim to fame began. Ella Yelich-O’Connor or known as her stage name Lorde, was born…
Has life gotten a little pale with the waning of the sun? Do you need more beat in your life? Pick up Mount Kimbie’s second album, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth. I can’t stop listening to the fifth track, Made to Stray. Check it out. Your heart will race; the rhythmic beats push you through…
