High Sierra Music Festival is about to embark on its historic 15th year, but instead of a lengthy recap, we figured we would let the musicians explain what makes High Sierra so unique and memorable.
What an incredible weekend of celebration, improvisation, and jubilation as the Everyone Orchestra took over Portland Oregon
After a long absence from the Pacific Northwest, moe. made a triumphant return to Portland Oregon
The Mix, is brand new musical collaboration that combines Hammond B-3 specialist Melvin Seals from Jerry Garcia Band fame on the Keyboards and Vocals, John Kadlecik and Kevin Rosen who use their guitar, bass, and vocal abilities to recreate classic Grateful Dead performances in their other band the Dark Star Orchestra, and the highly skilled drummer Greg Anton from legendary Bay area rock band Zero, to create an innovative and original debut album called American Spring.
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Collaboration was the operative word during Yonder Mountain String Band
The ever-rotating lineup of the Everyone Orchestra took its philosophy of improvisational-based collaborations with a diverse core of musicians, combined with a focus on social consciousness on both local and global issues for a small road trip through Oregon, and us north westerners are sure glad that they did.
