Country-focused Fairwell Festival Brings Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Sierra Ferrell, Robert Earl Keen and More to Central Oregon (FESTIVAL RECAP/PHOTOS)
Over the course of two days, July 18 and 19, 2025, the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond, Oregon hosted a festival that brought an incredible lineup of independent country music artists and tens of thousands of fans to the high desert of Central Oregon. In the days leading up to Fairwell Festival, reports of nearby […]
James McMurtry Celebrates New Album ‘The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy’ with Masterful Songwriting and Musicianship for Sold-out Crowd at Portland, Oregon’s Aladdin Theater (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
To see James McMurtry live is to witness one of the finest American songwriters at work. Lucky for us, the 63-year-old Texan troubadour is still a road dog, criss-crossing the country for much of the year while somehow still maintaining a fairly consistent and now legendary residency at the fabled Continental Club in Austin. If […]
The Drive-by Truckers and Deer Tick Steer Charm & Decadence Tour Into Portland, OR’s Revolution Hall with Scorching Rock and Roll Performances (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
Two of the most tried and true acts in rock and roll music are Deer Tick and the Drive-by Truckers. Resilience, quality songwriting and musicianship, and an ability to stand the test of time are all qualities they share despite one hailing from the Northeast and the other from the South. And this was just […]
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Balance Alt-country Grit and Polish, Cover Bruce Springsteen at Portland, OR’s Keller Auditorium (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
If you’ve followed Jason Isbell’s career for roughly the past two decades, you’ve by now likely realized that there are two sides to the gifted songwriter and guitarist. On the one side, there is the prodigal Alabama son who put in his years of hard living and harder rocking with the Drive-by Truckers while amassing […]
Neal Francis and Color Green Stir Up Powerful Rock n’ Roll One-two Punch at Portland, OR’s Revolution Hall (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
Portland, Oregon music fans who made their way to Revolution Hall on Friday, May 16th, left not just satisfied, but somewhat stunned by the quality of the soul shakedown party they were presented with by this Neal Francis Return To Zero tour stop. Francis and his band, along with opening act Color Green, both commanded […]
Teen Mortgage Drops Their D.C. Fuzz-Punk Onslaught on Sold-out Crowd at Portland, OR’s Polaris Hall (SHOW RECAP/PHOTOS)
Washington D.C. – based surf-sludge-punk garage rockers Teen Mortgage are taking the American rock club scene by storm, with a slew of sold-out shows across the nation. Fueled by the April 11 release of their first LP, Devil Ultrasonic Dream (Roadrunner Records), the duo, consisting of James Guile on guitar and vocals and Edward Barakauskas […]
Everything’s Right at Moda Center as Phish Returns To Portland, OR With Expansive Rock Sets (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
The last time the four members of Phish all set foot in Portland, it was a different century. September 12, 1999 at the now-gone Portland Meadows, to be exact. In the more than twenty-five years since that date, a lot has happened. The Vermont jam legends played a marathon show to usher in the new […]
Etran De L’Aïr Treat Portland, OR’s Wonder Ballroom to Hypnotic Desert Rock Performance (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
Deep in the Saharan desert in the country of Niger lies Agadez, a city that is known for its mysterious desert rock music. After many years playing weddings and other gigs throughout Agadez, Etran De L’Aïr has caught fire internationally and now spends much of their time bringing their Saharan rock to increasingly larger audiences […]
The Greyboy Allstars Deliver West Coast Boogaloo Greatness at Portland, OR’s The Get Down (SHOW RECAP/PHOTOS)
The Greyboy Allstars are celebrating the upcoming May release of Grab Bag: 2007-2023, their eighth LP, which includes nine cuts previously unreleased over the past decade and a half of the band’s 30-year history. The quintet is also playing a few live dates leading up to their appearance at Tipitina’s as part of the New […]
Amyl and the Sniffers Kick Off North American Tour with Ferocious Punk Performance at Portland, OR’s Crystal Ballroom (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
Among the handful of Australian bands that have taken the world by storm in the last several years, few have grabbed the attention of such a diverse range of music fans as Amyl and the Sniffers. Fronted by the brash vocalist Amy Taylor, the band has exploded as they have evolved from their gritty early […]