There is something unmistakably powerful about a festival that is rooted in the soil of its hometown. Unlike generic touring spectacles, regional festivals carry the fingerprints of their communities, ...

The Proper Way: In February, we were part of the house band for Sammy Brue’s Justin Townes Earle tribute show at The State Room, and got to play alongside—and spend some quality time with—some of our ...

Although a longtime sentiment, Joni Mitchell phrased it well, “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” Ironic how these lyrics are actually lines in one of the ...

I admit, with lowered head, that I am only a recent inductee to local music. I was one of those people who would wait for the BIG NAME to come to town, perform at the BIG VENUE, and willing to pay BIG ...

Bend resident and folk-rocker Brian Craig Hinderberger has been gigging locally for many years. All across town, he has played dimly lit bars and family friendly events, corners of restaurants and ...