Deschutes County Fair’s concert lineup unveiled

Pepper plays the Domino Room

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Hawaii-bred and SoCal-based Pepper — popular with people purported to prize pedestrian pop-reggae — is gearing up for the release of its self-titled new album, which comes out in July on the band’s own LAW Records label. Step....MORE

Keb’ Mo’ show in Sisters is sold out

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

After a year off, the Sisters Starry Nights concert series returns Saturday with a show by blues musician Keb’ Mo’. Tickets are already sold out. Starry Nights was founded in 1997 by Jeri Fouts and Susan Arends in the face of budget....MORE

Deschutes County Fair’s concert lineup unveiled

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Here’s a fun fact that you may not know: Last summer, on Aug. 4, the pop band Hot Chelle Rae played for what I believe to be the biggest concert crowd in Central Oregon’s history at the Deschutes County Fair. The group drew an estimated ....MORE

Music releases

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Michael Buble“To Be Loved"Reprise RecordsTo have Michael Buble singing Frank Sinatra's latter-day finest — and on the label Old Blue Eyes started — would either bring a smile to the Chairman's lips or cause him to turn in his grave.....MORE

Tartufi returns to the scene of the crime

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Let's get this out of the way: Tartufi is the band that was playing when local police cited The Horned Hand for excessive noise last summer. That's one of those things that was a bummer when it happened, but with the passage of time — and the....MORE

The Staxx Brothers

• Funk, rock and soul will be in the spotlight when the Seattle band visits Bend's Silver Moon

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

If The Staxx Brothers frontman Davin Stedman is anywhere near as fast-talking and energetic and smart on stage as he comes across off of it, you should be in for a good time Saturday, when the Seattle group plays its “hard-ass soul" — a....MORE

The Staxx Brothers

• Funk, rock and soul will be in the spotlight when the Seattle band visits Bend's Silver Moon

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

If The Staxx Brothers frontman Davin Stedman is anywhere near as fast-talking and energetic and smart on stage as he comes across off of it, you should be in for a good time Saturday, when the Seattle group plays its “hard-ass soul" — a....MORE

Google to launch music service

May 15, 2013 4:00 am

Google is set to introduce a subscription music feature to compete against fast-growing streaming services like Spotify, according to several people briefed on its plans. Google is planning to introduce the new service as early as Wednesday at Google ....MORE