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Bend singer-songwriter Meekoh’s first studio album is titled “Evolve.” And that’s exactly what he’s done over the past eight years.

When he arrived in the city in 2007, the R&B crooner would busk on the streets downtown — just his voice, his acoustic guitar and his songs. This street-musician approach, which he honed while at school in Idaho, paid off, and soon he was playing local restaurants, then bars, then clubs.

He now has a band, management in Los Angeles and has been touring behind “Evolve,” which officially dropped last month at an album release show at Volcanic Theatre Pub. The album’s 10 tracks run the gamut from smooth soul (“Give Me Love”) to funky R&B barnburners (“Electric Bass”) to heartfelt ballads (“Have it All”), couched in shiny, modern production by Kyle Mitchell, drummer for Portland-based Christian rock group Kutless.

Meekoh’s solo show has evolved, as well, and he now incorporates looping devices to flesh out the sound. He’ll take this approach tonight at the grand opening of the Atlas Cider Tasting Room in the Old Mill Marketplace in Bend. Eugene singer-songwriter Anna Gilbert opens.

Meekoh, with Anna Gilbert: 6 p.m. today; free; Atlas Cider Tasting Room, 600 Industrial Way, Bend; www.atlascider.com. —  Brian McElhiney