The Wolfe House jazz crew jamming on a recent Thursday night at Velvet in downtown Bend.

Wolfe House is more than just a … house. Or a wolf(e), for that matter.

It’s a recording studio in Redmond. A fledgling record label. A collective of musicians. A series of jam nights at local bars. A venue for house concerts.

And at its core, Wolfe House is an artist development agency that aims to help musicians with the business side of being an artist.

“There are a lot of writers and players out there who don’t have a band or a home, and we can back them, we can help build their bands, we can help record and we can help book shows,” said Jordan Wolfe, who co-founded the endeavor with his wife, Katie Wolfe. “We can kind of help create the vision and help with the stuff that most musicians just aren’t that good at.”

That’s the big picture. Now zoom in on the music: WolfeHouse’s crew of players is behind monthly jazz nights at Velvet and The Flamingo Room in Bend and Suttle Lake Lodge near Sisters. (You can keep up with their activities at wolfehouserecords.com.) It’s also the engine that powers a number of different bands, including Dive Bar Theology, which will celebrate the release of its first album Friday night at Volcanic Theatre Pub.

The band was formed in 2019 by a group of former pastors frustrated with the church, Jordan Wolfe said.

“(The idea was) like, hey, if your theology doesn’t work in the context of a dive bar, then it’s shit,” he said. “So we started building community via music in sketchier places than we were ‘supposed’ to be in as pastors.”

Since then, that community has grown, thanks not only to Dive Bar Theology’s top-notch musicianship and excellent vibes, but also its clever concept.

“We do covers of other people’s covers of songs,” Wolfe said. “And the bad joke is that we call them ‘duvets.’”

Hence the new album’s name: “Duvets Vol. 1,” which features, for example, Dive Bar’s interpretation of Foy Vance’s cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” and Bon Iver’s cover of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and Ryan Adams’ cover of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.”

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The band’s versions aren’t necessarily note-for-note covers, but a little more funky, a little more indie rock and a little more approachable, Wolfe said.

“We’re all kind of sad boys who love people and the full emotional spectrum,” he said with a laugh.

Besides Jordan and Katie Wolfe, the core group at Wolfe House includes multi-instrumentalist and musical wizard Steven Whitney, drummer Hudson Mickel and business strategist Craig James, and the greater collective numbers somewhere around 15 people.

On Friday night, a handful of other Wolfe House acts will also play the show, including indie rock band Denver Says and funk/hip-hop project Mama’s Boy.

“There’s a whole spectrum of vibes that are going to happen,” Jordan Wolfe said, “but from the same family of people.”

If You Go

What: Dive Bar Theology’s album release show

When: 8 p.m. Friday, doors open 7 p.m.

Where: Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Drive, Bend

Cost: $12 in advance, $15 at the door

Contact: volcanictheatre.com.