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MarchFourth, Sophistafunk play Midtown Ballroom

Clever as always when it comes to packaging and presenting great bands and great shows, local promoter Gabe…

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Prolific singer-songwriter John Batdorf plays Bend’s Tower Theatre

This story is about John Batdorf’s last several years in the music industry, but his first few years…

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Central Oregon Symphony Spring Concert this weekend

Central Oregon Symphony’s Spring Concert will perform at Bend Senior High School Saturday and Sunday. It features Sergi…

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Reverend Horton Heat, Supersuckers play separate shows in Bend

By the spring of 1994, Sub Pop Records in Seattle was known as an incubator of grunge, champion…

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Cellist Ben Hong concludes High Desert Chamber Music season

High Desert Chamber Music will conclude its season at 7:30 p.m. Friday, with a performance by Ben Hong,…

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Central Oregon’s music scene is buzzing this week

There was a time when Central Oregon’s “shoulder seasons” — spring and fall, in between when the winter…

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Boris and The Joy mixes genres in Bend

For many years, Boris Pelekh was, as he describes it, a “double agent” of sorts. A classically trained…

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The Brothers Reed play McMenamins in Bend

Best known to strangers as The Brothers Reed, the Reed brothers do, in fact, have first names: Aaron…

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Midtown Ballroom hosts Clutch, Amigo the Devil

Sonically speaking, Clutch and Amigo the Devil seem like slightly odd tourmates. The former is a bluesy hard…

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PBJam Fest hits Volcanic Theatre Pub Saturday night

Back before the pandemic, I used to scan the live music listings in the Portland Mercury every single…

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