Yes, I enjoy making fun of hippies and I don’t particularly enjoying camping. However, I am very much looking forward to this weekend’s Pickathon festival just outside Portland. For three days and two nights, I will sleep on the ground in the woods (or, rahter, on a Deluxe Series Thermarest) in order to take advantage [...]
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Posted 01 August 2010
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Favorite Artists § Festivals § Pacific Northwest Artists
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Also tagged: Bonnie Prince Billy, Chatham County Line, Cotton Jones, Heartless Bastards, Little Wings, Portland, Richmond Fontaine and Black Prairie., Roadside Graves, Sam Quinn, The Cave Singers, The Deep Dark Woods, Typhoon
In Portland, indie-pop groups composed of skinny-jeans-clad 23-year old boys seems to multiply exponentially, so it’s always refreshing to hear that some accomplished musicians are making music I might actually want to hear. Black Prairie (love that name) is composed of three members of the Decemberists – Chris Funk, Nate Query and Jenny Conlee with [...]