In the latest Slab Session from Half Stop Sessions, Portland band Summer Cannibals play in the secret Slab Stage at Pickathon. Guitarist/vocalist Jessica Boudreaux and guitarist Marc Swart perform a stripped down version of  “Simple Life,” a brand new track that the band has yet to release. Read the full article at Portland Mercury […]

  Last summer, Wolf People flew from England to Portland and went straight to Pickathon. The band almost didn’t make it to the US, but arrived just in time for their first set in the Pumphouse. After playing a set in the backstage creative cove of the Pumphouse, Wolf People performed in the Galaxy Barn where […]

  James Hunter has topped the Billboard Blues chart and been nominated for a Grammy. He’s a soul powerhouse who is back with his fourth album, Hold On! which just debuted on Feb 5 off of Daptone Records. At 53 years-old, Hunter felt like he finally found his music family after working with Gabriel Roth […]

Pharis and Jason Romero graced Pickathon stages in 2013 and are now nominated this year for a Juno award for Traditional Roots Album of the Year. Hilary Saunders from Paste Magazine (and longtime friend of Pickathon) writes about how the duo fell in love and began making banjos together. “Eventually, he recalls, ‘I told myself […]

Attention friends in the Pacific Northwest! Futurebirds is playing a show in Eugene tonight, Portland tomorrow 2/4, the next day 2/5 in Seattle, and a day after 2/6 in  Spokane. Check out their shows as a preview to their Pickathon 2016 debut this summer. Last fall, the Georgian band released an album via Easy Sound Recording, which was mixed by […]