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Bored with Portland? Head to the Palouse for Birds on a Wire Festival, March 26-27.

Justin Townes Earle, Joe Pug, Damien Jurado, Horse Feathers, Laura Gibson, The Maldives, Rocky Votolato, and 20 or so other bands and artists that we slap with our Pickathon stamp of approval. Here’s a bit more about the <a href="http://birdsonawirefest.com/">Birds on a Wire Festival</a>, in their own words: œThe Birds on a Wire Festival is […]

Foghorn Stringband and the annual Friday night freakout

Once again putting the hoot in hootenanny, Foghorn Stringband joins us for the mighty Friday night Square dance at this years Pickathon. This has got to be one of the largest and most wild dances out there and it’s been a pleasure to watch it grow. To think this is really where Pickathon started back […]

Breathe Owl Breathe announce upcoming release, playing in Portland next weekend

The good folks of Breathe Owl Breathe come from a land with many scars and bruises, we call this the state of Michigan. Being a relatively new and unknown name for most of us out west in 2009, it was quickly learned what has kept them alive and well over the past 6 years as […]

T-Model Ford, like an apple hangin’ on a tree

T-Model Ford should need no introduction or explanation. This man is a living legend, and at 90 is still performing and recording. Starting 2010 off with a January release of The Ladies Man on Alive Naturalsound Records. Giving us a hard shot of what T-Model Ford is all about, The Laies Man is worth keeping […]

RV Parking sold out, Car Camping getting close

Not quite an emergency, but a definite sign of what’s to come.. RV Parking passes are now 100% sold out. Car Camping passes are getting very close to being in the same boat so we felt it necessary to let folks know that if currently contemplating, it might be best to take action. Once they’re […]

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