New Album out Friday August 2nd & headlining sets at Pickathon on Friday August 2nd and Saturday August 3rd. Kentucky’s Tyler Childers’ story reads like an outlaw country song:  coal country kid makes it in Nashville by playing the music of his roots and telling the truth. A natural songwriter, and a devastating storyteller, Childers […]

It doesn’t take much for CAAMP to make a huge sound. Evan Westfall’s banjo, and Taylor Meier’s booming, raspy voice have been filling rooms since 2013. The childhood friends began putting together songs in Athens, Ohio. Propelled by encouragement from their fans they’ve added the extra (so extra) guitars and harmonies of Matt Vinson, and […]

One of the many things that makes Pickathon so special is our amazingly large, and even more amazingly dedicated, volunteer community! Every year the best of the best come out of the woodwork to make the festival even better than it was the year before. A lot of festivals have volunteer programs, but what makes […]

A queer, indigenous artist from Washington, now living in Portland, Black Belt Eagle Scout’s Katherine Paul crafts aching bedroom pop with a rock n’ roll bend. Growing up just outside of Anacortes at the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community reservation, Paul combines influences from her culture with the Riot Grrrl and grunge she discovered as a […]