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 […]

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 […]

Mdou Moctar’s Transcendental, Psychedelic Blues, And Portland Connection Mdou Moctar‘s fiery guitar playing –an electrified, rarified, version of Tuareg traditional wedding music– made him popular in North Africa’s Sahel region. As a child in Northern Niger, he built his own guitar, and taught himself to play. After the release of his first album in 2008, […]

By way of Chicago, making a huge Pickathon debut this summer, please help us welcome Makaya McCraven to our 2019 lineup! Performing on Thursday August 1st and Friday August 2nd. See them this summer at Pendarvis Farm! But first… see them next month on April 18 in Portland as part of the Soul’d Out Music […]

See you in the Galaxy Barn? Out in the Woods? Perhaps on the Treeline? Viagra Boys looking to bring to Pickathon one of the best live shows by way of Stockholm, Sweden. Watch them get wild on the Friday & Saturday of this years festival. But first… catch them THIS week in Los Angeles, San […]