Ever get the feeling that your life is spinning out of control? Here at The Stonewailer, this is sort of how we’ve learned to live … we just don’t feel right unless we are in a constant state of crisis management!
Anywho … Here are three more complete sets from recent Women Who Rock shows [...]
Laura Gibson, Loch Lomond, Richmond Fontaine
(June 23, Doug Fir) I guess my editor must have heard me, because I ended up at Doug Fir on a Saturday Night. At quarter to eight the place is swarming with folks that want to see our hometown heroes, Richmond Fontaine, put on one of their legendary [...]
Caleb Coffey, Erin Sax Seymour, The Samples
(June 12, Doug Fir) All right, who the hell decided it was a good idea to do a rock show on a Tuesday?
Anyone have any idea what Doug Fir looks like on a Tuesday night? If you go before nine the place looks like a tomb to honor [...]
(June 9, Chez Machin) It’s Saturday night, and you walk through the front door of Chez Machin expecting an acoustic set. Great, another café-style eatery putting on a show in an ill-prepared room to people that just want a good meal and conversation…
Wrong. This one looks and smells different. Truly, Chez Machin is [...]
(May 19, Alberta Art Hop) Each year a creative, cultural arts festival, put on by Alberta Street’s local business owners and artists, comes together to form an enchanting, multi-talented artistic experience called “Art Hop”. Represented at the Hop are visual artists specializing in an array of disciplines and mediums.
Also at the Hop, and most [...]
(May 19, Imbibe) Where is MacGyver when you need him? MacGyver - with his duct tape, bubble-gum, and Swiss Army knife - can fix anything. If only he were here to fix local venues that book bands without providing any identifiable sound engineering support other than, “Here’s the mic … you sing into this [...]
(May 23, Proper Eats) Mild-mannered musician, Paul Koenig, embodies all that is interesting about the geek-chic brand of singer/songwriters first introduced by the likes of James Taylor and friends.
Koenig’s acoustic folk instrumentation, combined with vocals and lyrics that lean toward the alternative end of the genres spectrum, make for unique, subdued songs that force [...]
(May 3, White Eagle) Jen Bresnahan, a Montana-bred singer/songwriter, taught herself to play guitar at age 21. After getting her damn heart broken, she started playing folksy, sincere, and kinda gloomy-but-hopeful indie Americana.
Women Who Rock had Jen & The Ex’s in it’s May 3 lineup at White Eagle, and Eric bootlegged a couple of [...]
Frontman for Buffalo Creek, Bryn Loosley has imported his unique blend of pop/folk rock/roots music to Portland from California. He spent seven years playing dives all over Northern California, and selling BC’s three albums; he still plays with the band, who touts a back catalogue of over 100 original songs.
Loosley’s mySpace profile claims 282 [...]
(May 4, White Eagle) Nicole Campbell lives for the in-between moments. The bio page on her web site reads “… moments that disappear so quickly after they have occurred that their memories are left a bit shadowy. Like the mere instant before you kiss someone for the first time. The gleam in their eye, [...]
(May 3, White Eagle) Growing up in northeastern Ohio, Shayla Carpenter whittled her music into a sound that is equal parts acoustic, soul, and sultry folk.
Her MySpace profile touts that her sound is a cross between Alana Davis, Joss Stone, Tracy Chapman, and some others…
Carpenter was recently at the White Eagle as part [...]
(White Eagle, May 4, 2007) As far as grooving goes, Pilar French is one of this town’s more melodic acts to catch.
French’s intelligent, passionate songwriting lends itself to a sultry, longing, lounge-like sound that is smooth and gravelly all at once. It’s a sound spawned from her background in the local music scene, which [...]
Portlander Lisa Parrish grew up listening to country music, started playing piano at age eight, and by eleven she was singing. Parrish creates a unique blend of acoustic, folk, and alt-country that packs a sweet, powerful punch complimented by the group she recently put together, Bridge Creek.
Parrish released a seven-song debut album, “Alive” [...]
(April 29, 2007) Parkinson’s is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, often impairing motor skills and speech. It is characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, and a slowing of physical movement.
The disease can infiltrate anyone, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, age, or social status.
In the winter of 2002, Portland singer/songwriter, Rob Barteletti [...]
