Ashland, Oregon LocalsGuide

“Alice DiMicele‘s 11th CD “Lucky Dogs” is a multi-musical journey in sound, heart & soul; an all inclusive exploration of emotional styles.  Alice & her new band show off  an eclectic blend of folk, blues, jazz and funk; their sounds get down to the core, to a deeper pool of feelings.  Each song inspired me [...]

Megan Danforth and Cyrise Beatty Schachter, two women with a passion for communal music-making, are bringing the soulful flavors of world music to the Rogue Valley. Together they helm the Rogue World Ensemble, Ashland’s newest choral group, a 30-voice ensemble specializing in traditional songs from villages around the globe. They can also be found singing [...]

As one of Lisa’s adult students, I recently had the pleasure of watching her work with two children who had never touched a piano. I was amazed to see each of them happily playing a song they had already learned by the end of their first lesson with Lisa. And what’s more, they were eager [...]

When I saw the movie “Once” , something inside me was deeply touched. Once is a love story. A love story about music and a story about two individuals who fall in love around their love for music. This was an interesting film not only because of the realistic manner in which it was filmed, [...]

Type of Music: Traditional Bluegrass Music When Was the Band Founded? The first time we got together was just over a year ago and the result sounded like angels singing (which we liked). We vowed to recreate as much as possible, and it’s only gotten better since then. Names and Instruments: Patrick Connell, guitar & [...]

What is Plein Air Music? >>Dictionary: plein air or plein-air (plān’âr’, plÄ•-nÄ•r’) adj. Of or being a style of painting produced out of doors in natural light. Taking place outdoors: plein air dining. (1)<<   >>Plein Air (French for “open air”) painting became popular in the early nineteenth century in both Europe and America when [...]

The English Beat’s recent Ashland concert was cancelled due to winter road closures, but they promised they’d be back in April. As a LocalsGuide cub reporter I did a series of lengthy interviews with their lead singer, Dave Wakeling. For those of you with short attenetion spans, here are the highlights. If you like this, [...]

  This was supposed to be an “interview” with the English Beat’s Dave Wakeling, but… Well, to start off, it was done over the phone. A cell phone no less, with all the fun that goes along with that – “can you hear me now?”. Secondly, Dave’s a Brit. Yeah, he’s lived in the U.S. [...]

OK mates, on to the second question: HB (HappyBoy): “So, got any tattoos?” DW (Dave Wakeling) : “No, and there’s a serious reason why. My Dad told me, that when was nineteen, and in World War Two, a soldier who was also nineteen was identified by his tattoo. He was hung by the British Military [...]

All right mates, now we get to the real story:   I wanted to know how this whole British ska revival sound and scene started. The first time I ever heard the Beat, was when I was working at a natural foods restaurant in Santa Barbara. The dishwasher, fresh from England, had this cassette tape [...]

Woven is an ambient/alt rock band from Los Angeles, and Ory Hodis is their singer/guitarist.  I had the pleasure of interviewing Hodis recently.  The following is the interview piece I wrote, portions of which appear in the February 4th issue of The Siskiyou, in a review of their January 31st performance at The Mobius. 1/25/08 [...]

Q: What is this noise? A: The Toggle is trying to make an inner, contemplative music. Animals like it. Sometimes it’s like windchimes dreaming. The mind moves. Q: Dude, that’s heavy [smirks]. Do you use any interesting techniques? A: Western music, using a ‘tempered’ scale of 12 equal steps, has all these possibilities for harmony, [...]

1. Type of Music: Americana, alt. country 2. When Was the Band Founded? 2007 3. Names and Instruments: Manda Bryn – vocals, Cris Kelly – guitar/vocals, Mysha Caruso – bass/vocals, Bob Evoniuk – dobro/lap steel, Bryan Helfrich – drums 4. Occupation: Manda – SOU teacher / Mysha – OSF, Perfoming Artist, Songwriter / Cris – outdoor educator, songwriter [...]

<p><b>Name of Band:</b> Dandelion Jo</p> <p><b>How Did it Get Started:</b> Liz had been auditioning people for over a year… till finally the right folks meshed. David, Dan and Liz have complimentary styles of working together and none of us take things too seriously. We are out to use our talents, make good music and have [...]