A delightful mix of jug, blues, country, blegrass and hokum sounds from this ebullient ensemble that’s been rocking Portland for decades

https://www.facebook.com/paganjugband

The Pagan Jug Band is an all-acoustic, boot-stompin’ band featuring a mean banjo and a rockin’ guitar – throw in more strings, some brass, and a washboard and you’ve got a band that really knows how to get folks out of their seats and onto the dance floor! On any given Tuesday in Portland you’ll see them playing their weekly “Pagan Tuesday” show – where the band sometimes swells up to 10 members as long-time fans and random passers-by join them on stage to keep the music communal. The Pagans have a large body of original songs that they mix seamlessly with carefully curated covers and traditionals.

Bluegrass from the swamps of Portlandia!

https://www.facebook.com/BigEandtheStomp

Solidly earthy Americana and folk-rock with a touch of Island breeze!

EVAN WAY- https://evanthomasway.bandcamp.com/album/long-distance

Songwriter and leader of the Parsons Redheads steps out on his own for an intimate, solo performance!

WESLEY RANDOLPH EADER- https://wesleyrandolpheader.bandcamp.com/

“Eader sings each song as if he’s been singing them forever, as if they were passed down like precious heirlooms, or discovered on one of A.P. Carter’s song expeditions”

-No Depression

“A traditionalist with a taste for Willie Nelson and early Bob Dylan, handles both ballads and barn-stormers with charm”

-The Oregonian

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http://mattmitchellmusicco.com

Matt Mitchell began writing and performing his music when he was a small child. He was trained classically on piano starting at the age of four and added guitar as a teenager. Matt has taken his foundational skills in music and steadily developed his own sound; a flavor of folk influenced, narrative rich, Americana-roots music. His songs are honest, relatable and moving. You’ll find him playing piano, hammond organ or strumming his very unique 1930’s-era guitar that once belonged to his Great Grandfather. In 2005, after a year living abroad volunteering and traveling Europe, he joined the San Francisco based band Ten Mile Tide and spent the better part of the next six years touring the country as a keyboardist, harmonica player and singer. Matt has played music in every state but Florida. In 2011 he formed his own band; a six piece Americana/rock n’ roll group called ‘Folkinception’. The band was bestowed the honor of “Best Original Band” in 2018 and 2019 in the Pacific NW Inlander’s ‘Best Of’ reader poll. In 2019 they changed their name to ‘Trego’. The band has recorded two, full length albums and is set to release a third in the fall of 2021. In January of 2020 Matt moved into an imported Japanese bus and spent the following 18 months on the road with his wife and two dogs. His newest collection of songs were written amidst his experiences traveling during the tumult and uncertainty of the past few years. A full length solo album is due for release everywhere on 02/22/2022

https://www.ashleighflynnandtheriveters.com

With what PopMatters describes as “tenacious swagger,” critically-acclaimed solo artist Ashleigh Flynn recently dialed up the volume and debuted an all-female rock band as a nod to the “Rosie the Riveter” archetype from WWII.

​Flynn grew up in Kentucky and cut her teeth on local bluegrass music and Motown. A prolific songwriter and performer blessed with unbridled charisma, she arrived on the Americana scene in 2008 with the release of her third LP, American Dream, a poetic lament to the elusiveness of that national ethos. A Million Stars followed in 2013 – a rollicking journey celebrating the women pioneers of the American West.

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Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters’ inaugural LP hit the streets in 2018 featuring a sound that hearkens back to early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and alternately charms like a Sunday afternoon front porch session…

MEGAN ALDER– https://www.meganalder.com

Hailing from the Columbia River Gorge, Megan Alder is a vocal powerhouse performing upbeat swing and Americana music.  She delivers her original songs with raw grit and soul, inspiring audiences across the Northwest.  Influenced by artists like Billie Holiday and Bonnie Raitt, Alder heads multiple bands to fit any occasion.  She performs as a solo artist with live loops and kazoo flare.  Her latest EP, Quittin’ Time, features six original songs recorded live in Portland, OR, available now on all platforms.

TOBIAS BERBLINGER- https://www.tobiasberblinger.com

MAY ARDEN- https://www.facebook.com/maymaysings/

Longtime Portland root-rock Americana singer and her kickass band!

https://lynnconover.bandcamp.com

http://www.harvestgoldny.com
Raucous tribute to the music of Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield and CSNY!

Longtime Laurelthirst roots-rock rowdies host their Sunday “church” show! Guitarist Turtle VanDemarr is back in town for a couple months and playing there Sunday shows!

Continuing the tradition of local roots-rock rowdies like Jimmy Boyer, Jeffery Frederick, and the Holy Modal Rounders, the Freak Mountain Ramblers keep the music of our people alive. Be having’ things on a Sunday!

Pete Krebs and friends bring swinging country in for a Monday evening’s entertainment.

The Jackstraw boys return for their “every other Tuesday” regular Tuesday bluegrass happy hour!

https://www.weareworth.com
Pacific NW troubadour debuts at the Laurelthirst with a weekly set of soulful folk and crooning ballads.  Special guests each night!

QuEasy Gumbo (Jimmy Russell + Sean Badders of the Quick and Easy Boys, plus Brian Foxworth and incredible keyboardist Steve Kerin) returns for TWO more extended happy hour shows of funky NOLA tunes at the Laurelthirst May 25th and June 1st, 6-9pm, FREE, tip the band and the bar!!

Our longtime dusty country-roots songwriter James Low returns after a long absence, getting back into hopefully playing a regular series of shows here again!

https://www.facebook.com/TheJamesLowIrregulars/

RICHARD GANS:
Raised in the flatlands… Rambling from the North country to the South desert plains…howling at your local saloon. Richard Gans brings new life to the old folk tradition. With wailing harmonica, rhythmic guitar and mystifying lyrics… Richard’s soulful voice speaks to your depths and rattles your bones.