Lead Singer Mariza ”Rossi” Cahill delighted the Brewstation audience with her voice, guitar and banjo playing. Noel Nash/The Chronicle COTTAGE GROVE – Urban legend has it that people can swallow up to 10 spiders annually in their sleep. The musical group Ten Spiders is happy to announce that you can[Read More…]
Entertainment
MUSIC LISTINGS
FRIDAY, NOV. 15 • Jesse Boden Band (Roots-rock, blues, Americana) The Brewstation, 7:30 p.m., no cover • Hannah Cooper Blue Valley Bistro, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, NOV. 16 • Anna Fine, Olivia Rose, Aida, The Chorduroys, Plushie, Do Mi Stauber, Hannah Sophia, Seeking Saturn Axe & Fiddle “Double Show,” 5 p.m.[Read More…]
Oh baby! Gramps still sly, and a grandson is nigh
Baby Gramps gestures during his Saturday, Feb. 15 show at the Axe & Fiddle. The gravelly voiced singer and musician is based in Seattle and regularly plays in the southern Willamette Valley. Bradley Cook/Special to the Chronicle COTTAGE GROVE – For those who didn’t know him before, Baby Gramps sure[Read More…]
Trio brings eclectic mix of country, rock
Band member Heath Whitney forms one-third of The Canyoneers’ trio. Richard O’Neill/Photo provided COTTAGE GROVE – You could say that the Canyoneers are the ultimate family band, even though their subject matter – like ”Death in the Country,” a tragic song about Hank Williams Sr. dying at the age of[Read More…]
NOTEBOOK: Cowsills planning for New Orleans Jazz Fest
You almost need a scorecard to keep up with the musical Cowsill family. The Cowsills – with three of the original seven siblings – are playing at Jazz Fest in New Orleans this April. They’re best known for their late ’60s hits ”Hair,” ”Love American Style” and ”The Rain, The[Read More…]
Elderberry wine, anyone? – Review: Arsenic & Old Lace fun, well-acted play
Aunts Abby and Martha (played by Nikki Pagniano and Marcee Long) carefully planning charitable acts of kindness. Photos provided/Cottage Theatre COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Theatre’s 38th season opened with gusto Friday night thanks to a relic of a farce, ”Arsenic and Old Lace.” Transported to a simpler time (the[Read More…]
Music Listings
THURSDAY, FEB. 27 • Umphrey’s McGee (jam band) McDonald Theater, 6 p.m. • Lyle Lovett (singer-songwriter) Shedd Institute, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, FEB. 28 • Tatiamo (Americana, folk, country) Saginaw Vineyard, 6 p.m. • Jesse Boden Band (Americana, roots rock, blues) The Brewstation, 7 p.m. • Tommy Castro & the Painkillers[Read More…]
NOTEBOOK
So, who’s up for a festival? If you’re a local musician, or a musician-in-training, the 18th annual Florence Winter Music Festival might be worth the 90-minute trip just for the free workshops being offered. Of course, seeing Livingston Taylor and the Kathy Kallick Band, who are headlining the bluegrass/folk three-day[Read More…]
Jobe Woosley & Co. keep rolling
The Jobe Woosley & Co. band plays a blend of original music and classics from the ’60s and ’70s. Woosley (right) is joined by Kate Kisselburgh and Justin Schepige. BRADLEY COOK/THE CHRONICLE COTTAGE GROVE – In so many different ways, the Jobe Woosley & Co. band is a good mix.[Read More…]
Pendleton Highway chooses own route
Pendleton Highway includes four members who live in Springfield: Jimmy Smith, his wife, Kim, and daughter, Becca Horsley; Rich Lee; as well as Joe Ficek from Eugene and Huck L Berry from Mount Pisgah. Photo provided SPRINGFIELD – Pendleton Highway is a country band … and they’re so much more.[Read More…]
