Wildwood ’18 Podcast Picks #3

GravelRoad: These cats from Seattle are ready to rock your world Friday night at Wildwood.

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Are you ready to party? I know we are.

That’s why we’ve put together this third installment of Podcast Picks to help you get ready for this weekend’s 7th Annual Wildwood MusicFest & Campout in beautiful Sheridan, OR, USA. And to kick things off, we fire away with three of the acts that will take you higher on the festival’s opening night: GravelRoad, Liz Cooper & The Stampede, and Jeff Crosby & The Refugees.

Liz Cooper and her band The Stampede with cast a spell with their rock and soul on Friday night at Wildwood.

Friday night should be special with these excellent acts performing, and with the night wrapping around the campfire with The Turkey Buzzards. Then it’s on to Saturday’s lineup, featuring bands with some of the most acclaimed and anticipated indie albums of the year, including The Resolectrics, Western Centuries and Sarah Shook & The Disarmers.

Don’t forget to stick around Sunday when The Wildwood All Star Review finishes the festival with its usual surprise party of killer country rock. It all adds up to what should be an unforgettable weekend of fun, friends, food, family and MUSIC!

Look for our Podcast hosts Eric Kotila and Mike Lee — they’ll be serving as MCs from the stage, sharing important announcements and introducing the bands. And be sure to thank your festival hosts Katie Kendall and Kim Hamblin if you cross paths — these ladies are the engine that drives the festival to new heights each year.

We’ll see you down there Friday! Here’s the third and final primer for your festival pre-funk. Enjoy!

Left Me Twice, GravelRoad
Hey Man, Liz Cooper & The Stampede
Hallways Of My Heart, Jeff Crosby & The Refugees
Good As Gold, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
Misery And Gin, Jaime Wyatt
The Rumble (Liberty Chaps Mix), High Step Society
Stella, The Get Ahead
The Captain And The Dreamer, Bart Budwig
Wild Birds, Western Centuries
Your Man, The Resolectrics
Alegntaye, Tezeta Band
Geography, MAITA
Bottom Shelf Man, The Turkey Buzzards
Show Me The Mountain, The Singer and The Songwriter
Cold Night In Chicago, Alder Street
Insert Words, Hear, Cedar Teeth
No Mama Blues, The Lostines
Dirty Looks From Children, Ezra Bell
Wagon, The John Dough Boys
Moonboots, Mo Phillips

Wildwood ’18 Podcast Picks # 2

Photo courtesy of The Resolectrics

The Resolectrics (l to r): John Becher, Bob Dunham and Tate Peterson. Photo © Tim LaBarge 2018

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Welcome back for our second installment of podcast picks, aimed at getting your ears ready for the 2018 Wildwood MusicFest & Campout, set for July 20-22 at Roshambo Art Farm in the beautiful Willamina/Sheridan area of Oregon.

With the festival just days away, we thought we’d kick off this session with The Resolectrics, Portland’s powerhouse R&B-tinged rock trio with a set scheduled for Saturday afternoon at the festival. This will be the band’s second performance at Wildwood, and this year’s set comes with the promise of a new album due in the fall.

Knowing the rollicking fun this band inspires, they’re an easy “must see” pick for our podcast team. Based in the classic rock and soul of the 60s and 70s, The Resolectrics take it to new heights by mixing in some psychedelic guitar and killer harmonies for a sound that’s all their own.

And they’re just one reason why this year’s festival is a can’t-miss for lovers of music from all over the spectrum. Check out the live performance of “Easier To Go” from the group Five Letter Word (video below), the classic country of “Weight of The World” by Western Centuries, and the wonderful, exploring horns on “Aynotche Terebu” by Tezeta Band. High quality stuff in a variety of styles — that’s what Wildwood is all about.

So give this latest set of picks a listen and put a check next to your “can’t miss” picks for the festival. We’ll see you down there.

Here’s the playist. Enjoy!

Up On The Hill, The Resolectrics
Easier To Go (Live), Five Letter Word
City Girls, Jeff Crosby & The Refugees
The Skinner, Alder Street
Locks, Cedar Teeth
Nights & Weekends, The Singer and the Songwriter
Weight Of The World, Western Centuries
The Newest St. Louis Toodle-oo, High Step Society
Southwest Texas, The Lostines
Wishing Well, Jaime Wyatt
Capitol Hill Country Blues, Gravel Road
Talkin’ Bout Teamwork, Mo Phillips
Kinder Than Most, MAITA
The Night,
Liz Cooper & The Stampede
Aynotche Terabu, Tezeta Band
Build Myself A Woman, The John Dough Boys
Could Be Better, The Get Ahead
The Government Is The Mafia, Ezra Bell
Keep The Home Fires Burning, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
Wanderin’ Again, The Turkey Buzzards
Nebraska 2, Bart Budwig

 

Wildwood ’18 Podcast Picks #1

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It’s our favorite time of the year, when the summer season of music festivals hits its peak, and the gang from That Much Further West Podcast couldn’t be more stoked to be attending the 7th Annual Wildwood MusicFest & Campout, July 20-22 at Roshambo Art Farm in beautiful Sheridan, Oregon, USA.

The podcast team has been onsite every year, and our show hosts Mike Lee and Eric Kotila have served as festival Masters of Ceremonies from the start. We’re thrilled to be invited back by the two wonderful local businesswomen who make the festival happen, Katie Kendall and Kim Hamblin.

Sarah Shook and her band, The Disarmers, will rock your world at the 7th Annual Wildwood MusicFest & Campout.

Lovers of music and their local Willamina/Sheridan community, these two women — with the help of a fabulous team of volunteers — have captained a completely home grown festival with absolutely zero corporate sponsorship. Katie and Kim have put together some stellar line-ups over the years and kept that family-friendly atmosphere alive and well.

They also work hard to showcase local businesses as vendors and give back to the community. The festival has grown over the years but the founders seek to keep it from growing too big. A big shout out to Kim, Katie, their families, Dina Sayers and her team at Great Northwest Productions, and the scores of volunteers who make things run smoothly.

In the run up to this year’s festival, That Much Further West Podcast has put together a batch of preview playlists to give y’all a primer for the music to be featured at the 7th Annual Wildwood MusicFest $ Campout. There will be talent from all over the country and all over and the musical spectrum. Give it a listen and tell us who you are looking forward to hearing/seeing at Wildwood!

Here’s the playlist for our first set of Podcast Picks for Wildwood 2018:

New Ways To Fail, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
Full Moon On Sunset, Jeff Crosby & The Refugees
Drownin’ In A Gallon Of Beer, The John Doe Boys
Own Private Honky Tonk, Western Centuries
Wild Heart, The Singer and The Songrwriter
Bonnie And Clyde, Bart Budwig
A Jug In The Road, Ezra Bell
Cloud Skateboard, Mo Phillips
Is You Is (Cockney Nutjob Mix), High Step Society
Wasco, Jaime Wyatt
Burger Shack, Alder Street
Coward In Georgia, The Turkey Buzzards
Mountain Man, Liz Cooper and The Stampede
Aynotche Terabu, Tezeta Band
Cancer, Cedar Teeth
Japanese Waitress, Maita
Roll Me Like A Stone, Gravel Road
Mind Is A Mountain, The Get Ahead

Episode #86 featuring Kendall Core

Kendall Core and her trusty six-string in The Helm. Photo by Anne Marie for Local Hero Media

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With a poet’s sense for drama and eye for detail, Portland-based singer-songwriter Kendall Core delivers songs with a dark edge — the action creeps from the shadows where the truth often hides from the light of day. A young woman attempting to harness the powerful forces of a world gone mad, Kendall releases her debut album, Crazy Dog, this week.

We were thrilled to have Kendall join our podcast team in The Helm to perform songs from the new album and talk a bit about what makes this talented artist tick. With an education steeped in the arts, she has taken to the guitar as a vehicle for self-reflection and deep expression and put together a stellar band to show off her stuff.

Kendall Core belting it out in The Helm. Photo by Anne Marie for Local Hero Media

They’ll be performing this coming Sunday, May 13, at Mississippi Studios in Portland to celebrate the release of Crazy Dog. On this episode of the podcast, Kendall shares a few live performances including a song “Fickle Hearts” that was written just after recording for the new album had wrapped. She also talks about some of the artists who inspire her, including Leonard Cohen and Buffy Sainte-Marie, and picks some songs to share from a few of her other favorite writers.

So kick back and take it all in. It’s Episode #86 of That Much Further West Podcast. Here’s the playlist:

Sweet Champagne, Kendall Core
Fickle Hearts (Live In The Helm), Kendall Core
Sitting In The Rain, Kendall Core
Cod’ine, Buffy Sainte-Marie
Alone With The Owl, Jason Molina
Angelene, PJ Harvey
Nowhere (Live In The Helm), Kendall Core
Crazy Dog, Kendall Core

Episode #81 featuring The American West

Matthew Zeltzer and Maria Maita-Keppeler are The American West, and their little dog, too. Photo by Anne Marie for Local Hero Media (www.localheromedia.com)

Stream or download Episode #81: Episode 81 w/ The American West

The cinematic image of The American West is all at once promising and shattering — beautiful, hopeful, gritty and heartbreaking. Portland-based band The American West capture all these feelings and more on their new record, “The Soot Will Bring Us Back Again,” to be released this week.

Band members Matthew Zeltzer and Maria Maita-Keppeler dropped by The Helm to discuss the record and share a few tunes — recorded and live — for Episode #81 of That Much Further West Podcast. With Zeltzer taking the lead on guitar and vocal and Maita complementing on harmony vocal and violin, the duo paint a romantic view of a West without glossing over the fine and sometimes damaging details.

Just back from a five-week European tour, the pair talk about the genesis of their partnership (both artistic and romantic), their approach to touring, the making of the new album and overcoming the obstacles they face in pursuing their art.

The American West, laying it down in The Helm. Photo by Anne Marie for Local Hero Media (www.localheromedia.com)

On Wednesday, March 15, they’ll bring their fully realized band to the stage at Doug Fir Lounge in Portland for a big album release show. Also on the bill are former podcast guests Jenny Don’t & The Spurs and Mamma Coal for an evening that promises to be entertaining and unforgettable.

You can learn more about The American West by liking their Facebook page and also check out the new album at their  Bandcamp site. In the meantime, give Episode #81 a spin. You’ll be glad you did.

Here’s the playlist:
Heart of Stone, The American West
Ghost Town (Live In The Helm), The American West
Roadsick Blues, The American West
Let Me Love You Like A Pauper Does (Live In The Helm), The American West
Westward Man, The American West
Patience, Young Conquistador (Live In The Helm), The American West
One More Cup Of Coffee, Bob Dylan
Walk On, Neil Young
Give Me All Your Love, Alabama Shakes