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Monsters of Folk: “Say Please” video


Monsters Of Folk. Oct. 31. The Palace Theatre

I’m not a Conor Oberst fan. He can write, no question, but over the course of a few records, his developed vocabulary transforms into a beast he can’t quite control, squeezing out feeling and tone. I own “Digital Ash in a Digital Urn” and “I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning,” have heard “Lifted” and “Cassadaga,” his Mystic Valley Band [...]

Monsters of Folk “Say Please” on Tonight Show


TJO appears alongside Decemberist, others on Mirah solo record

Louisville native-turned-Portlander Tara Jane O’Neil (Rodan, The Sonora Pine) will appear on Mirah’s fourth solo album, (a)spera, due out March 12 on K Records. Also lending his talent is Decemberist Chris Funk, Tucker Martine (Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Laura Veirs) and Adam Selzer (M. Ward). O’Neil popped in for a solo appearance earlier this year with [...]