The Cheese Fairy is back again! The workshop will be held on Wednesday the 18th at 6:00pm. Sign up sheet is at the pub where payments will be accepted anytime prior! As always, you get a charcuterie board to take home and enjoy, or with the holidays upon us they make great gifts or something to bring to the party Grab your friends and enjoy drinks and dinner in the museum of the Public House while getting crafty!

It’s that exciting time of year when our fall and winter workshops are making a return. To kick it off, we will be starting with THE CHEESE FAIRY and the incredible CHARCUTERIE BOARD workshop! This class is on Wednesday, 11/20 and with begin at 6:00 PM. The cost to participate is $65 per person, and of course includes the board with all the goodies. Swing by, or call the pub at (541) 605-1063, to secure your spot!

In the Blue Mountains of Northeastern Oregon, there’s a finger-picking storyteller pulling down ideas from the tangles of ethers and atoms, which are splattered on the imaginary brick of ones own mind like poor graffiti art.

Finger-picking storyteller. Space cadet. Leader of the circumlocuters.

“Hi, I’m Chris.

I’m going to play some music for you that you’ve probably never heard before.  

I compose songs on the acoustic guitar, banjo or uke, or imagine them out of the air around me.  Sometimes they are solo performance pieces, which is how I tour; those expand with the funky folk ensemble Two Secrets.  

My listeners will connect with the simple heart of the three-chord song.  Yet we are the kind of fans who purposefully seek out an ever-expanding world of song arrangement that dangles genre fusion, vulnerable dynamics, inventive chords, and whimsical song sections.  

The music world has slipped me wonderful unique experiences, just by showing up consistently, in and of itself.  Through a house concert series I’ve shared a salmon dinner with and then opened for John Craigie, Martyn Joseph, Alison Russell, Mandy Fer, the Talbott Brothers.  I've gotten to sit one-on-one backstage with Victor Wooten.  Peter Yarrow came up to me at a gig in 2017 and kissed me on the cheek and said “son, I really appreciate what you are doing”.  I shared a chinese dinner with Floater in a remote desert town, requested a song for their upcoming show, and got my request granted with a tip of the whiskey glass and a sly grin by guitarist Dave during the concert.  Proud to say Karma Ann Swanepoel has become a close personal friend.  One time Jim Avett came over to a couch I was sitting on, plopped down and chatted with me for several minutes after a showcase.  And there's more, and there always will be.“

Check out more from Chris’ website here: https://www.chrisbaronmusic.com/about-chris

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Jack Maybe was forged in the fires of the American sound. The sirens of Blues, Jazz, Folk, and Bluegrass grew nearby and he was able to learn their tunes. Through the centuries, he found different beasts who were his kin, and together they began to sing the songs of the Old Monsters who roamed the earth before they. The monsters change form and ferocity, but the songs remain the same.

Built on more than 15 years of “junkerdash” tradition, Hillfolk takes their acoustic guitar, double bass, and “anything you can find at a hardware store” sound and integrates driving drums and an electrified sound. From mountains of frontman Travis Ward’s ragged, spiral-bound notebooks this Boise, Idaho-based band tells earnest stories about the lives of lovers, law-breakers, and the lion-hearted. “If John Steinbeck owned a speakeasy,” said John Doe (X, the Knitters), “Hillfolk Noir would be the house band.”

Check out their website here: https://www.hillfolknoir.com/

Songwriters Carolyn Lochert and Janis Carper blend their talents to form a unique sound; swirling with rhythms and harmonies, sentiment and smiles, tight but spontaneous, each performance a musical adventure that reveals the bond of best friends. Whether they’re belting out blues on a big concert stage or crooning in the corner of a cozy coffeehouse, these two seasoned musicians entertain with soul and style. 

Check out their website here: https://www.jezebelsmother.com/

Sweet is a Banana. 🍌

N' is the King of the Pineapples. 🍍

Juicy is a Strawberry. 🍓

They just want you to party.

Check out their website here: https://www.sweetnjuicymusic.com/

Nick Delffs is not a protest singer. He’s not a gospel singer. Still, subversiveness and spirituality permeate Transitional Phase, his long-awaited second solo album. The product of five years of musical and personal growth that coincided with widespread social upheaval and a global pandemic – just as Delffs navigated first-time fatherhood, losing friends, and approaching his 40s; all weaved these songs.

Now Boise-based, Nick Delffs has been a beloved staple of Pacific Northwest music since emerging with his Portland-based band The Shaky Hands in the mid-2000s. It was clear then, as it is now, that he possessed an authentic—maybe ancient—voice. Transitional Phase is some of his finest and most vulnerable work. As the title suggests, it’s an album about opening oneself up to change, refusing the calcification that comes with age, and opting for wholesale transformation instead.

Check out his website here: https://www.mamabirdrecordingco.com/nick-delffs

Pendleton, Oregon based cover band performing rock covers from the 1970s to early 2000s.

Check out their YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@fadingsageband

Calico Bones was formed in 2016 by Madison Lindsey and Mckenzie Lindsey. As members of an incredibly musical family, the sisters started performing at a very young age. Years of piano lessons and opera training from their grandmother, Iva Lindsey, created a sturdy foundation for their musical journey. 

Calico bones plays folky originals and interesting covers from many eras. Madison and Mckenzie have tight knit harmonies with rhythmic instrumentals and flowing passionate melodies. 

Calico bones continues to play at many venues around the Pacific Northwest.

Check them out here: https://calicobones.com/