Jerad Walker

The Canadian band brings infectious energy and danceable jangle pop to the Woods Stage.

Most of the victims of the terrorist attacks on Paris last November died in the Bataclan concert hall. For tour managers tasked with taking care of bands, the job has changed.

Frontwoman Alynda Lee Segarra dedicates the performance "to the liberation of black and brown people in the United States."

The traditional country duo shifts the original, gender-specific lyrical arrangement of the Buck Owens tune, giving it a sense of longing and tenderness.

Filmed live at OPB in Portland, Ore., the long-running rock group tackles social and political issues with firebrand zeal. Watch Drive-By Truckers perform American Band in its entirety.

The singer-songwriter interrupts the Pickathon calm with a blaring, exuberant rock song.

The characters in Walker's song revolve like celestial bodies around a neighborhood dive bar. A "blitzkrieg celebration" in a Chicago neighborhood on the Fourth of July serves as the video's locale.

Prepare for Pickathon 2016 with a set from last year's show, featuring the London psych-rock band.

With a Dylan-esque drawl and jangly guitar hooks, Morby plays "Motors Runnin'" live in Oregon.

A self-described transient, Kyle Craft finally settled down in Portland, Oregon in 2015 after a three-year courtship with the Rose City. Touring through town led to frequent visits, couch surfing, and now full-time residency; and by all accounts, he's fully embraced his new home. That's where he recorded ...

This week, opbmusic and NPR Music present the second episode from the Pickathon Woods Stage Series, handpicked by opbmusic to showcase some of the most exciting performances from this summer's festival, held at Pendarvis Farm just outside Portland, Ore.

With temperatures hovering near the century mark all weekend long, ...

This week, opbmusic presents the first video in a series of performances from the 2015 Pickathon Woods Stage. The videos showcase some of the most exciting performances from this summer's festival, held at Pendarvis Farm just outside Portland, Ore.

On the first day of the ...

Portland's Crystal Ballroom has one of the few remaining spring-loaded dance floors in the country. It's put a spring in the step of jitterbuggers, Grateful Dead fans and EDM dancers alike.

Calexico, the Tucson, Ariz.-based collective led by founding members Joey Burns and John Convertino, has long had a penchant for grandiose arrangements and genre-defying songwriting. But they've always gravitated toward the traditional music of their home in the American Southwest. And like the band, that region's cultural heritage ...

A few years ago, members of The Helio Sequence joined a songwriting workshop that challenged them to write and record 20 songs in a single day. Burned out by their songwriting process and inspired by their experience with "The 20 Song Game," the Portland, Ore., band decided to ...

Athens, Ga., has churned out a steady stream of great bands in the last three decades, including R.E.M., Of Montreal, Drive-By Truckers, Neutral Milk Hotel, Brian Burton (a.k.a. Danger Mouse) and more. Reptar figured to join that list in 2012 with its full-length debut, Body Faucet. At the time, the ...

It's hard to meet the lofty expectations created when successful musicians unite. But in Portland, Ore., one band is quietly bucking that trend.

Eyelids' members include current and former members of some of indie-rock's gentry class: The Decemberists, The Minus 5, Guided By Voices and more. In spite of the ...