Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
RON ARTIS II: guitarist-
songwriter has
relocated to Portland
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<I really want to empha-
size the importance of learn-
ing and listening to those
around you as other artists
and musicians,= he said.
Artis did not teach himself
these skills and ways to the
craft. His father, Ron Artis I,
was his teacher and mentor as
a musician himself. Artis and
his family played in a fam-
ily band with their father for
many years before Artis went
out solo. As far as finding his
own groove goes, he said it
took him a long time.
<I wasn9t a very outgoing
kid and it was hard for me to
find out who I was musically
because I wasn9t super out-
going and it was sort of ter-
rifying to bare myself to the
world,= he said.
He expressed the impor-
tance of knowing who you
are first, and accepting that;
otherwise it is just dishonest,
and that will come across in
performance.
<It is important as a musi-
cian to freely express yourself
and not think about the per-
formance, and learning that
was an intense journey for
me,= said Artis.
Artis always had a strong
liking for melodies and the
inner workings of music and
learning about finding what
moves you.
<If a song comes on and I
am talking to someone, I get
completely lost in the craft of
the song, listening to every
part and figuring out how
they may be doing something
with it,= he said.
Artis has always had
the dream of working with
musicians who perform with
instruments in their rawest
forms, a string band.
<I am a huge fan of classi-
cal instruments in their raw-
est, most pure form,= he said.
Artis will be bringing a
string band to his Sunday per-
formances at the Sisters Folk
Festival. The band, Strings of
Life, will be adding a clas-
sic bass, cello, viola, and two
violins to a set of his songs.
Not only will he be bring-
ing two bands with him, his
brother Thunderstorm Artis
is slotted to perform his own
music as well as a few songs
with Ron and the Truth.
<Thunderstorm is really
gifted, I am super stoked to
have him there with us,= said
Ron.
Not only will he have this
special appearance of the
string band 4 the Sunday
of the festival, September
8 is also the release date of
his newest album <Love is
Love.=
<Those at the festival will
be the first ones to get their
hands on it,= he said.
The album features songs
with the Strings of Life band
and all new songs written and
performed by Artis. He will
be featuring some of these
new songs and sounds to his
sets at Sisters Folk Festival.
All of the songs off the
new record reflect various
emotions through the use of
various instruments along-
side Artis9 soulful dynamic
voice. The title track off the
record opens with a sweet
interaction with his daughter
Ida singing alongside him,
with a slow, sweet ukulele
tune behind their voices. The
album contains a collection
of tracks that are personal
and real and tell the story of
a musician exploring his life.
<Love is Love= uses a num-
ber of various instrumental
patterns and unique combina-
tions of vocals, guitar, strings
and horns to create a whole-
some album about life, love
and loss.
There are also a few songs
written for his wife, Julia.
<My goal with those songs
is to remind her how special
she is and make her blush,=
he said.
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He famously left the folk
festival crowd with a tear in
their eye after performing his
soulful ballad entitled after
her name, <Julia,= and sang
it to her while she was stand-
ing sidestage. His wife and
three daughters, recently hav-
ing the third, Adria, will be
travelling with him to Sisters
from Portland.
Ron Artis and the Truth
will be performing at the
SFF Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, September 6-8. For
tickets and information visit
www.sistersfolkfestival.
org. There are a few spots
for the song academy; more
information can be found at:
www.sistersfolkfestival.org/
americana-song-academy/.
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