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SOUND CHECK WHAT’S PLAYING AROUND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 3 MARCH 9�16, 2022 Tunesmith Night opens to audiences once again TUNESMITH NIGHT Sponsored by Wallowa Valley Music Alliance, Tunesmith Night showcases three singers: Forrest VanTuyl, Jeremy Ferrara and Erisy Watt. Saturday, March 12, 7 p.m. $10 at the door Odd Fellows Hall, 105 NE First St., Enterprise Also streamed lived on wvmusicalliance.org and the WVMA YouTube channel Go! staff E NTERPRISE — The monthly Tunesmith Night, sponsored by the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance, is opening to a live, in- person audience once again. This showcase of original mu- sic happens Saturday, March 12, 7 p.m. in the historic Odd Fellows The March 12 Tunesmith Night features music by Forrest VanTuyl, Jeremy Ferrara and Erisy Watt. Hall, 105 NE First St. Admission is $10 at the door. The show, which will also be streamed live on wvmusi- calliance.org and the WVMA YouTube channel, features song- writers Forrest VanTuyl, Jeremy Ferrara and Erisy Watt. FORREST VANTUYL VanTuyl writes songs, cow- boys and counts Wallowa County among the many places he’s called home. He has performed at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, written music for the U.S. Forest Service, and had lyrics published in the New York Times. is out now on American Stan- dard Time Records. Produced by Mike Coykendall, the LP fea- tures just Ferrara, his guitar and voice, on eight songs intended to fi ll the listener with wonder, empathy and joy. JEREMY FERRARA ERISY WATT Ferrara is a folksinger, and his new album, “Everything I Hold,” Portland-based Watt makes music that “beautifully alludes Gourmet Provisions, Majestic Pizza, Wine & Beer Bottle Wonderland, Dedicated Tap House, Craft Cocktails, Espresso Bar, Local & Far-Out Deli 403 S. Main Street Pendleton • 541.276.1350 to iconic vocalists of the 1960s but fi nds a more fi tting home in the vintage-tinged indie ether of Bedouine, Haley Heynder- ickx, or Julie Byrne.” On her anticipated sophomore album, “Eyes like the Ocean” (out April 1 via American Standard Time Records), she calls upon the expanse of earth and sky to navigate life as an adult woman.