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Thursday, OcTOber 21, 2021 • The buLLeTIN ALL THINGS MUSIC GO! MaGaZINe • PAGE 5 music notes Indubious plays a free show in Bend Indubious just keeps getting bigger and big- ger. The bend-based roots-reggae band — led by brothers evan and spencer burton — already spent the past decade cultivating a sizable fan base in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, thanks in large part to their vibrant live shows. Now, that hard work is translating into chart success. Indubious’ 2019 album “beleaf” debuted at the top of billboard’s reggae albums chart and led the band to a deal with easy star records, a leading reggae label that is also home to bands like The Green, rebelution, Passafire, Protoje and bedouin soundclash. Good company! earlier this year, Indubious released its first al- bum for easy star. It’s called “The bridge,” and not only did it again debut at the top of the billboard reggae chart, it stayed there for two weeks. Fea- turing an all-star gang of guests including an- thony b, capleton, Zion I, Mike Love and Jah9, the album’s 13 tracks are stuffed to the gills with the burtons’ melodic, ultra-modern approach to roots-reggae, dub, dancehall and electronica. These dudes have a solid following in central Oregon, so expect their free show Friday night in the middle of bend to be hop-hop-hoppin’. Indubious: Free, 7-10 p.m. Friday, The com- mons, 875 NW brooks street, bend, www.parallel- 44presents.com. The Wood Brothers return to town behind every concert is someone or some- thing making that concert happen — some per- son (or people), some company, some venue, and sometimes a combination of those three. Without these folks out there taking risks, book- ing shows, promoting them and so on, our music scene would be a pale imitation of itself. so today, let’s use a little ink to shine a spotlight on 1988 entertainment, a local concert promotion company based in bend and owned by John davis. 1988 has a number of local shows lined up for the domino room/Midtown ballroom complex this fall, including a halloween dance party on Oct. 28, underground hip-hop group ¡Mayday! on Nov. 3, country band sawyer brown Nov. 5, beats an- tique-affiliated electro-roots band dirtwire Nov. 14 and the aptly named Greensky bluegrass Nov. 17. but first, 1988 will bring The Wood brothers back to bend. co-founded by brothers chris and Oliver Wood, the band specializes in a soulful, laid-back sound that seamlessly incorporates folk, rock, blues and isn’t afraid to stretch out and jam. Their newest album is the in- credibly easy-on-the-ears “Kingdom in my Mind,” which follows their Grammy nominated 2018 effort “One drop of Truth.” says chris Wood (best known for his role in ad- venturous jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood): “The idea for this group has always been to marry our backgrounds, to imagine what might happen if robert Johnson and charles Mingus had started a band.” check ‘em out Thursday night and see how close they get to bringing that idea to life. The Wood Brothers: $30; 7 p.m. Thursday; Midtown ballroom, 51 NW Greenwood ave., bend; midtownballroom.com. Tower hosts pop hit-maker Tiffany readers of a certain age may remember Tif- fany, the teen-pop singer who scored a massive hit in 1987 with her peppy cover of “I Think We’re alone Now,” which had been a hit for Tommy James and the shondells 20 years earlier. she followed that one with Tiffany another #1 song, a ballad called “could’ve been,” and a tour of shopping malls, and then her music career started to fade from prominence. but she has been crank- ing out singles and albums ever since, not to men- tion appearing in TV (in programs such as “how I Met your Mother”) and in movies (such as “Mega Python vs. Gatoroid”), starting her own cooking club and touring. Tiffany’s website says she released a new album on Oct. 1, but if she did, it doesn’t appear to be available on the usual streaming ser- vices. Maybe it’s delayed. either way, if you see her at bend’s Tower Theatre Tuesday night, you’ll probably hear some of her new material, and you’ll almost certainly hear “I Think We’re alone Now.” Tiffany: $35-$55; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall st., bend; towertheatre.org or 541-317-0700. — Ben Salmon, The Bulletin ALASDAIR FRASER & NATALIE HAAS Monday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 pm The musical partnership between consummate performer Alasdair Fraser, “the Michael Jordan of Scottish fi ddling”, and brilliant Californian cellist, Natalie Haas, spans the full spectrum between intimate chamber music and ecstatic dance energy. UP NEXT! OCTOBER 23-24 26 30 31 Warren Miller “Winter Starts Now” Tiffany The Modern Gentlemen Zydeco for Familiez (pay what you can + kids costume parade NOVEMBER 1 2 3 4 6 Karla Bonoff Ron Artis II & Precious Byrd Lydia Loveless & Lilly Hiatt TGR - Mountain Revelations Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus Info and Tickets at TowerTheatre.org • 541-317-0700
