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GO! MAGAZINE • PAGE 5 THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022 • THE BULLETIN music notes Charley Crockett will bring country music to Midtown Ballroom You and I could sit down over a cold one and debate who’s the best country singer in the world right now, and neither of us would be right or wrong. There’s no right or wrong answer to such a question, of course. But if one of us was touting Charley Crockett as the world’s best country singer, that person would have a pretty strong ar- gument. Crockett’s from the borderlands of Texas, and he cut his teeth performing on the street in cities across the world. Eventually, he evolved into a top-shelf blues- and soul- tinged country singer with a dusky tone to his voice and a preference for traditional sounds and throwback vibes. Crockett rules, in other words, and he’ll roll into Bend Thursday night for a show at the Midtown Ballroom. If you want to go, here’s hoping you already have a ticket, because this one’s sold out. Charley Crockett, with Vincent Neil Emerson: Sold out, 8 p.m. Thurs- day, doors open 7 p.m., Midtown Ballroom, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend, midtownball- room.com. golian instruments to whip up a frenzied blend of folk music, rock ‘n’ roll, heavy metal, deeply resonant throat singing and Mon- golian war cries. In 2019, they became the first Mongo- lian musical act to top a Billboard chart when their The Hu will visit Bend song “Wolf Totem” reached No. 1 on the Hard Rock Digital Song The Hu sound like the cen- Charley Crockett Sales list. terpiece of an old comedy bit: Their music is boister- “The Hu are playing Bend’s ous, droning and heavily percussive, like Midtown Ballroom next week.” tribal chanting set to symphonic rock. They “Who?” shred in ways that feel new and unique, and “That’s right!” yet strangely familiar at the same time. In fact, The Hu is a band from Ulaan- Also, I just realized their name is a play baatar, Mongolia that uses traditional Mon- on The Who. The Hu: $27.50, 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, doors open 7 p.m., Midtown Ballroom, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend, midtownball- room.com. Worthy will host Bryan Bielanski If nothing else, Bryan Bielanski is un- afraid of setting a high bar for his music. The North Carolina singer-songwriter’s bio starts like this: “Imagine Nirvana and the Beatles had a kid together who became an acoustic rock singer-songwriter: that’s Bryan Bielanski!” If you take a spin through Bielanski’s 2022 album “Bryan’s Super Happy Fun Time II,” you can hear slivers of the Beatles’ pop in- stinct and psych predilections, plus a healthy dose of Nirvana’s melodic angst surfacing regularly in the guy’s strummy rock songs. Continued on next page NEIL BERG’S 50 YEARS OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Monday, May 9 The music that changed the world forever! Live tributes to Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Frankie Valli, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen - and more! VILLALOBOS BROTHERS Tuesday, May 10 Today’s leading Mexican folk music group Their original compositions and arrangements of regional classics celebrate a powerful message of brotherhood and social justice. MAY 2-3 4 5 6 7-8 9 10 David Sedaris SOLD OUT! Reel Rock Films Bicycle Film Fest Superball & Bend Burlesque Menopause the Musical 3 SHOWS! 50 Years of Rock ‘n’ Roll Villalobos Brothers 12 13 14 15 18 20 22 27 Henry Rollins Heart by Heart She Stands Up Joseph Wishbone Ash “Argus Live” “Stage The Change” Concert w/ Anthony Rapp Croce Plays Croce Freedom Off The Page Downtown Bend • towertheatre.org • 541-317-0700
