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SOUND CHECK
NOVEMBER 3�10, 2021
WHAT’S PLAYING AROUND
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Tunesmith Night opens season Nov. 13
Showcase
will again
be virtual
Go! staff
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NTERPRISE — The Wal-
lowa Valley Music Alliance
is launching the 16th season of
Tunesmith Night, a showcase
of original music, with a virtual
concert on Saturday, Nov. 13.
Tunesmith will be presented
as a livestream, with plans to
move to an in-person audience
by January, Janis Carper, ex-
ecutive director of the Wallowa
Valley Music Alliance, said in a
press release.
The season opener fea-
tures three songwriters: Brian
Hunt, Scott Knickerbocker and
Elwood. The live broadcast
begins at 7 p.m. Carper said
the musicians will perform live
in a round-robin format in the
historic Enterprise Odd Fel-
lows Hall.
The show will be streamed
live to YouTube and the Music
Alliance website (wvmusical-
liance.org) and also shared on
other social media. Since there
will be no in-person audience
permitted at this time, viewers
will be encouraged to show
their support for the program
via online donations.
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
The songs of Brian Hunt
come grounded with funda-
mental guitar riff s and his
distinct, expressive vocal style.
As a solo artist and within vari-
ous music-making projects, his
songs tell emotional stories
about rivers, roads, birds and
longing. Brian lives in Walla
Walla, Washington, where he
performs solo and with the
Bowling League. He’s currently
recording original songs with
Draw Is Good for 2022 release.
Scott Knickerbocker writes
original songs and plays old-
time mountain music, tradi-
tional country and blues on
Knickerbocker
Hunt
Elwood
banjo, fi ddle and resonator
guitar. His old-time string band,
Hokum Hi-Flyers, is based in
Boise, Idaho, where they put on
regular square dances. His solo
album of original and traditional
music is titled “Backcountry
Blues.” Scott is also professor
of English and Environmental
Studies at the College of Idaho.
His book “Ecopoetics: The
Language of Nature, the Nature
of Language” was published in
2012 by the University of Mas-
sachusetts Press.
What is it that moves your
soul? For Elwood it has always
been the ever awe-inspiring
serenity and sheer power of
Mother Nature, and you can
feel it in his music. The trickle
of a small stream, the roar of a
thunder cloud, the pure silence
of meadow lit by the coming
of the sun — these things sit
at the very core of Elwood’s
music. He has had the honor of
sharing the stage with bands
and musicians such as Simon
Tucker, Tim Snider, Michael
Kirkpatrick, Kory Quinn, Left
Coast Country, David Henry
and many more.
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