Last week, for the second year running, I attended a music festival called Pickathon on a sprawling organic farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. Once again, I dragged my whole family and met up with a large ...

Did I say that too loud? Sorry. Punchy week, already. Way behind. This should have been up hours ago. Pickathon, this year Aug. 3-5, has added a few more bands to what was already an enviable lineup.

Let's start with the bad news: and won't be able to make their scheduled appearances. Stoneking has run into the old visa issue. Those things happen. Toure's situation is a little more serious. Per ...

Last weekend marked the 14th annual Pickathon Music Festival on Pendarvis Farm, just outside Portland, OR. Highlights include Neko Case, Blitzen Trapper, Dr. Dog, Typhoon, Kombucha, Horses, and much ...

HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. -- Eight years ago I drove my boyfriend’s rattling Volkswagen Jetta from Bend to Happy Valley, arriving at the annual Pickathon music festival for the first time. Instantly, I was ...

Zale Schoenborn didn't set out to make this year's Pickathon the biggest ever. As things have often gone with the annual rock-meets-roots music festival he co-founded 18 years ago, that's just sort of ...