Brynna Dean from The Shaky Harlots recently shared a few thoughts about the band’s current state of evolution. RVM: What is your latest project? New songs? A late summer tour?   BD: Our latest project is a combination of all of our individual favorite genres and styles, mixing them together to join into

Dawna Crocker will perform live at Weekend Beer in Grants Pass 5 pm, Monday, August 23 as part of the Messenger’s annual Music Sampler. She also performs at McGrews Lounge in O’Brien on Aug. 27.  As a child, Dawna Crocker’s father, who was a talented musician himself, told her: “Unless

Playing on September 3 at Walkabout Brewery in Medford, the John Dough Boys mix gravelly blues with appalachian rockabilly—and maybe even a dash of bad boy biker gang grit. RVM: What have you been doing during quarantine? Larry Jenks: During the quarantine we’ve mostly been writing new music and practicing. Practices

Voted Best Band in the Messenger’s 2019 Besties, Giantess is seductive blues-based rock. Band leader Tess Minnick talked with us about the past year. RVM: What is your latest project?   Our current project is working on our debut album titled “Be Love” coming out by the end of the year.

As part of the Messenger‘s annual Music Guide, we are proud to profile local musicians–and provide a music track! Song: Rage (live at the Sound Lounge) Parole Denied A four piece band that has one more band member that genres it blends: Alt-country, rockabilly and punk. This current line-up morphed

As part of the Messenger‘s annual Music Guide, we are proud to profile local musicians–and provide a music track! Song: You and I Song: Cooper Wolf Featuring three part harmonies, a gritty raw energy and wry sense of humor, King Roy Wing is a relative newcomer to the southern Oregon

As part of the Messenger‘s annual Music Guide, we are proud to profile local musicians–and provide a music track! Reverberays: Southern Oregon’s in-land surf band! RVM: What is your latest project?   Our latest project has been yet another basement demo which includes a couple of new original songs. (They can be

As part of the Messenger‘s annual Music Guide, we are proud to profile local musicians–and provide a music track! With versatile vocals ranging from sweet crooning to shrieks, complex vocal harmonies, running bass lines, big dirty guitars, searing bass solos, and wall shaking drums, Death Plant sound comes from a