Norfolk & Western, Dolorean Duo
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The “folk” part of Norfolk and Western’s name made it easy to peg them as part of the groundswell of acoustic-oriented bands that rose to prominence in Portland in the ’00s. But Norfolk—whose mainstays, Adam Selzer and Rachel Blumberg, have been all over the Portland music scene in various capacities over the years—always boasted a sense of sonic adventure, in which hushed strums would give way to a blare of feedback, and old-timey sounds collided with a fully modern approach to songwriting. The band reunited for a one-off show in 2013, and tonight, on Thanksgiving Eve, they’re repeating the trick with a lineup that surveys different parts of their 10-year span. Selzer and Blumberg will be joined by bassist Dave Depper, keyboardist/trumpetist Cory Gray, violist Amanda Lawrence, and the Decemberists’ Chris Funk on banjo and pedal steel guitar. To sweeten the pot, Al James and Jon Neufeld of the much-missed Dolorean open the show. NED LANNAMANN