Winston Ross

Young and old, the artists who made it to Pickathon this summer tended to be seasoned performers. Up-and-comers, sure, but pros. No way a high school mariachi band makes the list, right?  Except for Forest Grove High School’s Mariachi Tradición, whose sets wound up being among the most electrifying performances of the festival. Really.  The […]

Back in August, at a sunset Pickathon show, Mount Hood was aglow, kaleidoscoping from whitewashed freckled brown to burnt orange to a dusky blue.  “This is so nice,” folk singer Margo Cilker gushed from the farm music festival’s newly named Paddock Stage. “Watching the sun go down, and the moon come up.”  It was nice. […]