It makes perfect sense that the release show for Anna Tivel’s new album is happening at OMSI’s planetarium. After all, the Portland folk singer takes horizon-wide thoughts, confessions, and questions and whittles them down into beautiful little packages of words, melodies, and guitar strings. Tivel’s last album, Small Believer, was one of the best local releases of 2017, and her new one—aptly titled The Question—came out April 19 on local record label Fluff & Gravy. Through and through, it’s typical Tivel: quiet but strong, catchy as Velcro, and deeply rooted with eyes wide open. by Ben Salmon