News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Tom Russell. photo by Lynn Woodward Americana singer-songwriter Tom Russell and guitar ace Andrew Hardin brought their unique stylings to the Sisters Folk Festival last weekend to the delight of hundreds. Russell is a songwriter's songwriter. Each of his story songs mixes the meat and spices of everyday people caught in the simmering complexities of the human condition. He then wraps each one up in a tortilla shell of tasty tunesmithing. Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark, Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, Ian Tyson, Suzy Bogguss, Iri... Full story
The Sisters Centennial Wagon Train rolled into town on Saturday morning, July 21, on the final leg of its seven -day trip. From Prineville they had come, across 80 odd miles of roads and a hundred years of time. Sisters veterinarians (and twin sisters) Sharon Sharpnack and Susan Conner drove their matched team of black quarter horses. Their rig was an antique farm wagon that they restored themselves and converted into a covered wagon. A passenger could close his eyes for a moment and listen and imagine himself a passenger on... Full story
