1195 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202

Pickathon Presents
Garrett T. Capps and NASA Country with Jeffrey Silverstein
Fri Nov 7 09:00 pm (Doors: 08:00 pm )
21 and up

Artists

Garrett T. Capps

Space cowboy Garrett T. Capps and his band NASA Country have just released their latest album, "Everyone is Everyone." While many grapple with a world gone mad, Garrett and his band focus on what unites people: music.

By blending space-rock with roots folk, underground with mainstream, and various cultural elements, they dissolve societal divides effortlessly through music. Garrett transcends genres and stereotypes, embodying the true spirit of a cowboy—free, visionary, and bound only by his desire for a better world.

Their new album merges roots, country, folk, and modern influences like Krautrock, creating a joyous, label-defying sound. NASA Country, a group of San Antonio musicians, brings together diverse talents, making "Everyone is Everyone" a life-affirming musical journey. The album, released via Spaceflight Records, is a testament to Garrett's expansive vision and San Antonio's rich cultural heritage.

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Jeffrey Silverstein

Jeffrey Silverstein is home. His third full-length album, Doggone, is evidence of that long-journeyed fact.

Meeting at the intersection of the loner-folk, cosmic country and kraut-laden choogle, from Doggone's opening pulse of rhythms to its closing cascade of synths, listeners encounter a musician fully rooted in the creative community around him and firmly held by the life he's built over the last decade.

Where his past several releases saw the New Jersey native settling into life in the Pacific Northwest — observing, appreciating, getting the lay of the land — and finding his footing in the alt-Americana sphere into which he unexpectedly fell, with Doggone, he's immovable, intentional, and most of all, at peace.

"Not only do I have community, but I feel it all around me," the artist shares of his life now, in Portland, Oregon, "and I'm able to reap the benefits of having that community."

Committed to nurturing his local circle, he called upon a faithful group of Portland-based collaborators — producer-composer Ryan Oxford (Y La Bamba, Rose City Band), bassist Alex Chapman, and drummer Dana Buoy (Akron/Family) — gathering at the Center for Sound, Light and Color Therapy to record Doggone, mastered by Amy Dragon (Big Thief, Nathaniel Rateliff, Moon Duo). Pedal steel savant Rick Pedrosa, freak folk hero Devendra Banhart, and Portland's own Merle Law also appear on the collection.

Together, they gave shape to that formless feeling of winding up exactly where you're meant to be. Nine tracks backlight life, love, and purpose — exploring community, aging, carving out your own version of success, and the impact of place on creative work.

An educator and journalist by day, Silverstein has learned to navigate the push and pull of work and art with intention driving every note. After time making music with Baltimore-based collective Secret Mountains and as Brooklyn-based duo Nassau, he made his way to the Pacific Northwest. Today, his drummer lives just down the road. "I've just been chasing that high this entire time," he says. Now that he's finally caught up to it, doggone is truly the only word that seems fit.

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