Blog: opbmusic

"We tend to whitewash history," begin the notes that accompany the new compilation (D)early Departed: True Lies in Song Unearthed From Lone Fir, before concluding, "All the greed and cruelty in the world today was around long before Portland was born." That's a relief. The benefit album, with proceeds going to the Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery, seeks to uncover fifteen rather sordid tales from Portland's past with the help of a number of recognizable (and living) names from the local scene. Storm Large is here, as are the Adams (Shearer of Weinland and Selzer of Norfolk & Western), Amelia [...]