Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and Paper Bird at the Wonder Ballroom on January 24, 2016

Nathaniel Rateliff is not one to emote on stage. Or so he told those of us in the audience at the Wonder Ballroom on January 23, the first show of his sold-out, two-night stay in Portland. Much of his band’s self-titled album was recorded in Cottage Grove, just south of Eugene, and he got a little quiet as he talked about Oregon. He quickly snapped out of it, though: “I’m not gonna get all sentimental or some... read more