StackStock Festival

05/15/2018

Last fall, the OK Chorale was honored to be a part of the magic that was Stackstock. Thanks for letting us share the stage!

12/14/2017

A new collab fr Stackstock inaugural performer Colin Meloy and.... Lin Manuel Miranda!

We Decemberists are thrilled to toss a third night of Hanukkah/kind of early Xmas gift your way: BEN FRANKLIN'S SONG, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Colin Meloy.

What's this all about, you ask? Well, let us explain.

Hamilton: An American Musical, as you probably know, is an American musical theater production written by a guy named Lin-Manuel Miranda. Lots of people have seen it, lots of people are continuing to see it, lots of people have raved about it. We saw a production of it in New York last year and we can tell you: it's very very good. And important. And transformative to our countrys current milieu. Etc.

Well, it happens that Mr. Miranda reached out to our own Colin Meloy to put music to a set of lyrics that had been written for HAMILTON but had never been used: a first-person introduction to one of the US's founding fathers, Mr. Benjamin Franklin. Lin said that he'd wanted to include Franklin as a character in the show initially, but it just never quite worked something about not wanting to remove the audience more than once from the action taking place in our nascent United States. Funnily enough, he said he'd imagined Franklin singing in a sort of Decemberist-y way, whatever that means.

FAST FORWARD TO 2016: Lin passed on the lyrics to Colin, who was very much up to the task, and a new song was born: BEN FRANKLIN'S SONG, to be exact. We really like it. It's very swear-y, but there's a clean version too. You can listen to it tonight at midnight wherever it is that you happen to live (so for some of you, that means it's out now!).

We hope you like it. It was a lot of fun to write and record. If you're a HAMILTON fan, we hope it will add a new dimension to the world of the show for you -- but you can also just enjoy it as a history lesson. Franklin invented bifocals, you know. And the glass harmonica. WHAT A F***ING GUY.

Yours,
The Decemberists

10/09/2017

Here's to giving the people what they want: more lovely music festivals. Thanks to Paste Magazine for the fantastic photos of Ages and Ages, Pure Bathing Culture, and our headliner Colin Meloy.

Colin Meloy, Pure Bathing Culture and Ages and Ages joined for a breezy evening by the Oregon coast.

09/25/2017

Calling all audience video! Would love to see things from your eyes!

09/25/2017

We're still glowing from Saturday. Thank you again to the incredible bands and thanks to YOU for being there for this unforgettable time. The Daily Astorian captures the magic in this fabulous write-up.

CANNON BEACH — Facing a rapt audience at his feet and a bright crescent moon over the Pacific, Colin Meloy, the frontman of The Decemberists, took the stage Saturday night at the first-ever ’Stackstock Music Fest, offering up a solo set tailored to the coast.At the show, held at Martin

09/23/2017

And then Cardioid brought heaven down to earth. This is how you rock a music fest 💥🎸

09/23/2017

We ❤️ Cardioid

09/23/2017

Pre show band hug - we love u Cardioid!!!

09/23/2017

Edna Vazquez serenading the crowd at the first ever StackStock!!!

09/23/2017

These guys are lighting it up. Yay Wonderly for kicking us off right!!!

09/23/2017

Doors are open! And it's a gorgeous day for a music fest. Wonderly takes the stage at 1:00 pm!