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Who’s your Paddy? It's Mr. Moloney leading a bunch of Yanks including Bon Iver and The Decemberists through a celebration of the Emerald Isle.

In honor of Public Radio Music Month, which wraps up today , Nate Query (Decemberists, Black Prairie) wrote an essay about the Portland public radio stations that he has grown up with and what they mean to him as a musician and member of the community. As big fans of both Mr. Query and public radio, we're thrilled to present it to you here. Nate Query: "Since I was kid, Saturdays in my house ...

The Punch Brothers handle bluegrass, folk, country and more. The band's newest album, Who's Feeling Young Now? , could find a home wedged between Bon Iver and the Decemberists.

Jacob Gosfield returns after an unexplained absence to bring us music from The Shins, The Great Lake Swimmers, Dirty Three, Yppah and the Decemberists Live. Read all responses to this article

The Decemberists’ new live album, We All Raise Our Voices to the Air, is a production the world could do without. I was dismayed at how much I disliked the album, as I consider myself a fan of the band — “Red Right Ankle” sits at the number six spot on my “25 Most Played” list on iTunes.

I know what you’re thinking: Not another bunch of hipster folkies playing dress-up! And while the flowing white dresses and antique sewing machines of the “Red” video might seem trite, such trappings make a difference when there’s something substantial underneath. Only after The Decemberists became a cartoon did they cease to captivate, and Lost in the Trees is no cartoon. Ari Picker’s ensemble ...

Wildwood, the debut novel penned by The Decemberists singer/songwriter Colin Meloy and illustrated by his wife, Carson Ellis, hit the best-seller list last year. It’s a fantastical tale of Prue McKeel, a seventh grader who leads a pretty mundane life — until her brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the [...]

As the head of the Portland-based folk band, Colin Meloy is known for his brainy lyrics

The musical companion to "The Hunger Games" emerged as the clear leader on this week's pop chart, bolstered by contributions from the likes of Taylor Swift, the Arcade Fire, the Decemberists and Maroon 5, among many others. The disc, "The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond," sold 175,000 copies in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan, easily placing it ahead of ...

Like a Career tribute at the Cornucopia, Hunger Games destroyed the box-office competition this weekend, and now it has moved on to other, non-movie-related sales charts. The Hunger Games soundtrack — featuring Taylor Swift, Arcade Fire, the Decemberists, and Kid Cudi sounding insane — landed the No. 1 spot on this ... More »

Musically and commercially the Decemberists are in an ideal position to take full advantage of the live album's ability to showcase (prove?) unique talent and the staying power of individual songs. And what songs these are. When set next to one another in this way, you can finally solidify your suspicions that they all take place in an Americanized version of a world somewhere between Charles ...