Globally inspired bass-pop from KR3TURE at Volcanic Theatre in Bend

Globally inspired bass-pop from KR3TURE at Volcanic Theatre in Bend

Published 1:15 pm Monday, January 19, 2026

For as long as I can remember, Central Oregon has been a welcoming place for artists who combine electronic beats ‘n’ bass with more organic sounds, like stringed instruments, woodwinds and global folk music.

Papadosio. Beats Antique. Lynx and Janover. Dirtwire. Filastine. Rising Appalachia. Moontricks. To name just a few.

This is what I think of as Burning Man music. Or if you’ve lived here long enough, it’s music that might bring you right back to the beloved Bond Street venue The Grove (not to be confused with the current business on the west side of Bend).

Anyway, here’s a name to add to the list: KR3TURE, a skilled electro-folk-pop-rock fusionist from Santa Cruz, California, whose music is so seamless and lustrous, you’d be forgiven for believing it was made by a machine. But it was made by KR3TURE, who must be a human, because there’s a human in the promotional photos and, presumably, a human will perform on Saturday at Volcanic Theatre Pub.

That human has a bunch of music available to listen to on the internet, and it’s uniformly catchy and cool, funky and highly danceable, with glitchy rhythms, smooth synth sounds, snappin’ low end and interesting incorporations of electric guitar and saxophone. If you like some or all of the stuff listed above, you’ll probably like this.