May 14, 2025 3:50 a.m.

In the KQEN Cultural Spotlight:

Music on the Half Shell has announced its summer concert lineup for 2025.

MOTHS was founded in 1992 and has grown to become one of the premier summer music events in the Pacific Northwest. The series is on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. at the Nichols Band Shell in Roseburg’s Stewart Park. For the first time ever, nine concerts will be held this year. The lineup includes:

*June 17 – The Revelers playing all styles of Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp, Pop and Americana

*June 24 – Special EFX Allstars -a Grammy nominated contemporary jazz supergroup

*July 1 – The Motet – With a seamless blend of funk, soul, rock and jazz

*July 8 – ZZ Ward makes her fourth visit to Half Shell in her hometown as she plays the blues

*July 15 – Seth Mulder & Midnight Run is a traditional bluegrass band with a high energy live show

*July 22 – Matt Schofield – Known as a distinctive and innovative British blues guitarist

*July 29 – Breabach – With an evening of world music and Celtic music

*August 5 – Jimetta Rose and the Voices of Creation – Hip strains of gospel with layers of jazz, soul and funk

*August 12 – SinKane – A Sudanese American musician who blends krautrock, progressive rock, electronica, and free jazz with Sudanese pop

For complete information on Music on the Half Shell, go to: https://www.halfshell.org/

Half Shell spokesperson Kelly Leonard talked about this year’s season on Inside Douglas County Tuesday on News Radio 93-9 FM and 1240 KQEN. That interview is a KQEN Podcast at www.541radio.com.