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Hedwig returns: Portland Center Stage with Delphon “D.J.” Curtis, Jr.

01/18/2020 | 0 comments

By HOLLY JOHNSON // Hedwig is alive and well. Delphon “D.J.” Curtis, Jr. explodes in a simply magnificent performance. Portland Center Stage has offered the city a luscious ...

Reel Music Festival 37: NW Film Center's Ben Popp gives us the rundown. / Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music #228

01/17/2020 | 0 comments

It's time for Northwest Film Center's annual festival of music and movies, Reel Music 37. NWFC's Ben Popp tells us all about it. / Audio

Tenth Annual Portland Mardi Gras Ball

01/09/2020 | 0 comments

By SCOTT CUNNINGHAM // Laissez les bons temps rouler

Terry Currier's Top 15 Albums of 2019

12/29/2019 | 1 comments

Here's Music Millennium's Terry Currier and his top 15 albums of 2019

The Joy Formidable and Twen at the Doug Fir Lounge, Portland Or on 12/18/19 / Review & Photos

12/22/2019 | 0 comments

Story by SARAH PAYNE / Photos by BENJAMIN MAH // 10 years running, and the threesome are still a cohesive, tight unit — a dysfunctional family, as Bryan puts it. Although they tease and joke, ...

The Joy Formidable, Twen play the Doug Fir on Dec. 18 / Preview

12/15/2019 | 0 comments

By SARAH PAYNE // The Joy Formidable returns to the Doug Fir Lounge on Wednesday, Dec. 18 — the third time in a little over a year that the band will visit Portland. They swept through last ...

Charlie Parr at Sessions Music Hall 12/11/2019 / Review

12/12/2019 | 0 comments

By C. FRANCIS O’LEARY // Folk/Blues musician Charlie Parr educates Eugene on all things folksy, including “women wearing no shoes, carriages carrying bodies back and forth and Leadbelly”

"The Musician's Lifeline- Advice for All Musicians, Student to Professional" - Peter Erskine and Dave Black / Book Review

12/06/2019 | 0 comments

By Michael "Shoehorn" Conley// The Musician's Lifeline- Advice for All Musicians, Student to Professional contributions from 150 + pros and master musicians by Peter Erskine and Dave Black. ...

New releases 11/18/19

11/18/2019 | 0 comments

All the new CD's and LP's.....including David Byrne.

New releases 11/8/19

11/07/2019 | 0 comments

Here they are---all the new CDs and LPs out this week. Including Antibalas! From Music Millennium.

Electric Guest at Wonder Ballroom 10/30/2019 / Review and Photos

11/03/2019 | 0 comments

Photos by Carmen Kintz // Review by Garon Nemyre

Electric Guest Coming to Wonder Ballroom 10/30/19 Preview

10/25/2019 | 0 comments

By GARON NEMYRE // See Electric Guest Wednesday, October 30th in Portland at The Wonder Ballroom

Asian Performers Appropriately cast in Portland Opera’s ‘Madama Butterfly’

10/23/2019 | 0 comments

By HOLLY JOHNSON // Mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen is no stranger to the role of Suzuki, the main character’s confidant in Madama Butterfly. She’s performed this role over 100 ...

Frankie Redding, Jr. 1946-2019: A remembrance

10/21/2019 | 0 comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // Frankie Redding will be missed, not only for his music, but his cheerful demeanor and quiet good humor, which brought a peaceful energy to the room. The Portland ...

Join the OMN 10th Anniversary Celebration - Sunday, Oct 20th at the Goodfoot / Free

10/18/2019 | 0 comments

Join OMN staff and contributors to celebrate 10 years of supporting the local music scene! Ken DeRouchie Band, Arietta Ward and Metts, Ryan and Collins. Free at the Goodfoot Lounge 5-9pm, Sunday, October ...

DJDOUGGPOUND at Polaris Hall, Oct. 23rd / Preview

10/12/2019 | 0 comments

By MATT CARTER // Comedian known for work with Tim and Eric spins his own brand of musical caricature

Ghost at Theater of the Clouds/Moda Center 9/26/2019 Photos and review

10/12/2019 | 0 comments

By ANTHONY PIDGEON // Ghost merges Arena Pop Metal with the macabre theatrics of Black Metal and comes out with a hell of a show.

Trashcan Sinatras' "One Night, Two Albums" Tour at The White Eagle this Tuesday, October 8th

10/06/2019 | 0 comments

By ANA AMMANN // The Trashcan Sinatras’ North American "One Night, Two Albums" acoustic tour (performing A Happy Pocket and Weightlifting in their entirety) comes to Portland’s White ...

Polo & Pan at Wonder Ballroom 09/25/2019 / Photos and review

09/28/2019 | 0 comments

Photos by CARMEN KINTZ / Story by GARON MENYRE

Zara Larsson at Wonder Ballroom on 9/18/19 Photos/review

09/21/2019 | 0 comments

By MATT CARTER // Swedish popstar plays Portland for first time on Don't Worry Bout Me Tour Photos By: MAHIR HRUSTIC //

(P)reviews

Hedwig returns: Portland Center Stage with Delphon “D.J.” Curtis, Jr.

By HOLLY JOHNSON // Hedwig is alive and well. Delphon “D.J.” Curtis, Jr. explodes in a simply magnificent performance. Portland Center Stage has offered the city a luscious gift by bringing this show back.

Reel Music Festival 37: NW Film Center's Ben Popp gives us the rundown. / Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music #228

It's time for Northwest Film Center's annual festival of music and movies, Reel Music 37. NWFC's Ben Popp tells us all about it. / Audio

Tenth Annual Portland Mardi Gras Ball

By SCOTT CUNNINGHAM // Laissez les bons temps rouler

Terry Currier's Top 15 Albums of 2019

Here's Music Millennium's Terry Currier and his top 15 albums of 2019

The Joy Formidable and Twen at the Doug Fir Lounge, Portland Or on 12/18/19 / Review & Photos

Story by SARAH PAYNE / Photos by BENJAMIN MAH // 10 years running, and the threesome are still a cohesive, tight unit — a dysfunctional family, as Bryan puts it. Although they tease and joke, it’s clear that there’s a lot of love for each other, for the music and for the pure joy of sharing it with their fans and audience.

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Martin Zarzar has a new album: Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music #228

Jan 23, 2020

By TOM D'ANTONI // Percussionist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer....and Martin Zarzar does them on on his new album El Jardin to Mi Abuela.

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