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Talib Kweli with Skyzoo, Landon Wordswell and Donte Thomas at Star Theater on 7/11/2024

07/12/2024 | 0 comments

By CHRISTINA HALL // A night dedicated to hip-hop as Talib Kweli and a mix of local and touring lyricists guided fans throughout the night at the Star Theater in Portland..

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Hotel Pools - It's a Vaporwave Kind of Summer (Interview)

07/03/2024 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Local electronic artist will play Twilight Cafe on July 13th after releasing the new album 'FiLo'

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Sarah Vitort and Scott Gilmore with Haley Johnsen and the Quick & Easy Boys 
Photo Deb Penk

Fox and Bones Releases their new record "Long Time Honey" / Review

06/19/2024 | 0 comments

By BOB HOWARD //  Fox and Bones brought out their friends and a full house at Mississippi Studios to celebrate the release their fourth full length album since 2016, Long Time Honey. The ...

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Portland’s Prodigal Son: Celebrating Filmmaker, Musicologist, and Mystic Harry Smith, June 15-17

06/10/2024 | 0 comments

A hot weekend, June 15-17 will bring us more of Harry Smith works than you ever imagined possible. Here's the full schedule.

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Johnaye Kendrick

Johnaye Kendrick with PSU Vocal Collective and Jazz Band: Portland State University School of Music and Theater/ Jazz at Lincoln Performance Hall, June 3rd, 2024 / Review

06/06/2024 | 0 comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // George Colligan's PSU jazz band combined forces with Sherry Alves’ nine-member PSU Vocal Collective, backing guest artist Johnaye Kendrick, a cool-toned alto ...

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The writer and saxophonist.

One Wednesday night at the Jam session...from the inside

05/16/2024 | 0 comments

By MICHAEL (SHOEHORN) CONLEY // On Wednesday May 15th I attended the Downtown Session at Fortune PDX, a bar at the Sentinel Hotel at 614 SW 11th in Portland. This is a regular Wednesday night jazz ...

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Nuovo Testamento, May 1st at Mission Theater

04/21/2024 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // International dance trio rebooting sounds like Italo disco and synth-pop will co-headline Mission Theater with The Mission UK

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Xylyn Hathaway's new album "Air & Darkness" release: April 20, 2024 : Preview/review

04/16/2024 | 0 comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY //  Hathaway will celebrate the release of this recording on Saturday, April 20th at 8:00 p.m. at Blue Butler studios in Portland, where the recording was made. The ...

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Eight Oregon songwriters celebrate Women's History Month

03/11/2024 | 0 comments

By BOB HOWARD //  "She’s Speaking-LIVE: A Celebration of Women Songwriters." will be in Salem on March 15 and in Portland at the Alberta Rose Theater on April 20.

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Blessings Movie Night: Ghost in the Shell (Live Score) at Clinton Street Theater 2.15 - Review

03/05/2024 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Local composer Pink Buddha performed a live improvised score to the 1995 anime classic

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New Seaside Jazz and Blues Festival debuts March 15-17 with big lineup of Oregon's favorites

03/04/2024 | 0 comments

The first annual Seaside Jazz and Blues Festival with headliners Jimmy Herrod and Reggie Houston and thirteen more of Oregon's most favorite Jazz and Blues performers Friday March 15 through Sunday ...

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Alaina Fidzano, Songwriter Contest Winner

Portland's Folk Festival's Super Sunday

02/08/2024 | 1 comments

By BOB HOWARD //  Portland's Folk Festival...Two Days Squeezed into One / Plus....video interviews at the scene.

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Review and Photos of First Night of Portland's Folk Festival...the Day Before the Storm

02/03/2024 | 0 comments

By BOB HOWARD//  ...and the show will go on! the Festival Dug out of the Storm and Returns with a Super Sunday Marathon -- 2 days in 1 -- This Sunday, February 4   

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RIKI, Feb. 18th at Mississippi Studios - Preview

01/29/2024 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // LA-based synth-pop artist RIKI will play Portland next month along with SF band Provoker

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Poolside: Bringing warm sunny vibes to Portland

01/24/2024 | 0 comments

By ANTHONY PIDGEON // Poolside is bringing their beachy indie soul to the Wonder Ballroom on February 1st, and officially giving you permission to have FUN! Jeff Paradise says, “One of ...

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Photo: Mayumi Hirata

Otoboke Beaver, Feb. 22nd at Wonder Ballroom - Preview

01/21/2024 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Japanese modern punk rock band will play Wonder Ballroom with South Korea's Drinking Boys And Girls Choir

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Portland's Folk Festival Opens Friday at Crystal Ballroom

01/10/2024 | 1 comments

BOB HOWARD// Greg Holden, a hidden treasure in our midst headlines Sunday

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Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness with Michigander and Wilderness at Roseland Theater on 12/16/2023 / Photos and review

12/18/2023 | 0 comments

By CHRISTINA HALL // Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness' penultimate show of the New Friends tour took place at Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon with presumable friends, Michigander and Wildermess. 

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Doug Smith, Tom May and Donny Wright photo by Bob Howard

Gordon Lightfoot Smiles on Portland / At Alberta Rose Theater / Friday November 17, 2023 / Review

11/19/2023 | 0 comments

By BOB HOWARD // The watchman Lives on in an Oregon tribute to Gordon Lightfoot.

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Emblem3 Live at The White Eagle, Portland 11/15/2023 / Photo Gallery and Review

11/17/2023 | 1 comments

By MATTHEW SARGENT // There was hardly a moment where fans were standing still as the band played songs from every album in their catalog that spans over a decade. Emblem3 also debuted a new ...

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