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Arkham Sunset Album Release at Holocene, Sept. 10, 2025 - Review

09/11/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Arkham Sunset released the giallo film inspired album "Fatal Games" with direct support by Mnemonic Pulse

Rose City Comic Con at Portland Convention Center, September 5 - 7, 2025

09/08/2025 | 0 comments

Rose City Comic Con took over the Portland Convention Center over the weekend and we have the photos

Debra Giannini's Semi-Farewell Tour / Coffeeshop Conversations #443

09/03/2025 | 0 comments

By TOM D'ANTONI // After half-a-lifetime in Portland, Debra Giannini is leaving town. For good? TBA. Her Savoring Time tour begins in Portland on Sunday 9/21 at Rose City Book Pub, 6pm NE Freemont and ...

Darka and Miri: We Went to Ukraine and this is our story / The Light and Limn Podcast

06/13/2025 | 0 comments

By DARKA DUSTY and MIRI STEBIVKA // The Portland couple (writer/musician/photographer) visited Ukraine.

Marie Davidson at Holocene on 4/10/25 - Review

04/14/2025 | 0 comments

By MATT HANSEN // Canadian electronic producer made her Portland live debut at Holocene touring in support of the album 'City of Clowns'

Erykah Badu at the Moda Center on 03/7/2025 - Photos

03/11/2025 | 0 comments

By MIKE LEWIS // At the Moda Center / Biamp Portland Jazz Festival

When Autumn leaves / a poem by Michael "Shoehorn" Conley

01/16/2025 | 0 comments

When Autumn leaves / a poem by Michael "Shoehorn" Conley

Portland's Folk Festival Kicks Off This Weekend at McMenamins Crystal Ballroom

01/15/2025 | 0 comments

By BOB HOWARD // Act now, Portland's Folk Festival is the hottest ticket in town hopefully...it's not sold out

33rd Annual Tuba Christmas Concert at Pioneer Courthouse Square on 12/21/2024 - Photos

12/22/2024 | 0 comments

By Diane Russell //

Storm Large, Holiday Ordeal, Aladdin Theater, Nov. 29-30, 2024 / Photos

12/04/2024 | 0 comments

By John Rudoff //

Khruangbin at Edgefield 8/19/2024 - Photos

09/11/2024 | 0 comments

By ANTHONY PIDGEON // A magical summer night under the full moon with Khruangbin at Edgefield 8/19/2024

The Marley Brothers Legacy Tour Ridgefield Amphitheater 9/8/2024 Photos

09/11/2024 | 0 comments

By ANTHONY PIDGEON //

Elephant Revival: Day 2 of Pickathon 8/2/2024 - Photos

08/17/2024 | 0 comments

By ANTHONY PIDGEON // Elephant Revival brought their unique blend of Celtic-Folk-Americana to the Paddock stage for Day 2 of Pickathon 8/2/2024

Pink Puma at Alberta Rose Theater, August 8 11, 2024 / photos

08/10/2024 | 0 comments

By JOHN RUDOFF //

Kyleen King: Darka and Miri's The Light and Limn Podcast returns!

07/16/2024 | 0 comments

By Darka Dusty and Miri Stebivka // The Light and Limn Podcsat returns with Kyleen King as their guest. She brings nuance, wisdom, humor, and musical excellence to all her endeavors.

MarchFourth at Waterfront Blues Festival on July 4 2024 / Photos

07/06/2024 | 0 comments

By LIANA KRAMER //

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.

Peter Dammann tells us about the 2024 Waterfront Blues Festival Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music #417

04/26/2024 | 0 comments

By TOM D'ANTONI // Peter Dammann, Artistic Director of the Waterfront Blues Festival talks to us about who's playing in 2024 and how the lineup has evolved over the years.

Drum Tao - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall / Portland / April 15, 2024 / Photos

04/23/2024 | 0 comments

By ALISON WEBSTER //

Joanie Fox: Directing a documentary on the life and death of Derek Rieth / Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music #414

03/30/2024 | 0 comments

By TOM D'ANTONI // Joanie Fox is the director of Beatlore the upcoming documentary on the life and death of Derek Rieth. There is a fund-raiser at Pink Martini World Headquarters on Thursday, April ...

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Arkham Sunset Album Release at Holocene, Sept. 10, 2025 - Review

By MATT HANSEN // Arkham Sunset released the giallo film inspired album "Fatal Games" with direct support by Mnemonic Pulse

Rose City Comic Con at Portland Convention Center, September 5 - 7, 2025

Rose City Comic Con took over the Portland Convention Center over the weekend and we have the photos

Debra Giannini's Semi-Farewell Tour / Coffeeshop Conversations #443

By TOM D'ANTONI // After half-a-lifetime in Portland, Debra Giannini is leaving town. For good? TBA. Her Savoring Time tour begins in Portland on Sunday 9/21 at Rose City Book Pub, 6pm NE Freemont and 13th and then Tuesday 9/30, 6:30pm at Snugg for a Songwriters in the Round with Rozz Rozabek and Steve Wilkinson. It ends in Kansas also TBA.

Darka and Miri: We Went to Ukraine and this is our story / The Light and Limn Podcast

By DARKA DUSTY and MIRI STEBIVKA // The Portland couple (writer/musician/photographer) visited Ukraine.

Marie Davidson at Holocene on 4/10/25 - Review

By MATT HANSEN // Canadian electronic producer made her Portland live debut at Holocene touring in support of the album 'City of Clowns'

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Jim Friscia: On Swan Songs Portland and their upcoming benefit / Coffeeshop Conversations (Not) @ Artichoke Music #444

Sep 10, 2025

By TOM D'ANTONI // Jim Friscia, a Portland music veteran, is President of Swan Songs Portland which gifts private concerts to folks near the end of life since and it financially compensates musicians for performing those concerts.

They have benefit shows every other month. Their next benefit show is Thursday, September 18 at Artichoke Music featuring Karyn Ann.

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