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Portland Music Scene Mourns Musician/Technician John C. 'Chuck' Davidshofer 1952-2021

12/17/2021 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN' CONLEY //  He was a man who intersected with a broad slice of the local music scene ...

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The original gig workers: the music business re-emerges from a pandemic.

12/06/2021 | comments

By MICHAEL SHOEHORN CONLEY //  Who has come back and who has not.

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Photo from Portland Marathon s Facebook page.

Music at the 2021 Portland Marathon

10/07/2021 | comments

By MICHAEL CONLEY// An inside look at music at the 2021 Portland Marathon from Michael Conley, aka Shoehorn, a ...

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OMN photo by Diane Russell

George Colligan's Jazz Truth: Play-along videos and other means to deal with the situation / Q&A

01/15/2021 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY //  George Colligan has recently moved his jazztruth series from the ...

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Saxophone Superman Kenny Garrett: Alto Sax Icons Part 3 at Revolution Hall / Portland Jazz Festival 2020

03/06/2020 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // Garrett, dressed in a sharkskin suit and a kufi cap, his body rocking, got ...

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Alto Sax Icons Part 2: Miguel Zenon. “Sonero” 2/27/20, Lincoln Recital Hall, PSU Portland Jazz Festival 2020

03/01/2020 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // Miguel Zenon is a visionary arranger, theorist, and leader, and his voice ...

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David Sanborn Alto Sax Icons Pt. 1: 2020 Portland biamp Jazz Festival / Review

02/29/2020 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // David Sanborn kicks off a series of stories on alto players appearing at the 2020 ...

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Peter Erskine

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

12/06/2019 | comments

By Michael "Shoehorn" Conley// The Musician's Lifeline- Advice for All Musicians, Student to Professional contributions ...

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Photo by Greg Johnson

Frankie Redding, Jr. 1946-2019: A remembrance

10/21/2019 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // Frankie Redding will be missed, not only for his music, but his cheerful demeanor ...

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Baby Gramps Time Warp at Laurelthirst Public House Friday, July 5th, 2019 / Preview

07/02/2019 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // His lyrics evoke bygone magic and parties of the moonshine era, and he has ...

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Rudresh Mahathappa's Movable Mirror at Jack London Revue, 6/13/19 / Review

06/14/2019 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // At one point Rudresh Mahanthappa’s playing reminded me of a surfer riding ...

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Shoehorn's Introduction to Electronic Tap Dancing: MIDI Triggering / Part 1

06/04/2019 | comments

by MICHAEL 'SHOEHORN' CONLEY // How Shoehorn does what he does, and how you can learn how to make it happen.

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Savion Glover’s All FuNK’d Up, The Concert at the Schnitz / Preview

04/08/2019 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // See tapdancer Savion Glover April 9th and 10th, 2019 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall ...

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Review: Sarah Reich’s New Change Live- Tap Dance Comes Up For Air In Portland. Goodfoot Lounge, Portland, 3/25/19

03/27/2019 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // The energy and sophistication of this performance was extraordinary and Reich ...

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New Change Live featuring Sarah Reich tap dances into the Goodfoot / preview

03/20/2019 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // New Change Live featuring tap dance sensation Sarah Reich at the Goodfoot ...

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Pharoah Sanders photo by Diane Russell

2019 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival first week. Jazz: Past, Present, and Future in Real Time.

02/24/2019 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // Impressions of the first weekend of the 2019 Portland Jazz Festival...Christian ...

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Chatta Addy, Portland musician, teacher dead at 58

12/31/2018 | comments

By MICHAEL CONLEY // Long-time Portland musician Chata Addy, drummer, dancer and songwriter, died December ...

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Lloyd Allen, legendary Portland Blues man remembered

12/07/2018 | comments

By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // Portland music fixture Lloyd Wesley Allen, born January 7th 1937, died November ...

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Cait Nishimura

“In Dreams” Featuring Composer Cait Nishimura: University of Portland Wind Symphony and Women’s Chorale Saturday, November 27th, 2018 / Review

11/18/2018 | comments

By MICHAEL CONLEY // A world premiere on Saturday afternoon in a performance by the University of Portland ...

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Sarah Reich talks with Shoehorn: The instrumental voice of tap shoes Q&A

11/17/2018 | comments

By MICHAEL CONLEY // Dancer Sarah Reich has done 7 tours with Postmodern Jukebox, playing in Portland, and ...

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