By MATT HANSEN // Canadian electronic artist will play Mississippi Studios to promote the new album 'Chin Up Buttercup' ...

Vocalist/bassist Lisa Mann is coming back strong from a severely broken leg, as only she can. She's gigging again and is full of the fire and energy we've come to know. But that's not all we talk ...

After 52 years in the music business, Portland concert promoter, venue owner and artist manager David Leiken celebrated his retirement on Sunday night with guests including live performances from ...

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Welcome back to the Café in Artichoke Music. I’m Tom D’Antoni. Sitting across from me is Pepe Raphael, a singer and dancer who may be best known for his Pepe and the Bottle Blondes ensemble. He was a ...

From the moment Diane Sullivan dropped me off at the front door of Leon and Mary's home in Encino, California in 1977, where he greeted me and the adventure began, to the last time we visited on his ...

I think that one of the most difficult things to do when attending a concert is to have your expectations set accordingly. I don’t really mean that in a negative way, as if there’s no way a performer ...

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By ANTHONY PIDGEON //Built to Spill on the Captain Pabst Stage at Day 2 of Project Pabst 2025 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on July 27th photos By ANTHONY PIDGEON // Pacific Northwest indie rock icons ...

Claudia Lennear was a key backup singer in the days when having great backup singers was essential. She was one of the greatest, best known backup singers in history. She was an Ikette in Ike and Tina ...

When word reached me this past Sunday (August 8th) that my oldest close friend, guitarist Bruce Conte, had passed away, I was shocked and stunned. Bruce—legendary for his 7-year, 7-album stint with ...

Every year at this time, we get together with Peter Dammann, Artistic Director of the Waterfront Blues Festival and ace guitar slinger to find out who’s in the festival lineup. He's joining me in the ...