Young M.A Booking Brooklyn indie rapper Young M.A—born Katorah Marrero—is unique among her peers. While her low voice, stud swagger, and off-the-charts machismo may give the impression she uses alternate pronouns, the artist has made it clear she’s perfectly at home in her assigned female gender. She named her 2017 EP Herstory, after all, and […]
Jenni Moore
Jenni Moore is a former music editor and hip-hop columnist and current freelancer at The Portland Mercury. She also writes about comedy, cannabis, movies, TV, and her hatred of taxidermy.
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Austin Cancels SXSW Due to Coronavirus. Portland Artists Speak On the Ramifications
Atmosphere photo taken at SXSW 2019 Shelley Hiam/Courtesy SXSW Last Friday, March 6, the organizers of SXSW announced that they would not be holding their annual music/tech/comedy/film festival this year after Austin mayor Steve Adler declared a local disaster in the city. “We are devastated to share this news with you,” organizers wrote in the […]
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Press Play: Music News for the Week of March 6
Wynne performs “Roll Call” live on Vevo. Vevo Hello and Happy Friday, sickos! There’s lots of happenings on in the Portland scene, and a rising number of concert cancellations thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak. While it’s understandable that many of you folks will want to avoid crowds right now, also keep in mind the financial […]
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Music Promoter Mike Thrasher Passes Away at 48
Mike Thrasher and the White Stripes Courtesy Facebook Mike Thrasher, owner of the Hawthorne Theatre and the man behind concert promotions company Mike Thrasher Presents, has died at age 48. As a Portland-based musician who had successfully cut his teeth booking bands at local rock bar EJ’s (now defunct), Thrasher took his love of live […]
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Portland Hip-Hop News: Two Live Shows at Kelly’s, and Three New Local Releases
With just a few short weeks of winter left, the Sneaker Wave warnings are rolling in. There are lots of dope hip-hop happenings surfacing in the Rose City right now—too many to name here, and some that are still TBA—but these two live shows and three fresh releases are a good place to start. Out/Loud: […]
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The Latest in Portland Hip-Hop: Two Live Shows at Kelly’s Olympian, and Three New Local Releases
The latest in Portland hip-hop.
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Brooklyn Rapper Young M.A Is Unintentionally Changing What’s Acceptable in Rap
Herstory in the Making, her extremely raw and personal debut, makes it plain that Young M.A has range.
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Pickathon Starlight Series: Episode 4
Mandolin Orange Killian Mustain As you wait on the edge of your chair for Pickathon’s 2020 lineup to be announced, reminisce about 2019 with this video of folk duo Mandolin Orange—comprised of married couple Andrew Marlin (vocals, mandolin, guitar, banjo) and Emily Frantz (vocals, violin, guitar—playing “Suspended In Heaven” at the Starlight Stage last year. […]
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Tituss Burgess’ One-Off Concert at the Schnitz Is Sure to Snatch All Our Edges
Tituss Burgess Jeff Mills While his character Titus Andromedon on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt—a role creator Tina Fey wrote with him in mind—has dreams of being a Broadway star, the real man, Tituss Burgess already is one: He’s played Sebastian the Crab in The Little Mermaid and also appeared in Broadway productions of Guys and […]
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Press Play: Music News for the Week of February 21
Boneless Thugs-n-Harmony Nick Eickemeyer Hello sunshine! You’ve made it through another weird week on Earth, and to the beginning of another weekend. Press play! The legendary hip-hop group known as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (for 25 years!) changed their name to Boneless Thugs-n-Harmony this week… because they love Buffalo Wild Wings that much. Not all members were […]
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Jim Carrey is Coming to the Keller in May in Support of His New Book
Jim Carrey Leon Bennett Growing up, nothing could make me laugh harder than the physical-comedy genius of Jim Carrey at his peak. His off-the-wall slap-stick performances—in films like Liar, Liar, The Mask, and especially the Ace Ventura movies—were the pentacle of silly, ridiculous, fully committed comedic acting—hell, I still repeatedly quote many of his wildly […]
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Plant-Based Valentine: Six Yummy Vegan Burgers for Date Night
RACHELLE ABELLAR Living in the Pacific Northwest is great if you’re one of the many people moving in a more plant-based direction. Portland is basically vegan mecca, which means we can be picky. At least once a week, plant-based bae (AKA Portland-based hip-hop artist Bryson the Alien) and I crave a burger and then spend […]