Viral Portland-based rap star Wynne on why she’s pulling a Dame Lillard.
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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Girl Fest Founder Madison Sturdevant Talks Growth, Inclusion, and Bossing Up
Madison Sturdevant Darryl Brown For the last year and a half, Girl Fest founder/curator Madison Sturdevant’s day job has been production manager at the Doug Fir Lounge (AKA everyone’s favorite venue). Although she may seem like she’s got it all together—she’s the founder and curator of Girl Fest, a yearly all-ages showcase for women and […]
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Like a Boss Review: A Great Cast in a Mediocre Movie
Eli Joshua Ade/Paramount Pictures Like a Boss is barely long enough to qualify as a feature film, clocking at an hour and 23 minutes—which makes total sense, considering there’s not much meat on this story, aside from a couple of central themes: the evergreen dilemma of choosing between a career and motherhood, learning how to […]
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Press Play: ICYMI Music News for the Week of January 3
“UFO Daze” by Brown Calculus Dir. Kryptic Films Back to life/Back to reality/Back to the here and now, yeah! Faithful readers, while it was a nice holiday break, we have at long last made it into the new year of 2020. I know I can’t be the only one who’s having a hard time solely […]
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Girl Fest Founder Madison Sturdevant Talks Growth, Inclusion, and Bossing Up
Now in its sixth year, Girl Fest (and the woman behind it) shows no signs of slowing down.
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Here Are the Mercury’s Favorite Movie and TV Soundtracks of 2019
Artwork for Tiana Major9 and Earthgang’s “Collide” from the Queen & Slim soundtrack. In 2019, there were far more great music projects than I can count, and an abundance of fantastic movies and TV shows as well, but some of the music compilations and original scores behind these onscreen stories are worthy of some serious […]
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In Portland This Week: Dâm-Funk Is Bringin’ the Funk Revival
Dâm-Funk J3 In case it wasn’t apparent from his moniker, Los Angeles-raised artist Damon “Dâm-Funk” Riddick (pronounced “dame funk”) takes funk very seriously. After the musician/producer/DJ launched the popular Funkmosphere party at a club in Culver City, California, in 2006—a weekly event that helped fuel a funk revival in LA and beyond—Riddick caught the attention […]
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Check Out Dodgr and Mark Ronson in the Music Video for “Freak of Nature” from Spies In Disguise
Dodgr and Mark Ronson working on “Freak of Nature” in the studio. Spies In Disguise If you’re like me and have been all over the place during the Great Holiday Clusterfuck of 2019, you too may have missed out on rising hip-hop artist Dodgr and Mark Ronson’s “Freak of Nature” single, which serves as the […]
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 2: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Todd Cooper As a good friend once advised me: When you go to New Orleans you should definitely try to catch the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, who honor the titular historic music venue in the French Quarter by continuing the city’s rich culture of traditional jazz. I was stupid and didn’t […]
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Critic’s Pick: Dâm-Funk Is Bringin’ the Funk Revival
Come see the musician/producer/DJ live to support one of the rare modern artists focused on keeping funk alive and innovative.
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Merry PDXmas! Five Yuletide Releases from Portland Artists
NW Community Gospel Chorus performs Gospel Christmas. courtesy Oregon Symphony Not only is today Friday the 13th (woot woot!), but this weekend also marks the halfway point of December. (Meaning, if you observe the Christian-capitalist holiday and haven’t started listening to Christmas music yet, you’re very likely a cold-hearted GRINCH who needs to get with […]
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Press Play: Music News for the Week of December 6
M. Ward will stop at Revolution Hall on May 14. Wrenne Evans Happy Friday, fellow music nerds! Let’s get into some local music buzz, shall we? Oregon-grown rapper Wynne, who recently put out her dazzling debut mixtape If I May, has announced she’s joining EarthGang on their “Mirrorland” tour next month! After a kick-off show […]