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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.
Celebrating four new hip-hop and R&B works from local womxn, nonbinary, and Black artists.
Justin Timberlake performs at Moda Center 2.18.2019 Bruce Ely/Rose Quarter When I entered the Rose Quarter last night I wasn’t sure if the concert would be anything like the other seven times I’ve seen Justin Timberlake live. I mean, I knew I could count on him to excite and entertain me for two solid hours, […]
Chuck Inglish AUDIBLE RETREATS It’s taking everything I have right now not to open this column with an André 3000 lyric from The Love Below… and I will not succeed, because LOVE WILL RULE SUPREME and CUPID WILL NOT BE DEFEATED! Whew. Now that I got that out of my system, “Happy Valentine’s Day/Every day […]
Four hip-hop and R&B events that will delight you (and your valentine).
After slaying a celebratory performance at Holocene earlier this week, Amenta Abioto has finally released her very first music video for the single “Plant It.” Abioto’s new song is all about working with the natural world. Directed by Alberta Poon, the visual is loaded with lots of lush plants, crystals, and even a cute li’l […]
Leikeli47 Nikko La Mere Today, Soul’d Out—the annual Portland music festival highlighting soul, hip-hop, blues, and jazz music—announced the lineup of artists that’ll be coming to various Portland venues April 16-April 21. After hosting artists like Solange, Erykah Badu, Anderson .Paak, and Sza in recent years, this year’s draw is looking a bit more modest. […]
GRITCHELLE FALLESGON Amenta Abioto is unlike any other artist in town. Having made a name for herself performing improvised sets with her looping machine, Abioto’s music has blossomed like a humble but impressive garden. “I’ve definitely gotten a lot more structured in my presentation,” she says. Nowadays Abioto only includes a couple of improvised songs […]
V. Dewayne Maya Iman With one month of winter down, it feels like things are already starting to heat up. Here’s some new juice from V. Dewayne and Eso.Xo.Supreme, along with three hip-hop events to get you through the first few weeks of February.
Amenta Abioto is a revolutionary local voice.
Luke Gilford Because she loves us, today singer/rapper/flautist Lizzo announced her debut full-length CUZ I LOVE YOU will be released April 19 via Nice Life/Atlantic, with a tour of the same name to start shortly after. After kicking off in San Francisco, Lizzo’s tour will play a show at Portland’s Roseland Theater on April 26. […]
After an extra-long holiday break, getting back into Portland’s hip-hop soundwaves has been rough, because it is fucking cold out here. If it was hard to lure Portlanders to rap shows before, it’s five times more challenging right now. Additionally, a lot of Portland’s hip-hop and R&B artists have been pretty quiet release-wise going into […]
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