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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.
Salimatu Amabebe’s Nigerian pop-ups are spicing up Portland’s vegan food scene.
TANK AND THE BANGAS Sun 10/1 Star Theater Gus Bennett At Pickathon in August I was blessed with the opportunity to see New Orleans’ Tank and the Bangas, whose exciting and dynamic sound knows no bounds. They’re masters of funk, jazz, R&B, and soul, but often allow their music to explore elements of rock, folk, […]
SZA Sat 9/16 Roseland RCA Records It’s no secret that 2017 has been a huge year for Solána Imani Rowe, better known as SZA. After dropping a couple of successful mixtapes (2012’s See.SZA.Run and 2013’s S), SZA released her EP Z in 2014, then threatened to quit the music industry altogether. Lucky for us, she […]
Salimatu Amabebe MARGAUX MULLER A month or so ago, after watching a slew of deeply troubling documentaries, I decided to convert from pescatarian to vegan for health reasons (and just about every other reason there is to do it). Despite Beyoncé’s influence, it doesn’t escape me that veganism—like many of my interests—is often seen as […]
Salimatu Amabebe’s Nigerian pop-ups are spicing up Portland’s vegan food scene.
Last week Mic Capes dropped the five-track EP Sheesh, a follow-up to his 2016 debut, Concrete Dreams. The Portland rapper’s subject matter isn’t as heavy as with his previous material—instead, Sheesh feels like a summery departure. The title track opens the EP with a celebratory vibe, as Capes takes a moment to feel himself and […]
The veteran comedian takes on politics (and dreams of QVC).
Mic Capes’ new EP, Sheesh, feels like a summery departure.
CD Skehan This week in The Most Portland Shit Ever, I tried goat yoga at a local family farm. “What the hell is goat yoga?” you might be asking. It’s a fad that started in 2016 in which goats participate in yoga by walking through the class, sitting and/or standing near or on its participants, […]
The Showcase Returns—with New Personnel and Headliner Debbie Wooten
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