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Bumpin Uglies Facebook [For the entire month of January, Portland Music Month features 100+ musical acts designed to get you into our city’s great clubs and venues, and $1 from each ticket goes to support individual music artists and their professional needs. Find out a lot more here, and enjoy the following preview of an […]

Stars of Cascadia [For the entire month of January, Portland Music Month features 100+ musical acts designed to get you into our city’s great clubs and venues, and $1 from each ticket goes to support individual music artists and their professional needs. Find out a lot more here, and enjoy the following preview of an […]

Album cover art for Voices by Blue Cranes. The Portland post-jazz quintet Blue Cranes has been carving their own unique space in the Portland music scene since 2007. The group consists of Reed Wallsmith on alto saxophone, Joe Cunningham on tenor saxophone, Rebecca Sanborn on keyboards, Jon Shaw on bass, and Ji Tanzer on drums. […]

Nas performing at the 2020 Grammys. Kevork Djansezian / getty images In the pantheon of musicians celebrating iconic anniversaries in their careers, it’s common to hear remastered releases and even cover albums. Yet when you’re not only paying homage to yourself but to an album that changed the music landscape, it seems only appropriate to […]

Julia Rosen and Josh Holmes perform in Portland-based band No One of Consequence. Blue Heron Video The sounds of a guitar wobbling with expertly manipulated pedal work is infectious in its own right. But only when coupled with eccentrically beautiful vocal talent does it truly become something special. In this category of “something special” we […]