Support Smart, Local Journalism
Make a Small Monthly Donation

Posted inSpin Cycle

Spin Cycle: Songs From the Wild

Hearing music everywhere is what summer is all about.

A favorite pastime of mine is to take long walks in the Buckman neighborhood, trying to determine from where the echoes of practicing musicians are originating. Depending on the day, an acoustic performance thrums through a barricade of bushes behind my yard, where an unseen troubadour routinely serenades the streets in anonymity. Multi-home applauses are […]

Posted inSpin Cycle

Spin Cycle: Get Up to Get Down!

Earworm audio dispatches from formidable live acts near and far.

Somehow, until recently, I hadnโ€™t yet attended any live shows at the Get Downโ€”the subterranean Central Eastside venue thriving since its 2022 opening. With a flush of seasonably accurate sunshine tantalizing even the most curmudgeonly amongst us this past weekend in Portland, I made it a point to touch base with the venue during a […]

Gift this article