By MATT HANSEN // Portlanders will celebrate the release of 'Sexistential' by Swedish pop singer Robyn on March 28th with the dance event This Party Is Killing You ...

Welcome back to the Café in Artichoke Music. I’m Tom D’Antoni. Sitting across from me is Pepe Raphael, a singer and dancer who may be best known for his Pepe and the Bottle Blondes ensemble. He was a ...

Tony “TC” Coleman has been playing drums his whole life. He's been a professional drummer since the 1970's, playing gigs around the world in 98 countries, backing Blues and Soul legends. He's played ...

It was a quiet, cold Sunday night in North Portland when I spoke with The Macks earlier this month, local rockers with a gigantic sound and, as I would find out later, even bigger aspirations to take ...

When word reached me this past Sunday (August 8th) that my oldest close friend, guitarist Bruce Conte, had passed away, I was shocked and stunned. Bruce—legendary for his 7-year, 7-album stint with ...

This is from Terry Currier on the Oregon Music Hall of Fame Facebook page.: In 1959 Lynn Easton and Jack Ely started a band that wound eventually be called the Kingmen after another band named the ...

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By ANTHONY PIDGEON // The Chameleons at Hawthorne Theater on June 6, 2024, performing their highly influential 1986 album “Strange Times" in its entirety. By ANTHONY PIDGEON // The Chameleons at ...

Vocalist/bassist Lisa Mann is coming back strong from a severely broken leg, as only she can. She's gigging again and is full of the fire and energy we've come to know. But that's not all we talk ...

By ANTHONY PIDGEON // Project Pabst: Japanese Breakfast 2025 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on July 27th By ANTHONY PIDGEON // Japanese Breakfast, featuring Eugene’s own Michelle Zauner, on the Unicorn ...

Hosted by Tony Starlight, Featuring The Delines, Team Dresch, Andy Stokes. Inductees - Fred Chalenor, Dave Kahl, Gordon Lee, The Miracle Workers, Luther Russell, The ...

Welcome back to Coffeeshop Conversations. I’m Tom D’Antoni once again at my desk in NW Portland. Our return to Artichoke Music has been postponed due to another stupid thing I did to injure myself.