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Posts by Tom D'Antoni


tomd Tom D'Antoni
http://www.oregonmusicnews.com

Tom is Editor-In-Chief of Oregon Music News. He has worked in network and local TV as a producer/reporter including Oregon Art Beat and Inside Edition. He has written for national magazines and many newspapers, most recently Huffington Post and The Oregonian. He has network and local radio experience and currently hosts a show every Wednesday from 2-6pm on KMHD .



Upcoming Music Millennium In-store shows

Including former Counting Crows bassist Matt Malley and more.


Paper or Plastic

PAPER OR PLASTIC
Friday, 8/6 – 6 PM
With their most recent studio album, Don’t Be Like…


Big week for Jewel: Serious on the Emmys, silly in her Sarah Palin parody vid

This week she posted a clever video that’s a “Behind the Music” parody imagining a past life in which she and her rival for the title of most famous Alaskan were once a popular folk duo. Watch it here.


THIS JUST IN! Soft Metals remix Reporter, Pink Martini, Niswanger, Quick and Easy Boys, Doom Folk?, Zippy’s musical

Notes and news, music videos and an mp3 download. Plus a tripped-out appearance from Clyde The Glide.


David Vest: Tall tales and true stories of real Rock n Roll

The stories behind the songs on Vest’s new album. CD release Saturday at Duff’s Garage.


Watch Dan Balmer between sets: Staying contemporary is second nature

Guitarist Dan Balmer is a fixture on Monday nights at Jimmy Mak’s with several different versions of his ensembles. Watch an interview between sets at Jimmy Mak’s.


New releases this week

* 10 Years – Feeding The Wolves

* 10 Years – Feeding The Wolves [Deluxe Edition]

* 10 Years…


3 Leg Torso controls the universe at Skamania Lodge

They made the moon come up over the mountain during the finale of Friday night’s performance. Watch them talk about the odd inspiration of Skamania in an interview shot BEFORE they played. / Photo by Karen Fox


Oregon Summer Jam at Mt. Tabor

Steady Locc (left) and lots of other Hip Hop artists. The five day party begins on Tuesday, August 31.


Kanye West will perform at 2010 MTV Awards…will he behave better?

He will not be doing a duet with Taylor Swift.


WATCH: The funky bass of Errick Lewis

Already one of the go-to Soul, Funk, Gospel and Hip Hop players in town, he now his his sights on Jazz and a new album. Watch interview just after he got off the bandstand at the Dookie Jam.


THIS JUST IN! Last Darwish MJ/Afrobeat shows, new Starfucker, The Blow, Lamb, Storm, Logan Lynn (exclusive download), Farnell Newton, Chervona in NYC

No mo MJ Afrobeat from Darwish, Storm confuses the Scots, Logan Lynn’s suicide won’t stop. Listen to Farnell Newton re-imagine one of his own tunes….more news and nearly news!


Upcoming Music Millennium In-store shows

Little Beirut, The Walkmen, Matt Malley, Mark Olson, Dead Confederate, Peter Case and more.


Radio stations to pay to play music? Didn’t it used to be the other way around?

This month, the National Association of Broadcasters released what it described as a framework of a deal in which stations would pay a total of about $100 million a year in performance fees.


Ron Rogers & the Wailing Wind — deep in the heart of Hawthorne

Roots rockers with a sense of humor. Led by musician/artist Ron Rogers.