Ian Mouser gives every voice the opportunity to tell a story through music. My Voice Music Benefit Concert on Saturday, May 19th, from 7pm-11pm at The Slate / Photo by Paul Schmitke
See the full list (as far as they’ve booked it today). M Ward will be there. / Photo by Autumn De Wilde
The music? The Corin Tucker Band, AU, Old Light, Grandparents, and the Dusu Mali Band. For the kids, the morning will kick off with Mo Phillips and a showcase by the Rock and Roll Camp for Girls..with the parade in the middle.
Local teens have the opportunity to showcase their musical talent through MetroArts at its 18th annual young artists concert.
See the 11-year-old musician play on February 10 at Burgerville on Hawthorne to benefit the Oregon Hall Of Fame Scholarship Fund.
“It’s eclectic. It starts out with some rock tunes that get your feet thumping, then it has some country, then the next thing you know, you’re hearing this flat five dramatic motif in D minor, the saddest of all keys. Flat five? That’s the Devil’s chord. ” — Brent Rogers, composer
Listen to some of our best interviews from all genres…including all of the Jazz Conversations from the 2011 Portland Jazz Festival.
Featuring School of Rock students performing alongside members of The Thermals, M. Ward, Blitzen Trapper, Menomena, YACHT, Radiation City, Typhoon, PCP, Laura Veirs, Mean Jeans, BJM, The Dandys and more on January 13 at the Crystal.
Of course there’s a lot to choose from as we welcome in 2012 on Saturday night! / Photo by Jason E. Kaplan
From a focus on mobile, to social listening, to the demise social media as we know it, here are predictions that will help guide us through 2012.
The only Oregon nominations this year are Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for the Decemberists “Down by the Water,” from The King Is Dead, and “So Long” from the Winnie the Pooh film, Best Song Written for Visual Media by Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward.
Niel DePonte’s nonprofit, MetroArts, Inc., offers winners of the Young Artist Van Buren Concerto Competition a chance of a lifetime.
PDX Pop Now! will offer a full day of music November 14th for Boise-Eliot students. Cloudy October and Radiation City will be there along with My Voice Music, Ethos, Vibe of Portland and others.
Susie Jones retires from the Mount Hood Community College Department of Music, leaving behind a legacy of nationally and internationally recognized jazz education.
All across the country, Baby Loves Disco is slowly but surely transforming the hippest night clubs into child proof discos as toddlers, pre-schoolers and parents looking for a break from the routine playground circuit let loose for some post naptime, pre-dinner fun.
Laura Veirs releases her first family music album: a collection of folk songs brilliantly arranged in her folk/roots style, with collaboration from Colin Meloy, Brian Blade, Bela Fleck, and produced by Tucker Martine.
A touchstone for kids lucky enough to have this in their library, for the rest of their lives. Ultimately, it will be passed down the generations, becoming a small part of the family history.
Ian Mouser, musician and native Oregonian, brings the power of music to those who need it most.
We’ll have the extra-funky Renato Caranto Project, Auditory Sculpture (Keith Schreiner) with Stephanie Schneiderman, Orianna Herrman and Derek Sims, plus a to-be-announced indie band, a raffle and a big cake. Come help us celebrate.
Sarah Shannon fronts the Not-Its, kindie music band, playing energetic pop-punk that sounds a little like The Go-Go’s crossed with Weezer. Except this band sings about school, freeze tag and camping.
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