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Q/A: DJ Prashant brings India’s biggest Bollywood DJ to PDX

DJ and promoter Prashant Kakad talks about the connection between Bollywood and DJs and how India’s number one Bollywood DJ Suketu comes to the Roseland this Friday.



Blogs

Editor Blog

You’ve read him in…well, everywhere. And you’ve heard him play…everywhere, too. Especially bass with D.K. Stewart’s band.

He writes…



OMN Contributor Blogs

Black Francis of the Pixies and author Carl Wilson discussed Celine Dion: Why do some adore her, yet others abhor her?



Today we’re launching a new look for OMN — our biggest change in a couple of months.



I tackled the dreaded question every band must address: the band name. No blazing circle of hell quite compares with the agony of naming your band.



Life doesn’t endorse your comfort and ease (life is, apparently, Amish). It instead wants to kick you in the hind and then sit back and observe how you handle it. And the weird and perhaps perverse thing is, you can learn to appreciate that.



One of the things I can’t understand is why after all the Who gave us why we can’t give them respect. Pete Townsend’s songwriting alone should carry the band to a place that’s beyond reproach. He gave rock songs wit, humor, charity, kindness (obviously some of us didn’t pick up on that) , truth, rebellion, and vision.



If you can participate in a “sit-in” at a business you hate, why not join a “Buy-In” at a business you love?



About 18 months ago I got pulled into a project. A group of people wanted to make a NW…



Southern Oregon is roaring with new and old artists pouring their hearts and souls into the musical passions that…



It never occurred to us that you might miss even a single day of Oregon Music News. Maybe you…



I received the following message tonight from my friend blues guitarist A.C. Porter. Please try to make an effort…



Recently, there was a post in the DJ/electro section of OMN with the title Reporter challenges you to



News

Covent Garden to present premiere of Anna Nicole

The life of Anna Nicole Smith will hit the stage at Covent Garden next year.



Did someobody steal James Brown’s Body? Or not?

His daughter says his crypt is empty. Other family members disagree. Read two stories about it.



“True Father of Bossa Nova” Johnny Alf dead at 80

He was the Brazilian musicians’ musician.



Music Millennium 41st Anniversary events and In-Store shows

Shae Fiol, One Eskimo, Temper Trap all playing In-store concerts.



Pink Floyd wins long battle to halt single-song download sales

Sorry folks, you gotta get the whole album.



Memorial Coliseum presentation to City Council delayed

Negotiations with the three developers continue, PDC’s Rose Quarter Development Project SAC report on hold.



Failed Limbs & Shallow Effects – A Q&A with Miles Kurosky

The former Beulah front man (and current Portland resident) has recovered from harrowing medical problems to finally record his first solo album.



Paul Chasman returns to rare guitar form, after laying his six-string down

A perfect storm of increasingly unappreciative fans looking for more flash and a worrisome Bush administration made guitar virtuoso Paul Chasman walked away from music. Find out what brought him back.



Nick Jaina takes off on tour

But before he leaves, he gives fans a few treats and, of course, a hometown CD release show at the Doug Fir.



Memorial Coliseum one tiny step closer to resolution

Portland Jazz Festival and Oregon Music Hall of Fame sign on to Blazers “JumpTown” plan. Two others in the running.



Leigh Marble and The Ascetic Junkies live collaboration

Christened Leigh & The Lollipops, download their free, two-track collaboration live from the Laurelthirst in February.