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.
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…
Black Francis of the Pixies and author Carl Wilson discussed Celine Dion: Why do some adore her, yet others abhor her?
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…
But before he leaves, he gives fans a few treats and, of course, a hometown CD release show at the Doug Fir.
Portland Jazz Festival and Oregon Music Hall of Fame sign on to Blazers “JumpTown” plan. Two others in the running.
Christened Leigh & The Lollipops, download their free, two-track collaboration live from the Laurelthirst in February.
Free download: MGMT exposes a new track from their forthcoming album on their website.
“I’m in the process of begging [him],” frontman Wayne Coyne told Billboard Magazine.
They’re looking for a bass player and a keyboardist and they’re auditioning.
Carlos Kalmar will become music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE (Spanish Radio/Television Orchestra) and keep his position with the Oregon Symphony.
Watch “Ain’t No Catfish Worth Dyin’ For,” a video from his new album. CD release at Jimmy Mak’s Friday
Vancouer Symphony announces winners of its young artists competition.
Could Cafe Mango be the new Cave? Maybe.
The Portland Youth Philharmonic will play “For Our Children’s Children” by Kenji Bunch.
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