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Starfucker at Branx and Sasquatch: A Q/A with Shawn Glassford

About to take their “longest break from shows we’ve had in maybe three years” to continue working on their next, double LP, catch what’ll likely be Starfucker’s last two NW shows for a while: May 24 at Branx with UMO and Wampire and May 25 at Sasquatch!


Q&A: Ashia and the Bison Rouge – new CD fundraiser show May24th with The Libertine Belles

Portland is such a strange, special town; populated with larger-than-life personalities like Ashia, drawn here apparently by chance, with nothing to do all day but explore new forms of beauty and deliver them up to the world.


Q/A: ‘Flight to Mars’ for a good cause with Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and his UFO tribute band Flight to Mars will play in Portland on May 22nd at the Hawthorne Theater to benefit the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s ‘Camp Oasis’ for children.


OMN Silverton Wine & Jazz Festival Guide

The Quadraphonnes return, Linda Hornbuckle sings Jazz, Scroggins and Houston, Guitar Summit and wine. / Photo by John Rudoff


Oregon Symphony’s Carin Miller Packwood discusses the crazy reed-making process for bassoons

Using specialized instruments, Miller Packwood spends hours making the perfect reed for upcoming performances.


TONIGHT! Video: Andrew Oliver and Dan Duval on the debut of their new band at OMN’s Night of Indie Jazz at Jimmy’s

OMN’s Night of Indie Jazz at Jimmy Mak’s with the debut of the new Oliver/Duval Sextet and the Ocular Concern. Friday May 11, 8pm. L to R Pancerev, Duval, Oliver…bird watching.


My Voice Music empowers at-risk youth – benefit concert on Saturday, May 19

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


Video: Introducing Ramona Falls’ ‘Prophet’: Now featuring 30 fewer musicians!

Ramona Falls celebrates the release of its second full-length album on Friday, May 18 at the Doug Fir Lounge.


Q/A: An act of ‘Malice’ with guitarist Jay Reynolds

The heavy metal band reunited and recorded an album that combines classic and new material. The record, ‘New Breed of Godz,’ comes out on May 22nd.


Portland Opera’s Candide, Jonathan Boyd, talks about his career, including his audition from hell

I always knew that I would be some kind of performer. My parents always said that if the refrigerator light came on, I wanted to perform.