Listening to a live set by the Grateful Dead, there’s always that awkward moment where you start thinking: “This song again? Did I put it on repeat? — only to find out it’s in fact still the same song You May Also Like: Alan Simon, “You Are the Sunshine” fromRead More

Springing forth from Portland, Oregon, the Kingsmen dashed to the No. 2 spot on the national charts late in 1963 with a tune that was totally different than anything else going on at the time. You May Also Like: Tell It to the Judge – Cases of Misguided Muses: OddRead More

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhNXoeogHDo&w=500&h=305] Brilliantly off-kilter, completely unquantifiable, Xenat-Ra is, at any given moment, the best prog/free jazz/hip hop/metal band you’ve never heard of. You May Also Like: Projekt Gemineye – ‘Man of Science … Man of Dreams’ (2018) Tim Berne’s Science Friction – ‘Science Friction +size’ (2020) Walter Becker, “Medical ScienceRead More

Not only do Don and the Goodtimes boast a library of great music, but their family tree is quite interesting. To begin with, the band, which formed in 1964 in Portland, Oregon, featured Don Gallucci from the Kingsmen. You May Also Like: Paul Revere and the Raiders – ‘Something Happening’Read More

Remember when fusion jazz was both fertile and fun? Eugene, Oregon’s YamaYama does. You May Also Like: Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland – Aziza (2016) Rock Candy Funk Party – Groove Is King (2015) The Nude Party – Hot Tub (2016)

This time out, I’d like to delineate how it is for me when I go somewhere to appear as a guest artist. Specifically, I’m thinking about the time I headlined the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival in Portland, Oregon. You May Also Like: Mort Weiss – Mort Weiss Is a JazzRead More