Author: Zaph Mann
Taylor Brown's style doesn't so much transcend music trends as ignore them; her new album delivers something sparing yet impressive.
I’ll give you just two reference points... R. Hitchcock & Spiritualized
David Ornette Cherry’s kaleidoscopic soundtrack stems from a breadth of musical experience absorbed in a childhood traveling with his famous father.
Lessons for multi-member NW bands? Efterklang’s Danish layered with that missing ingredient... or a different message from Buke & Gass that two can be enough.
Here’s a quick take on some of the hidden gems you might overlook each day. Portland’s first Folk Festival is Aug 19-22 at good venues spread around the city: free events and a bargain fest pass, plus quality varied acts which push the definitions of "Folk" in all directions.
Folk redefined? Classical overlays from Newcastle & Polish America.
It's almost Dickensian: The strappin’ working-class Yorkshire lad moves to London; gets lucky; loses, then recovers, his lost love; marries her and moves to the ‘New World’ to start afresh. Findlay Brown, now of New York City, re-emerges as 60’s crooner incarnate, and quite implausibly, it all fits.
The remarkable achievement of Classical Revolution PDX is to get edgy new classical music into places and to people it would never normally reach. They brought their revolution to the Someday Lounge this past Sunday night.
Robley With a ... well, he may be no rebel, but is there a cause? A top talent is back.
Estranged in more ways than one, still together - yet apart and feeling separate from the digital age.
After a stunning performance at The Woods and releasing two fine EPs Schaefer talks on the faith aspect.
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