Music Blog: “Interview”

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Exclusive: Stream Neal Morgan's New Album

Jeremy Petersen on January 31, 2012 at 12:32 PM, last updated February 01, 2012 at 12:43 PM

Portland's Neal Morgan steps out from behind the drumkit-- figuratively if not literally-- on his new drum & voice record In the Yard. Hear it here now in its entirety.

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New Video: Sara Jackson-Holman

David Christensen on November 09, 2011 at 04:12 PM, last updated November 11, 2011 at 12:19 AM

OPB's Ifanyi Bell produced this piece about singer-songwriter Sara Jackson-Holman, who braves a cold morning on the Park Blocks to play her song "Let Me In."

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Tom Waits on Fresh Air

Jeremy Petersen on November 01, 2011 at 01:53 AM, last updated November 01, 2011 at 11:42 AM

The always fascinating "poet of the outcasts" talked to Terry Gross about his new album, collaborating with his wife, fatherhood and something called a Reality Distortion Field, among other things.

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Interview: Findlay Brown - The Yorkshire Lad in New York

Zaph Mann on April 30, 2010 at 11:29 PM, last updated March 10, 2011 at 01:20 PM

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.

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Interview: Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights

Zaph Mann on February 13, 2010 at 10:51 PM, last updated March 10, 2011 at 02:05 PM

Robley With a ... well, he may be no rebel, but is there a cause? A top talent is back.

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Preview: Into the Woods Screening feat. Wampire, Tunnels and Golden Retriever

Karyn-Lynn Fisette on January 27, 2010 at 10:27 AM, last updated March 10, 2011 at 02:09 PM

We talk with producer Jordan Kinley, one of a collective behind the new 12-part documentary series Into the Woods.

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Interview: Jesse Sykes at Mississippi Studios

Zaph Mann on January 18, 2010 at 07:57 PM, last updated March 10, 2011 at 02:11 PM

Estranged in more ways than one, still together - yet apart and feeling separate from the digital age.

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Review: Kelli Schaefer on “the beast that is Christianity”

Zaph Mann on November 19, 2009 at 01:29 PM, last updated March 10, 2011 at 02:24 PM

After a stunning performance at The Woods and releasing two fine EPs Schaefer talks on the faith aspect.

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Interview: Finn Riggins + Review: 'Vs Wilderness' New CD

Zaph Mann on September 29, 2009 at 10:23 PM, last updated March 10, 2011 at 02:38 PM

My pick for best live performance and best album 2008 was Finn Riggins. Could they possibly pull off the double again?

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The New Mississippi Studios: Tour and Interview with Owners Jim Brunberg and Alicia J. Rose

Catherine Cole on August 24, 2009 at 11:23 PM, last updated March 10, 2011 at 02:47 PM

North Portland's newest venue is here. You don't have to be cool to go there, "but you might be cooler if you do," says owner Alicia J. Rose.

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YACHT Interview + Review: Polarization, Paradox, or Playfulness?

Zaph Mann on August 19, 2009 at 06:55 PM, last updated March 10, 2011 at 02:48 PM

Mystery surrounds YACHT, the very smart duo from Astoria, Oregon; a small western coastal city, seemingly influenced by Masonic themes, yet hot in the UK dance scene?
Will their exclusive interview for opbmusic.org shine some mystery light on things?

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