When word reached me this past Sunday (August 8th) that my oldest close friend, guitarist Bruce Conte, had passed away, I was shocked and stunned. Bruce—legendary for his 7-year, 7-album stint with ...

By ANTHONY PIDGEON //Built to Spill on the Captain Pabst Stage at Day 2 of Project Pabst 2025 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on July 27th photos By ANTHONY PIDGEON // Pacific Northwest indie rock icons ...

This is from Terry Currier on the Oregon Music Hall of Fame Facebook page.: In 1959 Lynn Easton and Jack Ely started a band that wound eventually be called the Kingmen after another band named the ...

It was a quiet, cold Sunday night in North Portland when I spoke with The Macks earlier this month, local rockers with a gigantic sound and, as I would find out later, even bigger aspirations to take ...

The Norman Sylvester Band celebrated 40 years of music in front of a packed house at the Alberta Rose Theater on Sunday night with his current and former band members featuring Rob Shoemaker, Lenanne ...

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One of my favorite Coffeeshop Conversations guests is here again. She’s Sarah Tiedemann, Third Angle New Music’s Artistic Director, and also a flutist. Third Angle’s exciting new season is already ...

From the moment Diane Sullivan dropped me off at the front door of Leon and Mary's home in Encino, California in 1977, where he greeted me and the adventure began, to the last time we visited on his ...

Tony “TC” Coleman has been playing drums his whole life. He's been a professional drummer since the 1970's, playing gigs around the world in 98 countries, backing Blues and Soul legends. He's played ...

Vocalist/bassist Lisa Mann is coming back strong from a severely broken leg, as only she can. She's gigging again and is full of the fire and energy we've come to know. But that's not all we talk ...

Welcome to 2025. This new year brings a host of new shows to cover, and I am excited to reintroduce my photography protégé to the photo pit. With the start of the new year, Sydney will revisit an ...