Interview: TxE (Portland, OR)
Portland’s TxE is: Cal Valentine aka G_Force -producer, while EPP spits out raps /writes hooks, and Tope plays short stop…and raps. This Portland trio has n
INTERVIEW: LOST LANDER (PORTLAND)
This past August I decided to take up my best friend’s offer and head on out for a mini-vacation to the Pacific Northwest to check out Seattle and Portland. The trip also helped
Interview: Priory (Portland)
As the boys of Priory get ready for their next tour in August they are ripe with gratitude ready to share their special blend of folk-electro fusion. The Portland-based q
Review: Priory – Priory (2011)
The Northwest is a fertile breeding ground for original sounds and Priory is rooted in that innovation. This group of four handsome fellas from Portland got togethe
REVIEW: CROOKED BARS – EP (2011)
I was a little intimidated when I first turned on Crooked Bars’ self-titled EP. The Portland quartet describes its sound as being heavy in jazz influences, and it is, in fact,
Interview: Y La Bamba’s Luzelena Mendoza
Y La Bamba comes out of Portland, Oregon, and the boundless, profound creativity of Luzelena Mendoza. Nurtured by parents who immigrated from Mexico, and the communities surroundin
REVIEW: NICK JAINA – A BIRD IN THE OPERA HOUSE (2010)
Earlier this year there was an artist coming to Madison, a favorite. Like Barnum & Bailey Circus, it was a show not to miss. But when Nick Jaina took to the floorboar