Lectures and Events SUPERHEATED POETRY Here’s an odd idea: have three nationally-known poetry slam performers each write and play the…
At the tender age of 70, Odetta still makes music that heals.
These holiday CDs aren’t for the lactose-intolerant.
A box set celebrates a forgotten incubator of musical activism, Dylan, and a movement.
THE GITS Frenching the Bully (Broken Rekids) The Gits’ debut, Frenching the Bully, is one of the most overdue rock…
Cole Porter biopic subdues a double life into a singular muddle.
Hark, what’s that we hear? Could it be the pitter-patter of little feet, or is that the clog dance of…
Someone once asked me if I would like to be interviewed for an article about women in rock, and so,…
Joining (hopefully) the ranks of boob-tube breakouts Card Sharks, Love Connection, and Weakest Link: Seattle School’s Iron Composer. Dean Korby…
Digging toward the power source of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers, Ethan Miller comes up Howlin Rain.
OBIE TRICE Cheers (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) “Got Some Teeth” is a misleading first single. It’s all lighthearted club posturing, singsong spitting, Hanna-Barbera…
Mapping the history of the Pacific Northwest—and other visual offerings.
This weekend, the Gnome overheard a few conversations insinuating that PJ Harvey‘s new Stories from the City, Stories from the…
Oregon’s premier classical festival turns 30.
Local choreographers take Spectrum dancers out for a test drive.
Also: End of the Century, Lightning in a Bottle, Saw, and Undertow.
Stay in touch! Be accessible! Keep in touch over the holidays—it’s now all the more possible.
Saul Williams slams his way into the spotlight.
Playing with the emotions at Intiman and Schmeater.
This week’s music calendar.
