Oregon Music News

04/07/2025

Brady Goss: not only Boogie Woogie. Coffeeshop Conversations #436
By TOM D'ANTONI // Best known for his Boogie Woogie chops, Brady Goss does a lot more than that, including playing with Curtis Salgado.

By TOM D'ANTONI // Best known for his Boogie Woogie chops, Brady Goss does a lot more than that, including playing with Curtis Salgado.

03/31/2025

Treefort Music Fest: Local DJ Scene (Interview)
By MATT HANSEN // Idaho based DJs performing at Treefort this weekend fill us in on the Boise scene

By MATT HANSEN // Idaho based DJs performing at Treefort this weekend fill us in on the Boise scene 

03/28/2025

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!
Tonight: Everything from Bessie Smith to Bill Frisell and from Big Time Sarah to Earth Wind and Fire. Plus Gene and Wendell will be dancing on roaches. Also Ironing Board Sam, Cousin Joe and Little Walter. And a lot more 10pm-midnight and any time day or night after that with our On Demand feature.... on kmhd.org
That's Cousin Joe

03/25/2025

03/23/2025

JoJo with Emmy Meli at Roseland Theater on 03/09/2025
By CHRISTINA HALL // JoJo shared that this was a year of vulnerability and how it's a great way to find that others feel the same way and that you are not alone.

By CHRISTINA HALL // JoJo shared that this was a year of vulnerability and how it's a great way to find that others feel the same way and that you are not alone

03/23/2025

Curtis Salgado on his new (and first) live recording: Coffeeshop Conversations (Not) @ Artichoke Music #435
By TOM D'ANTONI // The one and only Curtis Salgado is about to record his first live recording. He'll be doing many of his most memorable songs. "Twelve songs that are not usually in my show," he says.

By TOM D'ANTONI // The one and only Curtis Salgado is about to record his first live recording. He'll be doing many of his most memorable songs. Twelve songs that are ...

03/21/2025

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!
Tonight: The Commodores from the days when they wore matching outfits, even Lionel Ritchie. Also Yvette Marie Stevens…you may know her as Chaka Kahn. And The Coasters, Mose Allison, plus someone named Lonesome Sundown.
And a lot more Friday 10pm-midnght and any time day or night after that kmhd.org
Those are the Commodores in matching outfits.

03/21/2025

The Norman Sylvester Band's 40th Anniversary at Alberta Rose Theater on 3/16/2025 - Photos By DIANE RUSSELLL //

By DIANE RUSSELLL //

03/14/2025

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!
TONIGHT! March 14:
JON Batiste plays Beethoven. Claudia Lennear, Alvin (Shine) Robinson, Nolble Thin Man Watts, the funky MTume, The Coasters, Gil Scott Heron and tunes you could never even dream of.
10pm and then any time day or night via our new ON DEMAND feature. Everything aat kmhd.org
That's the spectacular Ms. Lennear.

03/13/2025

Melissa Aldana at the Old Church Concert Hall, March 4th, 2025-PSU Jazz Ensemble/George Colligan. - Review by MICHAEL SHOEHORN CONLEY // A master class and a concert from saxophonist Melissa Aldana. Both inspiring.

By MICHAEL SHOEHORN CONLEY // A master class and a concert from saxophonist Melissa Aldana. Both inspiring.

03/12/2025

Erykah Badu at the Moda Center on 03/17/2025 - Photos
By MIKE LEWIS // At the Moda Center / Biamp Portland Jazz Festival

By MIKE LEWIS //  At the Moda Center / Biamp Portland Jazz Festival

03/12/2025

Bill Frisell's Marvelous Dream / From c. September 2020 / Audio

By TOM D'ANTONI // Guitarist-composer Bill Frisell visited me in the KMHD studio a few years before I (c.20I7) recorded this recounting of a dream he told me about that afternoon. A marvelous dream which changed his life. There was no recording of our original conversation, so I asked him to tell the story of the dream for posterity.
Coffeeshop Conversations will return in a couple of weeks.

By TOM D'ANTONI // Guitarist-composer Bill Frisell visited me in the KMHD studio a few years before I (c.20I7) recorded this recounting of a dream he told me about that ...

03/10/2025

Treefort Music Fest March 26th - 30th in Boise, Idaho by MATT HANSEN // Complete list of Oregon bands playing Treefort this year

By MATT HANSEN // Complete list of Oregon bands playing Treefort this year

03/07/2025

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!!
Tonight: In the first set --- Big Maybelle, Gladys Knight and Portland's Lisa Mann.
Soul Funk R&B and Blues...10pm and anytime day or night with the new On Demand feature. Both at kmhd.org
Bullmoose Jackson, too.

03/06/2025

Women In Jazz Week at the 1905: Syeeda Wright, Cheryl Alex, Kathleen Hollingsworth / Video and audio interviews
By PAUL WARD // Listen to these stories by Saeeda Wright (vocals and compositions), Cheryl Alex (flute, vocals, composition), and Kathleen Hollingsworth (piano, vocals, composition) — all three performing this week at The 1905’s extraordinary Women In Jazz week.

By PAUL WARD // Listen to these stories by Saeeda Wright (vocals and compositions), Cheryl Alex (flute, vocals, composition), and Kathleen Hollingsworth (piano, ...

03/04/2025

Jon Spencer with Collate at Dante's in Portland on 02/25/25 Photos
By BENJAMIN MAH //

By BENJAMIN MAH //

03/01/2025

PSU Jazz Band with Melissa Aldana: March 4th, 2025, 7pm, The Old Church PSU Jazz Band with Melissa Aldana / Preview
By MICHAEL SHOEHORN CONLEY // Melissa Aldana, a native of Chile, has been making a name for herself as one of the great saxophonists in today’s jazz world. She was recently named Downbeat magazine’s “Rising Star Artist of the Year.” She will perform Tuesday, March 4th with the PSU Jazz Band under the direction of George Colligan in downtown Portland.

By MICHAEL SHOEHORN CONLEY // Melissa Aldana, a native of Chile, has been making a name for herself as one of the great saxophonists in today’s jazz world. ...

02/27/2025

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats with Charley Crockett at the Moda Center 2/16/2025 Photos by CHRISTINA HALL //

By CHRISTINA HALL //