April 3, 2019 (Portland, OR): In a special collaboration with Portland Taiko, Fear No Music looks beyond borders with curiosity and respect, highlighting Japan’s outsized influence on Western culture, and thus the diverse fabric of our own neighborhoods.
Japanarama: The Ongoing Influence of Japanese Culture
Monday, May 6 at 7:30pm
The Old Church Concert Hall in Downtown Portland
Tickets available at fearnomusic.org
With this dynamic collaboration, Fear No Music accentuates quintessential Japanese concepts such as “ma” (the space between), “wabi sabi” (the beauty of imperfection), “shibui” (simplicity or minimalism), and “ikigai” (a reason for being), which serve to contextualize Japanese culture and showcase its unique beauty. Japanese design and aesthetics are so prevalent in modern American society that many people are unaware of their overseas origins. However, the rich history that shaped their existence provides deeper insight and appreciation for the invaluable ways in which we reappropriate foreign culture as our own.
This concert program includes:
Stream for solo percussion, by Peruvian interdisciplinary composer, performer and improviser, Pauchi Sasaki
My Sleeve Is Wet With Tears for solo clarinet, by Barbara White
Netsuke: Six Miniatures for violin and piano, by Stephen Hartke (inspired by exquisite Japanese wood carvings on display at the LA County Museum of Art)
Sonata from the Other Shore for solo piano, by Wang Jie: “a cross-cultural handshake between current and former rival countries” Japan and China, and based on the Japanese folk song “Tanchame-Bushi”
Pacific Voices for taiko and violin, by Zachary Semke and Ann Ishimaru
Dango Jiro for flute, violin, cello, and taiko ensemble, by Kenji Bunch *
Winds of Change/Forest Festival for taiko and viola, by Kenny Endo
SATAN & ADAM
Series: Sonic Cinema
In 1986, harmonica player Adam Gussow asked if he could jam on the streets of Harlem with one-man-band Sterling "Mr. Satan" Magee. Amidst NYC’s racial tension, this Jewish Ivy League graduate and black Mississippi bluesman, Satan & Adam, made an unlikely pair. After a chance encounter with members of U2 and a celebrated debut record, they rose to international acclaim—and then Mr. Satan mysteriously disappeared. This documentary, an odyssey 23 years in the making, captures a miraculous journey of friendship, heartbreak, and the transformative power of music.
Sponsored by XRAY FM, Music Millennium and Lagunitas Brewing.
Ticket information available at https://hollywoodtheatre.org/events/satan-adam/
Sunday Night Star-Studded Funk featuring The Othership Connection, Excellent Gentlemen, The Quick & Easy Boys, Sarah Clarke (Dirty Revival), Brian Foxworth and many more.
* May 3rd Funklandia Kickoff Party at 1905
* May 4th Funklandia Presents: All-Star James Brown Tribute
* May 5th Funklandia: Portland Funk Music Festival [Sunday Night]
TICKETS, LINEUP & More. at www.funklandiapdx.com or www.funklandia.com
Purchase Tickets At:
www.funklandia.com
Each song on Bayonne’s Drastic Measures is orchestral in texture, unfolding in countless layers and kaleidoscopic tones. With great intensity of detail, the Austin-based artist otherwise known as Roger Sellers deepens that sonic complexity by weaving in elegantly warped samples of the field recordings he’s gathered for over a decade. But in its powerful melodies and pristine arrangements, Drastic Measures ultimately bears a pure pop lucidity even in its most grandiose moments.
Tickets and more information available at Dougfirloung.com
XRAY.FM joins forces with Tender Loving Empire for a in-store DJ on select Saturdays each month from 12-4PM!
Come hang out and listen to music:
5/4 - Christopher Nakayama
5/11 - DJ Theo Craig
6/1 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/6 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/13 - Christopher Nakayama
AMAZING GRACE
Series: Sonic Cinema
An amazing documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album "Amazing Grace" at The New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.
Sponsored by XRAY FM, Music Millennium and Lagunitas Brewing.
Showtimes and tickets available at https://hollywoodtheatre.org/events/amazing-grace/
VCR TV at the lovecraft
Dj Kyle Reese & Acid Rick
Sunday April 28th
9pm-2am
DJ Kyle Reese & special guest Billy Knight
Monday April 22nd
9pm-1am
Meine Damen und Herren; Magnolia Bouvier and DDDJJJ666 have a LOT of German, Swiss and Austrian new wave, cold wave, synth pop, post punk, kraut and whatever records TO PLAY FOR YOU at The Red Fox. Please join us for Gute Nacht on 4/20 (Vier Zwanzig, dudes). Come get krauted out of your Kopf!
Monqui & Soul'd Out Present: Shy Girls with Akua
Saturday April 20th ~ All Ages
$17-$20
Doors 8PM
Tickets
Acclaimed pop singer/producer Dan Vidmar, a.k.a. Shy Girls, will
release a new album, Bird on the Wing, in Spring of 2019 .
The album contains a palpable sense of Vidmar’s evolution towards
the carefree, a newfound buoyancy and optimism which pervades the
whole effort. The album is an enticing and uplifting mixture of lo-fi soul,
nerdy jam outs, minimalist grooves and a whole lot of chimes. It pulls from
a far-reaching and unexpected array of influences, with elements of Jaco
and Weather Report, dusty Dilla-esque drums, and noodling Garcia guitar
solos.
Vortex Music Magazine and Artists Repertory Theatre's Musical Interlude series—where artists perform stripped-down versions of their songs and tell the stories behind them, all on a theatrical set—continues on the fifth anniversary of the mag! With our genre-themed lineup coming soon, do not miss our fifth birthday party at Musical Interlude: Hip-Hop!
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XRAY.FM joins forces with Tender Loving Empire for a in-store DJ on select Saturdays each month from 12-4PM!
Come hang out and listen to music:
5/4 - Christopher Nakayama
5/11 - DJ Theo Craig
6/1 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/6 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/13 - Christopher Nakayama
Shirley Nanette performing the Never Coming Back LP live! With support from DJs Jon Kirby (Numero Group) and Bobby D (Albina Music Trust).
A World Arts Foundation Production
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Shirley Nanette:
Shirley Nanette has long been recognized by the regional music community for her dynamic vocal sensibility—performing jazz and classical works at festivals, on television, and with the Oregon Symphony as well as earning her a place in the Oregon Music Hall Of Fame. Less is known, however, about the degree to which her vocal work pulls from the roots of soul music. In 1973, Nanette released an LP entitled Never Coming Back. Featuring a cast of Albina area musicians, the record has been lauded by some as a critical piece of Portland soul music history. Tonight’s program will feature Shirley Nanette performing her seminal LP Never Coming Back in its entirety.
Albina Soul Revue Band:
The Albina Soul Revue Band is an intergenerational group of Portland musicians under the direction of Tony Ozier. Since 2009, Ozier's "Dookie Jam" has served as an open forum for rappers, producers, and jazz musicians alike. With the Albina Soul Revue Band, Ozier has enlisted a veritable dream team of local heavies to perform original Albina soul music from the 1960s-80s. The group features Kenney Polson (Gil Scott-Heron, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Marsalis), Danny Osborne (Billy Graham, Shirley Nanette), Marquay Seamster (Prince), Kyle Molitor (Bootsy Collins), Noah Simpson (Noah Simpson Group), Dennis Dove (World Beat Collective), Ben "Snacks" Turner (KMHD, Dirty Revival), and Colin Jenkins (Ages and Ages).
Jon Kirby:
Jonathan Kirby is a record collector, author, and producer with the esteemed reissue label, the Numero Group. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the Associate Editor for the Brooklyn-based music journal, Wax Poetics, before joining the Numero Group in 2011. He has been nominated for two Grammys in relation to his archival work—in 2014 for his expansive liner notes for Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound and again in 2017 for producing Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta. He has recently returned to his home in Winston-Salem to intensify research and preservation of the underrated, unknown, and marginalized musicians of North Carolina.
www.numerogroup.com
Bobby D:
An elementary school teacher by day, Bobby Smith is a writer, disc jockey, and local media archivist by night. His Night School program on XRAY FM has served the Albina musician community since 2014. In partnership with Portland arts and education non-profit, World Arts Foundation, he founded the Albina Music Trust––an initiative to elevate 20th century Albina musicians through storytelling, performance, and releasing unissued local soul records. He has been a contributing writer for Wax Poetics, Hot Stuff Magazine, and Portland Mercury.
www.nightschool.us
www.instagram.com/albinamusictrust
Shirley Nanette performing the Never Coming Back LP live! With support from DJs Jon Kirby (Numero Group) and Bobby D (Albina Music Trust).
A World Arts Foundation Production
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Shirley Nanette:
Shirley Nanette has long been recognized by the regional music community for her dynamic vocal sensibility—performing jazz and classical works at festivals, on television, and with the Oregon Symphony as well as earning her a place in the Oregon Music Hall Of Fame. Less is known, however, about the degree to which her vocal work pulls from the roots of soul music. In 1973, Nanette released an LP entitled Never Coming Back. Featuring a cast of Albina area musicians, the record has been lauded by some as a critical piece of Portland soul music history. Tonight’s program will feature Shirley Nanette performing her seminal LP Never Coming Back in its entirety.
Albina Soul Revue Band:
The Albina Soul Revue Band is an intergenerational group of Portland musicians under the direction of Tony Ozier. Since 2009, Ozier's "Dookie Jam" has served as an open forum for rappers, producers, and jazz musicians alike. With the Albina Soul Revue Band, Ozier has enlisted a veritable dream team of local heavies to perform original Albina soul music from the 1960s-80s. The group features Kenney Polson (Gil Scott-Heron, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Marsalis), Danny Osborne (Billy Graham, Shirley Nanette), Marquay Seamster (Prince), Kyle Molitor (Bootsy Collins), Noah Simpson (Noah Simpson Group), Dennis Dove (World Beat Collective), Ben "Snacks" Turner (KMHD, Dirty Revival), and Colin Jenkins (Ages and Ages).
Jon Kirby:
Jonathan Kirby is a record collector, author, and producer with the esteemed reissue label, the Numero Group. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the Associate Editor for the Brooklyn-based music journal, Wax Poetics, before joining the Numero Group in 2011. He has been nominated for two Grammys in relation to his archival work—in 2014 for his expansive liner notes for Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound and again in 2017 for producing Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta. He has recently returned to his home in Winston-Salem to intensify research and preservation of the underrated, unknown, and marginalized musicians of North Carolina.
www.numerogroup.com
Bobby D:
An elementary school teacher by day, Bobby Smith is a writer, disc jockey, and local media archivist by night. His Night School program on XRAY FM has served the Albina musician community since 2014. In partnership with Portland arts and education non-profit, World Arts Foundation, he founded the Albina Music Trust––an initiative to elevate 20th century Albina musicians through storytelling, performance, and releasing unissued local soul records. He has been a contributing writer for Wax Poetics, Hot Stuff Magazine, and Portland Mercury.
www.nightschool.us
www.instagram.com/albinamusictrust
XRAY.FM joins forces with Tender Loving Empire for a in-store DJ on select Saturdays each month from 12-4PM!
Come hang out and listen to music:
5/4 - Christopher Nakayama
5/11 - DJ Theo Craig
6/1 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/6 - DJFGQBNYJ
7/13 - Christopher Nakayama
Mic Check and A Beat Happening present: Beats & Rhymes - A Fundraiser for XRAY.FM The ALL AGES show features rappers and producers from Portland to Oklahoma City. Also featuring artists representing Friends of Noise. The event kicks off at 5pm Saturday April 6th at McMenamins Mission Theater
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An intensely intimate post-punk/darkwave experience, the Out From The Shadows festival brings in artists from around the country and the world for three nights at the Tonic Lounge. This year, we go from the largely Portland-based opening night - 4 local bands (The Secret Light and Darkswoon among them) along with Copenhagen's The Foreign Resort and the return of The Wheal from Paris - to two distinctly different but equally amazing lineups the next two nights. Friday finds Light Asylum headlining in their only Portland appearance of the year supported by LA's Milliken Chamber, Social Station from DC, Chicago artist Panic Priest and others, including Portland wunderkinds Xibling. Saturday night turns decidedly darker and not a little more goth. Aside from the long overdue reappearance of local band LUNCH, we have Oakland's Ink Bats, Cruz de Navajas from Mexico City, Seattle's Nox Novacula, SF legends Altar De Fey, rising phenoms Twin Tribes from Texas, the return of the intense and popular Lust Era from San Juan PR, all topped by one of the current, hotbed Portland scene's most important originators, The Estranged.
Tickets and the complete lineup available at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/254829712076067/
Every first Tuesday from 9PM-1AM join XRAY.FM DJs spinning records live at one of the coziest bars in Portland, Beech Street Parlor! For a full schedule of events visit Beech Street Parlor here.
Join PDX Pop Now! in celebrating the 2019 PDX Pop Now! compilation, with tracks from nearly 40 Portland artists!
Kingsley Music
Martha Stax
Babytooth
Doors at 6 p.m. with music starting at 6:30 p.m.
$8 Admission includes a copy of the 2019 compilation!
- - ALL AGES - -
This event is sponsored by the fine folks at XRAY.FM!
Each year, the PDX Pop Now! listening committee —comprised of volunteers from across our community—listen to over 500 songs submitted for the annual compilation. After making it through the listening panel, final tracks are then selected with attention to diversity, representation and popularity. All proceeds of the compilation go towards funding 16th Annual PDX Pop Now! Festival!
A special thank you to our sponsors! Lagunitas Community Room - Portland, Cravedog, Inc., CD Baby, Sky Onion Mastering, and Baby Doll Pizza!