Oregon Music News

09/19/2026

I LIKE IT LILKE THAT!
10pm (Friday night) kmhd.org and OnDemand thereafter.
Hear David Porter sing, plus James Blood Ulmer, the dramatic Dramatics.
A set of very early Motown, Shemekia Copeland singing one of her daddy's songs., Robert Glasper, Muddy Waters and much more.
That's David Porter with car.

09/17/2026

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Rebecca Sanborn A spectacularly thoughtful new album / Coffeeshop Conversations #458
By TOM D'ANTONI // She's a keyboardist, composer, singer, arranger with aa new album of songs that will make you think and feel. Shadow Work features a huge cast of Oregon's most talented musicians. Is it Jazz? Are they art songs? Listen to one which features her daughter singing harmony. The last time she was on the Pod, Nadia was in urtero.

Also, find answer to the question: wither The Blue Cranes?

By TOM D'ANTONI // She's a keyboardist, composer, singer, arranger with aa new album of songs that will make you think and feel. Shadow Work features a huge cast ...

09/15/2026

puerta.negra.musica - The OMN Interview
By MATT HANSEN // Portland EBM duo who recently released the EP 'Metafísica' will play Star Theater on Oct. 10th

By MATT HANSEN // Portland EBM duo who recently released the EP 'Metafísica' will play Star Theater on Oct. 10th

09/12/2026

The Red Clay Strays at the Moda Center 08/29/2026 - PHOTOS By MIKE LEWIS //

By MIKE LEWIS //

09/12/2026

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!
10pm Tonight (Friday) and OnDemand thereafter--kmhd.org
A Cassandra Wilson set (of course).
Plus: My Bluebird Got Caught In the Rain from 1930, Bill Withers with Grover Washington, Mary Flower with Leon Cotter, Ear;l Fatha Hines, The Meters, McCoy Tyner................is that a wide enough range for ya?,

08/28/2026

I LIis.KE IT LIKE THAT!
Tonight: Kicking things off with Rufus Thomas and Get On Up and Do It, ..that’s all there is to it. Plus in that first set two by Allen Toussaint and Brook Benton doing Don't Think Twice with an all-star Arif Mardin band.
Best of all is a whole set of Johnny Otis recreating his nightclub from the 1940s, complete with clinking glasses!
And a whole lot more. 10pm radio and internet kmhd.org and OnDemand there subsequently.
Here's Jonny Veliotis

08/28/2026

Kyleen King: Her first year as a therapist/musician - Coffeeshop Conversations #457
By TOM D'ANTONI // Therapist/cellist Kyleen King on what it's been like diving in to her joint vocations full-time.

By TOM D'ANTONI // Therapist/cellist Kyleen King on what it's been like diving in to her joint vocations full-time.

08/25/2026

WHITE RING September 7th at Holocene Portland - Preview
By MATT HANSEN // NYC duo known for being innovators of the witchhouse genre will play Holocene on Sept. 7th on the Witness Protection Tour

By MATT HANSEN // NYC duo known for being innovators of the witchhouse genre will play Holocene on Sept. 7th on the Witness Protection Tour

08/22/2026

LIKE IT LIKE THAT!
Tonight (Friday) at 10pm / OnDemand thereafter. kmhd.org
A set from the heart kicks it off w/The Chambers Brothers, Bobby Blue Bland, Allen Toussaint and Etta James.
Plus The Memphis Horns, Lloyd and Glenn (doing Minnie Skirts and Go-Go Boots), Bootsy, Sly, Steevie, Nina Simone and Erma Franklin (Aretha's big sister) doing the original "Piece of My Heart.."
And a whole lot more.
That's Erma.

08/19/2026

Jesse Welles at Pioneer Courthouse Square on 8/12/2026 - Photos
By DIANE RUSSELL //

By DIANE RUSSELL //