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Legendary independent record label Kill Rock Stars has turned 30.
OPB takes a look back at the imprint’s storied history and gets a peek into the optimistic future of rock.
The legendary indie record label passes the three decade mark and looks to the future of rock with renewed excitement.
A deeply personal new recording from No-No Boy and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings reexamines a neglected history and challenges what it means to be an American.
The deeply personal new recording reexamines a neglected history and challenges what it means to be an American.
Sleater-Kinney are used to shaking things up. For decades now, the band has reshaped the tone of rock music with an ever-evolving sound.
But with their new album, they found themselves dealing with a lot of change, even by their standards.
The band faces down an uncertain future and embraces change with its new record.
Black Belt Eagle Scout bandleader Katherine Paul shares a special guest DJ playlist inspired by a move home during this past year.
The Black Belt Eagle Scout bandleader shares a guest DJ playlist inspired by a move home.
From modern indie rock to lo-fi funk from the 70s, Portland punk rock mainstay Kathy Foster covered a lot of territory in this guest DJ playlist.
Foster, a pillar of the Oregon punk rock music scene, puts her eclectic taste as a curator on full display in a special guest playlist created for OPB.
On their new album "Arrows," RED FANG go to great lengths to melt your face off. That includes katana sword stunts and drumming in swimming pools.
From Japanese katana sword stunts to drumming in swimming pools, the Portland outfit goes to great lengths to blow your mind.
This week's mix features new songs from Maria DeHart, Lord Huron, and Friedberg.
Kickstart the week with three new songs hand-picked for your playlist.
Battling cancer during COVID-19, musician Jessica Boudreaux (of Summer Cannibals) is undergoing an artistic transformation while normalizing illness, treatment and recovery to a devoted group of online fans.
Jessica Boudreaux is undergoing an artistic transformation while normalizing illness, treatment and recovery to a devoted group of online fans.
Eric D. Johnson’s band Fruit Bats has survived tragedy, neglect and the vagaries of the road. And now, he says things are just getting started.
Eric D. Johnson’s band has survived tragedy, neglect and the vagaries of the road. And now, he says things are just getting started.
Hip-hop musician MOsley WOtta is pushing artistic boundaries and asking tough questions of his listeners and his community in the high desert of Central Oregon.
The Bend-based emcee is asking tough questions and pushing artistic boundaries in Central Oregon.
OPB's Jerad Walker talked with Oregon native Kate Davis about her fascinating evolution from young jazz bassist and singer, reworking her creative landscape, and releasing a new album of songs by Daniel Johnston.
With her new album, “Strange Boy,” the songwriter completes a remarkable turnaround.
A new month coming, and a new collection of music chosen by public radio music stations around the country.
Public radio music stations across the country share a mix of the most popular songs on their airwaves this month, including music from Amythyst Kiah, Sofia Valdes, The Weather Station and more.
So much freedom and joy in this Tiny Desk performance by Sampa The Great!
The poet, rapper and singer-songwriter joins us from Zambia for a visually stunning quarantine concert, part of Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.
New music for the start of the week, including a new song from the much-loved Portland singer of Ural Thomas & the Pain.
Begin your week with three new songs hand-picked for your playlist: Ashland band Slow Co**se, Portland soul singer Ural Thomas and the gifted songwriter Julien Baker.
With “Sympathetic Magic” Typhoon offer a beautiful and brooding soundtrack to the pandemic
The Portland rock collective’s new release is an album for our times, filled with intense themes, conflicting emotions, incredible highs and crushing lows.
Rae Khalil: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The rapper, singer and songwriter performs four songs as part of Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.
Ice/snow day or no, we have new music for your playlist this week, from Hayley Williams, BOMBA ESTEREO, and Sir Sly.
Listen to three songs hand-picked to start your week.
Meshell Ndegeocello: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Filmed in stark black and white, Ndegeocello takes us on an intense trip across her catalog. Watch the R&B auteur's contribution to Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.
Monday Mix: Miss Gritt, Arlo Parks, Dylan Cartlidge
Start your week off right with three lovingly curated music picks from opbmusic.
Ashland band Slow Co**se talked with Jerad Walker about releasing their new record after a year of Covid and a summer of wildfires that burned in Southern Oregon.
Monday Mix: Typhoon, Drew Beck, Aaron Frazer
Start your week off right with three lovingly curated music picks from opbmusic.
Belgian artist Lous and the yakuza bring generous warmth to songs about incredibly difficult circumstances, escaping war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and settling in Belgium as a refugee.
Watch the Congolese refugee's Tiny Desk quarantine concert, filmed in a Paris bar.
Monday Mix: Goat Girl, CHAI, Gustaf
Start your week off right with three lovingly curated music picks.
The Voices Of Black Women Were Essential To Phil Spector’s Wall Of Sound
The full impact of Spector's musical legacy is impossible to measure without accounting for the creative labor of singers like Darlene Love and the damage Spector's manipulations did to their careers.
Monday Mix: Samm Henshaw, Vagabon, Molly Burch
Start your week off right with three lovingly curated music picks.
New music for your Monday:
Listen to our lovingly curated music picks for your week.
Public radio music staff around the country picked a strong list of artists to watch for 2021. We nominated Ghanaian-Dutch artist Nana Adjoa.
It's a new year, which means new opportunities for emerging artists to rise above the noise. Here are public radio's 17 artists to watch this year.
Monday Mix: Hether, Kate Davis, Valerie June
From psych pop to rhythm and blues, this week's curated mix covers a lot of ground.
Just in time! opbmusic contributor JT Griffith is our resident expert in all things holiday music, and if you could use a bit of holiday cheer right about now, this playlist can be your soundtrack.
Our resident holiday music expert offers up his lovingly curated annual list of new seasonal songs
Today's new batch includes songs by Portland's Desolation Horse (aka Cooper Trail), Iranian-born artist SEVDALIZA, and Melbourne duo The Avalanches.
Listen to new music from an upstart Oregon rock band, an atmospheric trip-hop song from an Iranian born musician and a transatlantic collaboration between an Aussie duo and an American.
opbmusic's DJs and staff picked their favorite songs of 2020 by local artists, including Mic Capes Music, Typhoon and Aesop Rock among others whose music was needed in this dark, long year. Share your favorites of the year in the comments.
These are just a few of our favorite songs released by Oregon-based musicians in 2020.
This new mixed-animation video from The Parson Red Heads' latest album, premieres today on opbmusic.
The Portland band's song about transcendence and beauty pairs with mixed-media animation in a new video released today.
New music picks to start your week, from Dutch-Turkish psych-pop band Altın Gün, Floating Room and Lianne La Havas.
Listen to this week's new mix of songs from opbmusic.
opbmusic contributor and DJ Matt Casebeer interviewed Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper about the band's thoughtful new record, and Earley played a solo set for this at-home session.
Eric Earley plays a solo set from the band's thoughtful new record, "Holy Smokes Future Jokes," and talks about its origins.
opbmusic's DJs and staff picked their favorite albums of this difficult year. What was yours?
These are the records that got us through this long, strange year.
New music to start the week off right, from Pixey, Middle Kids, and Steady Holiday.
Pixey's a bedroom pop project from Liverpool, with a dazzling new song. Middle Kids return with an exploration of solitude, and we hear the latest from Los Angeles band Steady Holiday.
We're sad to say opbmusic's 24-hour channel will end next Friday, December 11. This is happening in order to devote our resources to more music reporting across OPB's platforms including OPB Radio and TV, and on the website. Studio sessions, interviews and other features on opbmusic will continue.
The channel launched in 2007 and it's been a great 13-year run. We owe a huge thanks to opbmusic's DJs, past and present, for their work over those years, and thanks to everyone who listened and supported the service.
All of our music features and coverage can still be found, moving forward, at our website, opbmusic.org.
A little gospel music this morning from PJ Morton.
Watch the Grammy-nominated artist perform three songs from his album "The Gospel According To PJ."
New listens today from Portland's WeAreTyphoon, The Staves, and Brazilian artists Gal Costa with Rodrigo Amarante.
Listen to new music from atmospheric Portland rock band Typhoon, vocal trio The Staves, and a collaboration between two influential Brazilian musicians.
We talked with Laura Veirs about her new album, and how she made a record with her husband and long-time producer, while their marriage was ending.
The Portland-based artist opens up about the dissolution of her 20 year partnership with producer Tucker Martine and their final collaboration together.
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Watch Josh Hodges of Portland band Strfkr, from an acoustic session recorded in his basement. The song "Dear Stranger" is on the band's new album "Future Past Life."
Portland band MAITA, recorded on the last day Type Foundry Studio was open, playing from their stunning new album "Best Wishes." The record is out now on Kill Rock Stars. MAITA is playing a live-streamed release show next Saturday, May 23.
"This goes throughout all of the city, throughout Oregon and beyond." In Southeast Portland, a group of neighbors is sounding whatever instruments or makeshift instruments they have nightly to show appreciation for healthcare workers. Andy Emert, an award-winning fiddler, leads the unusual orchestra. It's a trend appearing all over the country.
Marisa Anderson’s music is full of texture and moods—it can evoke landscapes or the light at a certain time of day. Known internationally for her guitar mastery, Anderson walks us through her evolution as player and composer. Filmed entirely at The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse in Oregon, we are given a lakeside performance of her song, “Lament.”
bed. performs for opbmusic at Kelly's Olympian in a Live Session. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos. To listen to more sessions and stream our radio station live, visit https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/.
Hop Along performs "Prior Things" in this opbmusic Live Session recorded during soundcheck at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland. Watch the full performance at https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/article/hop-along-live-at-wonder-ballroom/ Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos. To listen to more sessions and stream our radio station live, visit https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/.
bed. performs "Replay" at Kelly's Olympian in an opbmusic Live Session. Watch the full performance and learn more about bed. at https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/bed-live-at-kellys-olympian/. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos. To listen to more sessions and stream our radio station live, visit https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/.
Adia Victoria talks about her drive to create music, in an opbmusic interview at Portland's Type Foundry Studio. We talked with her in March 2019, while on tour with her release, "Silences." The album title was taken from a Tillie Olsen book, that "..speaks about the silences that hamper creative women." Watch the full performance and learn more about Adia Victoria at https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/adia-victoria-nashville-interview-growing-up-black/. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos. To listen to more sessions and stream our radio station live, visit https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/.
Nilüfer Yanya performs In Your Head at Revolver Studios in an opbmusic Live Session. Watch the full performance and learn more about Nilufer Yanya at https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/nilufer-yanya-type-foundry-studio/. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos. To listen to more sessions and stream our radio station live, visit https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/.
Y La Bamba performs Boca Llena at Type Foundry Studio. Watch the full performance and learn more about Y La Bamba at https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/y-la-bamba-mujeres-interview/. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos. To listen to more sessions and stream our radio station live, visit https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/.
Anna Tivel performs "Worthless" in an opbmusic Live Session at Type Foundry. The song appears on her April 2019 release 'The Question.' Watch the full performance, and hear an interview with Anna Tivel about writing and arranging her songs, at https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/portland-anna-tivel-type-foundry-studio/ Follow opbmusic on Facebook: facebook.com/opbmusic.org Subscribe to our channel to see all our new videos first: youtube.com/opbmusic
Anna Tivel performs "Anthony" in an opbmusic Live Session at Type Foundry. The song appears on her April 2019 release 'The Question.' Watch the full performance, and hear an interview with Anna Tivel about writing and arranging her songs, at https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/portland-anna-tivel-type-foundry-studio/ Follow opbmusic on Facebook: facebook.com/opbmusic.org Subscribe to our channel to see all our new videos first: youtube.com/opbmusic
Black Belt Eagle Scout performs Indians Never Die at Revolver Studios. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Black Belt Eagle Scout performs Just Lie Down at Revolver Studios. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Black Belt Eagle Scout performs Soft Stud at Revolver Studios. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Black Belt Eagle Scout performs "Sam, A Dream" from her record "Mother of My Children," in this opbmusic session recorded at Revolver Studios. Watch the full session at https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/black-belt-eagle-scout-live-video/
Camp Crush Performs The Last Hour at Oregon City Brewing Co. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Camp Crush Performs If You Let Me Speak My Mind at Oregon City Brewing Co. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Ezza Rose performs Baby Come Down at Oregon City Brewing Co. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Ezza Rose performs Circles at Oregon City Brewing Co. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Ezza Rose performs Next to You at Oregon City Brewing Co. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Cedar Teeth performs Two Bottles at Oregon City Brewing Co. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Cedar Teeth performs Cancer at Oregon City Brewing Co. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Cedar Teeth performs Behind the Sun at Oregon City Brewing Co. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
Cedar Teeth performs Low Tide at Oregon City Brewing Co. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
And And And performs The Visitor at Revolver Studios in Portland, OR. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
And And And performs Reassemble Me at Revolver Studios in Portland, OR. Like opbmusic at facebook.com/opbmusic.org and subscribe to youtube.com/opbmusic for all our new videos.
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