The Portland Playlist

03/03/2017

The Portland Playlist welcomed Jason Fellman of J-Fell Presents to the studio last night. Jason is the amazing pied piper of Portland's music scene for he is a musician, a promoter, a marketing wizard, and organizer of many popular festivals. This weekend's MOGO Music Festival 2017 is going to set this city on fire when 70 bands take the stage at 12 venues from Portland to Oregon City. We have updated the following Mogofest post to include his . At the end of this article, you will find the podcast from our show which includes the playlist of local music curated by Jason. This playlist includes 13 of the 70 bands that will perform on 12 stages across the city this weekend. Many of us at PRP will be at a variety of shows and we would love to see you there.

Fans of Local Music Rejoice! The second MOGO Music Festival, a carefully and collaboratively curated music festival, blows up 11 different Portland venues March 3rd & 4th. PRP took the MOGO line up and dug through our archives to put together a list of MOGO artists to help make picking the shows you...

02/28/2017

The Portland Playlist has got a Wednesday night planned for you that is going to rock! We are bringing Jason Fellman from J-Fell Presents to the studio at Portland Radio Project to talk about the local music event of the year, MOGO Music Festival 2017, which takes place March 3 & 4 at 12 venues around the city featuring acts from 67 bands of all genres. Jason is the organizer of this music fest and he has curated a special playlist for our show. We will also be giving away pairs of tickets to many of the shows so be sure to listen for your chance to text-to-win.

to PRP at 99.1FM or online at www.prp.fm, Wednesday, 3/1 from 7-8 p.m. Our playlist for the evening includes music from:
The Fur Coats 3/3 MOGOfest: The Fur Coats // KING WHO // Enjoys Things;
Sarah Wild 3/3 MOGOfest: Haley Johnsen // Mbrascatu // Sarah Wild;
Cambrian Explosion 3/4 MOGOfest: The Pynnacles // Cambrian Explosion // LiquidLight;
The Jackalope Saints 3/3 MOGOfest: The Jackalope Saints // Shane Brown
Tyrone Hendrix 3/4 MOGOfest: PDX Funk & Soul Par-tay!
Elke Robitaille 3/3 MOGOfest: Elke Robitaille // Maiah Wynne
Tyler Stenson 3/4 MOGOFest: Tyler Stenson // Lance Kinnaird // NorthHead
Onion The Man 3/4 MOGOfest:Whim Grace//Laryssa Birdseye//Kaiya OnThe Mountain//OTM
1,000 Fuegos 3/3 MOGOfest: 1,000 Fuegos (Acoustic Duo) // Me & Julio
Falcon Heart 3/3 MOGOfest: Falcon Heart // Sparrow
Blue City Diesel MOGOfest: Lewi Longmire Band // Blue City Diesel // McDougall
Jacob Westfall 3/4 MOGOfest: The Rocktarts // Jacob Westfall
Pretty Gritty 3/3 MOGOfest: The Junebugs // Brian Odell // Pretty Gritty

02/26/2017

It was a pleasure to welcome back Ryan Aiello and the rest of ILL LUCID ONSET to The Portland Playlist at Portland Radio Project. Joining me, Veronica Bisesti, and Ryan in the studio were band mates, Giancarlo Herrera and Jim Beriault. We listened to a few of their influences and then recorded tracks off their "You Say," "Live at Mississippi Studio," and "Trixie Studio Sessions" albums. Theirs is a modern rock sound that you can't help but love. You can read all about it and listen to the podcast by clicking below. Enjoy!

The Portland Playlist welcomed back Ill Lucid Onset to the studio Wednesday to listen to some of their influences and recorded tracks from their new album, “Trixie Studio Sessions.” Singer-Songwriter Ryan Aiello, started Ill Lucid Onset to bring a fresh Modern Rock vibe to the Northwest music scene....

02/23/2017

We had a great time with ILL LUCID ONSET on tonight's, The Portland Playlist at Portland Radio Project. We listened to a few of their influences, and recorded tracks from the albums in the photograph below. You can enter to win one of those albums by texting, "ILO" to 27299.

They're working on creating new music so won't be playing a show until summer but stay tuned for news on that.

02/21/2017

The Portland Playlist is excited to welcome back ILL LUCID ONSET to Portland Radio Project, Wednesday, February 22nd, 7-8 p.m. Joining us in the the studio will be Ryan Aiello, Jim Beriault, and Giancarlo Herrera. Singer-Songwriter Ryan, started Ill Lucid Onset to bring a fresh Modern Rock vibe to the Northwest music scene. His lyrics and driving vocals have built a solid fan base and social media following that numbers over 30,000. They have been working on a new project, "Trixie Studio Sessions," and will tell us all about it. We'll also listen to a few of their music influences, and they'll perform live.

You can listen to the show on 99.1FM or online at www.prp.fm.

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02/18/2017

We were so glad we could reschedule The Colin Trio after one of December's snowstorms because we would have been sorely disappointed if it didn't work out. They joined us in the studio Wednesday night for some wonderful influences, original tracks, and the always loved part, a live performance. Karyn Ann joined us at the end for a live performance backed by The Colin Trio. They will all perform at tonight's sold-out, Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Legend show at The Old Church Concert Hall.

They will also perform in next month's, MOGOfest: Santiam // Corner // Karyn Ann & The Colin Trio show on 3/3 at The White Eagle along with Corner and Santiam. If you would like a chance to win two tickets to that show, text "MOGO" to 27299 and you will be added to the guest list.

The Portland Playlist welcomed The Colin Trio, a trio of Virginia transplants, to the studio Wednesday night. Fronted by Colin Hogan, they’re a little bit jazz, a little bit blues, and a whole lot of Southern soul. While they may only be a Trio, theirs is a full band sound with Brian Link on bass …

02/14/2017

Another we had to reschedule due to the December storm is happening this week. The Portland Playlist will welcome The Colin Trio to Portland Radio Project on Wednesday, February 15, 7-8 p.m. You can listen to their session when you to PRP at 99.1FM or online at www.prp.fm.

Joining us in the studio will be Colin Hogan, Brian Link, and Matt Ramsdell. We will listen to their music influences (you are going to love them), original recorded tracks, and live performance. They're a little bit jazz, a little bit blues, and a whole lot of soul. While they may only be a Trio, theirs is a full band sound. "Colin's original lyrics and compositions combines many musical influences, to create a totally unique sound that can captivate any audience."

The trio is part of next month's MOGOfest: Santiam // Corner // Karyn Ann & The Colin Trio on March 3rd at The White Eagle. TICKET GIVEAWAY NEWS!! We will be giving away two tickets to that show so be sure to listen for your chance to text-to-win.

UPDATE: We're thrilled to tell you that Karyn Ann will also be joining us tonight. She'll play a tune live and talk to us about the 3/3 MOGO Music Festival 2017 show.

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02/13/2017

We're happy to let you know the podcast is up from Thursday's, The Portland Playlist, with our guests, Maurice and the Stiff Sisters. We heard many great stories which made a fun hour go by in a matter of seconds. The band has a show, Maurice and the Stiff Sisters / Kelly Bauman / Green Hills Alone at Alberta St. on February 15th at Alberta Street Pub. If you find yourself needing something to do after Valentine's Day, this is the one for you!

Due to one of January’s storms, The Portland Playlist had to reschedule Maurice and The Stiff Sisters and are so happy it worked out for we would have missed meeting this fantastic local band. Fronted by Maurice Spencer, “The Stiff Sisters” name appeared in his fiance’s dream. Thinking it was a catc...

02/11/2017

We sure had fun this week on The Portland Playlist with two . Wednesday night's guests were Dave Coey, Michael Walker, Ned Failing, and Alan Toribio from popular local band, Mexican Gunfight. They have a show tonight, Mexican Gunfight plays White Eagle Saloon, at The White Eagle. Congratulations to our lucky listener for winning two tickets to the show! Teri Briggs will also be there so be sure and say 'hi' if you go.

The Portland Playlist welcomed a band of brothers, Mexican Gunfight, to the studio for a night of conversation, influences, and original music. Mexican Gunfight is a rock band of “blues grit, country lyricism, the soulfulness of gospel, a rare jam thrown in … occasionally even tinges of Latin and ja...

02/10/2017

The Portland Playlist had a two-fer this week and what fun it was! Wednesday night, our guests were the boys from Mexican Gunfight ( Dave Coey, Michael Walker, Ned Failing, and Alan Toribio). They will be at The White Eagle Saturday night for the Mexican Gunfight plays White Eagle Saloon show, 9 p.m.

Thursday night we welcomed the boys from Maurice and the Stiff Sisters ( Maurice Spencer, David Shur, and Aaron Mattison. They have a show, Maurice and the Stiff Sisters / Kelly Bauman / Green Hills Alone at Alberta St. on 2/15 at Alberta Street Pub.

We'll have the podcasts up this weekend so stay tuned.

02/07/2017

Due to snow, The Portland Playlist had to reschedule our with Maurice and the Stiff Sisters. In order to that, we will have two shows this week, Mexican Gunfight on Wednesday, and Maurice and the Stiff Sisters on Thursday, February 9th, 7-8 p.m.

"Filtered through the rose-tinted glasses of psychedelia and power pop," their music "weaves daring horn lines through full-bore guitar rockers and tongue-in-cheek tropical sambas." The band's first single, "Unlucky in Love" was premiered last summer by Vortex Music Magazine. You can read all about it and listen to the track at: http://www.vrtxmag.com/…/maurice-the-stiff-sisters-unlucky…/.
They will be performing at Alberta Street Pub on February 15th, 8-11 p.m. in the Maurice and the Stiff Sisters / Kelly Bauman / Green Hills Alone at Alberta St. show.

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