Entries by Alex Steinenger

PORTUGAL. THE MAN RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “TIDAL WAVE”

PORTUGAL. THE MAN RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “TIDAL WAVE”  SELF-PROCLAIMED “LORDS OF PORTLAND” DROP SIXTH CREATIVE COLLABORATION WITH GLOBAL CREATIVE AGENCY WIEDEN+KENNEDY WATCH “TIDAL WAVE” HERE October 15, 2018. Portland, Oregon– Grammy award winning rockers Portugal. The Man, who recently won awards for both Album of the Year & Artist of the Year at the Oregon Music […]

The 12th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame Induction & Concert will be held THIS Saturday, October 13th at 7pm at the Aladdin Theater

The 12th annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame induction & concert will be held this Saturday, October 13th at Aladdin Theater. Performances by The Kingsmen, Ural Thomas & the Pain and Monti Amundson. This Years Inductees include Monti Amundson, Dan Eccles, Freak Mountain Ramblers, The Rats, Andy Stokes, Ural Thomas, Dover Weinberg, Dennis Carter, Ed […]

Induction Ceremony Oct. 13th at Aladdin

The 12th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) Induction & Concert will be held on Saturday, October 13th at 7pm at the Aladdin Theater. The concert will feature performances by The Kingsmen, Monti Amundson Trio and Ural Thomas and the Pain.  Tony Starlight will MC the event which will feature a live auction of […]

Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s 2018 College Scholarship Recipients:

Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s 2018 College Scholarship Recipients: Augusta Grassl, Harp, Renaissance public Academy, Canby, OR Vincent DePinto, Bassoon/Tenor Sax, Central Catholic HS, Portland, OR Cameron Roche, Trumpet, West Salem HS, Salem, OR John Fawcett, Violin, Redmond Proficiency Academy, Redmond, OR

Curtis Salgado Wins At Blues Music Awards

The thirty-ninth annual Blues Music Awards honoring blues musicians and recordings in 26 categories were held in Memphis, TN, last month. Portland’s own Curtis Salgado was once again awarded the BMA for Soul Vocalist, his ninth BMA award and seventeenth nomination overall. Other local musicians nominated this year were Karen Lovely, Jimi Bott, and The […]

2018’s Oregon Backstage, Saturday, May 12th at Secret Society with Blind Pilot — tickets ON SALE now

Oregon Backstage: An evening of mingling and music benefiting the Oregon Music Hall of Fame Saturday, May 12 – 7pm (6:30pm Doors)  //The Secret Society — 116 NE Russell St, Portland, OR 97212 http://bit.ly/OregonBackstageBlindPilot Portland, OR –The Oregon Music Hall of Fame presents its 2nd annual fundraising concert and auction event – Oregon Backstage – an […]

A Celebration of John Fahey and American-Primitive Guitar

A Celebration of John Fahey and American-Primitive Guitar By Amanda Petrusich April 12, 2018 In the fifties and sixties, the guitarist John Fahey pioneered an idiosyncratic style of fingerpicking called American primitive. Photograph by GAB Archive / Redferns / Getty This weekend, the city of Takoma Park, Maryland, will host the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose, the […]