Alto saxophonist and composer, Ornette Coleman passed away on June 11th at the age of 85. In his nearly 60-year-long career, he changed the course of music…
In 1976, Brian Tristan was the 17-year-old president of The Ramones Fan Club. Today, he’s the man we know as Kid Congo Powers, legendary voodoo guitarist for The Gun…
The 13th annual midcoast-based Seal Bay Festival of American Chamber Music presents their first ever Portland concert featuring Manhattan’s Cassatt Quartet playing works by John Corigliano and the festival’s guest composer, Joan Tower.…
It should come as no surprise that after years of touring with his band Monotonix, once hailed by SPIN as “the most exciting live band in…
at Congress Sq. Park Cuddle Magic is a Brookyln-based band songwriting collective that performs lush, playful songs with wide-ranging instrumentation, including percussion, vibraphone, trumpet, clarinet, keyboards, guitars…
Tal National is a six-piece band from Niamey, the capital city of Niger, West Africa’s largest nation and one of the world’s poorest. Although they are hugely popular in…
Full of Hell is just that. Their earsplitting, terrifying and utterly chaotic blend of grindcore and noise takes viscerality to a whole other place. It’s extreme music…
Recently called one of “the Western Mass indie scene’s brightest creative lights” by Pitchfork, And the Kids return to Portland on the heels of their debut LP, Turn To Each Other. The self-proclaimed…
The 6th 48 Hour Music Festival has descended upon us in its first ever summer edition. Thirty adventurous musicians from local bands of all genres will…
What Cheer? Brigade is a 19-piece brass band from Providence, RI that has brought their music to city streets, American Legions, tiny dance clubs, parking lots, and island ferries……