Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2026. A large portion of this week’s songs come from one amazing album, released ...

Saxophonist/composer Kate Olson has excelled in Seattle’s jazz and experimental scenes for about 15 years as a solo artist, ...

Reconnection The inspiration for Tuve Halse’s new album, Reconnection, made with her quintet, comes in part from a trip she made to Svalbard, a remote archipelago in the Arctic Circle where polar ...

The hometown Trim/Breiwick Quartet kept it tight, with originals inspired by the standards, at The Estate on Feb. 28.

Prog-rock legend Adrian Belew on preventing a Talking Heads coup, shaking up King Crimson, and going to Graceland.

San Francisco has a wealth of music festivals but none quite like Noise Pop Festival. As opposed to a weekender at a park, the city-sprawling festival happens over the course of two weeks, taking over ...

Roasted heritage chicken gets pan-roasted until the skin crackles and the meat stays juicy, served with creamy northern white ...

Throughout his decades-long career, Shabaka has proven to be a vital organ in contemporary jazz, pushing the boundaries of ...

You can easily read “Twio” as “Trio.” You won’t be wrong. Yet, the obtuse word, in Smith’s witty way, implies fun.

Over the past five decades, Toody and her dearly departed husband, Fred, have kept Portland’s music scene alive with their bands—Dead Moon, the Weeds, the Rats, Pierced Arrows, and several others—self ...

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Nothing – A Short History of Decay (Run For Cover) The shoegaze veterans’ fifth album strikes a balance between the familiar ...