Marti's Music Kitchen

PREVIEW: On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, the Fun Music and Food Podcast, where anything can happen! Today’s guest, Dustin Hunley, is an accomplished jazz pianist who has been a music educator for over 16 years. He is also a fabulous vocalist, director, composer, arranger, and an absolute whiz in the kitchen! When Dustin found out his young son had Celiac disease and could be harmed by ea...

On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, the Fun Music and Food Podcast, where anything can happen! Today’s guest, Dustin Hunley, is an accomplished jazz pianist who has been a music educator for over 16 years. He is also a fabulous vocalist, director, composer, arranger, and an absolute whiz in the kitchen! When Dustin found out his young son had Celiac disease and could be harmed by eating glut...

Welcome to Marti’s Music Kitchen, the Fun Music and Food Podcast, where anything can happen! In today’s world of iPhones, computer games and other teenage distractions, it’s refreshing to find a 14 year-old that knows their way around a kitchen! Today, we feature Matilda McCabe, Tildy for short, and she is a new freshman at the Milwaukie Academy of the Arts. She is talented, musical and one great...

Welcome to Marti’s Music Kitchen, the Fun Music and Food Podcast, where anything can happen! In today’s world of iPhones, computer games and other teenage distractions, it’s refreshing to find a 14 year-old that knows their way around a kitchen! Today, we feature Matilda McCabe, Tildy for short, and she is a new freshman at the Milwaukie Academy of the Arts. She is talented, musical and one great...

On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, we are cooking with Portland’s Glamour Girls, The Starella Sisters. Glam cocktails & hors d’ouevers. Classy is back! Summertime in a Glass Approx 1.5 oz Limoncello Approx 1.5 oz Vodka Sparkling lemon or lime water Muddled mint, mixed frozen berries, and limes Muddle the berries and mint in the bottom of your clear glass. Mix the Limoncello, vodka and spark...

PREVIEW: On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen … we are cooking with Portland’s Glamour Girls, The Starella Sisters. Let me tell you, these ladies have perfected the green room snack and shared with us some of their favorite pre-show snacks and libations. The cocktails du jour are incredible: Summertime in a Glass, and a Polynesian deli...

PREVIEW OF Dr. Larry Sherman Episode On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen, we delve into the mysterious brain with Musical Neuroscientist and OHSU Professor Dr. Larry Sherman. “Learning and instrument has these amazing physical effects on the brain. Like generating new cells, generating more connections in between cells, and generating...

On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, we delve into the mysterious brain with Musical Neuroscientist, Dr. Larry Sherman. “Learning and instrument has these amazing physical effects on the brain. Like generating new cells... and generating more of this “myelan” substance.” (Which keeps the brain young.) With over 80 publications, numerous television appearances discussing topics such as the sci...

On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen … we take you on a journey from an Italian farm to the hustle and bustle of city life in Portland with travel consultant and chef, Antimo Cimino. “For me nutrition is the nutrition of the soul. So when you’re cooking, how you do it and what goes into the cooking is because you know you’re putting th...

On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen … we take you on a journey from an Italian farm to the hustle and bustle of city life in Portland with travel consultant and chef, Antimo Cimino. “For me nutrition is the nutrition of the soul. So when you’re cooking, how you do it and what goes into the cooking is because you know you’re putting th...

On the Season Two opener of Marti’s Music Kitchen, we’re jazzing it up with acclaimed songwriter and performer, Naomi LaViolette. We’re meeting her high in the lush green hills of the fabulous Campbell Lane Winery. You might recognize Naomi’s music from the national acclaim around her work with Steve Goodwin and the “Saving his Music” project, or about the Oregon Symphony’s “Lullaby Project,” help...

On this Season 2 Launch of Marti’s Music Kitchen, the fun music and food podcast where anything can happen, we travel to the lush green hills of Pete’s Mountain in West Linn to the Campbell Lane Winery. Our guests, songwriter Naomi LaViolette and the winery’s co-owner, Tracy Parks, welcome us into the kitchen for Naomi’s own delicious, healthy Fish Bowls and of course, vino! Naomi has received nat...

On Episode 20 of Marti’s Music Kitchen, the fun and music podcast where anything can happen, we team up with newlyweds and Portland’s power couple in the Blues scene, Greg Slim Lively Johnson and Cherie Johnson. Greg is President of the Cascade Blues Association and 2016 recipient of The Blues Foundation’s “Keeping the Blues Alive” Award. He is also a respected photographer, capturing the music he...

On Episode 20 of Marti’s Music Kitchen, the fun music and food podcast where anything can happen, we team up with newlyweds and Portland’s power couple in the Blues scene, Greg Slim Lively Johnson and Cherie Johnson. Greg is President of the Cascade Blues Association, respected photographer, author, (Blues on Beale Street: Memoirs of the International Blues Challenge), and 2016 recipient of The Bl...

On this Episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, the fun music and food podcast where anything can happen, it’s a Liberace 100th Birthday Celebration! With costumes, music and the glamor of show business, Liberace tribute artist and extravagant performer, David Saffert is with me today. David is a classically trained pianist and has partnerships with the Oregon Ballet Theatre, the Portland Opera, the Ore...

On the next Episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, the fun music and food podcast where anything can happen, it’s a Liberace 100th Birthday Celebration! With costumes, music and the glamor of show business, Liberace tribute artist and extravagant performer, David Saffert is with me today. Crashing the party is Mr. Bo Ayars, who has worked with Bob Hope, Elvis, Barbara Streisand and who just happened to...

On this episode of Marti's Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen ... we entered Executive Chef Juan Zaragoza's kitchen at the elegant Hotel DeLuxe to cook up a little Chicken Parmesan with two of Portland's theatrical stars, Susannah Mars and Merideth Kaye Clark. These ladies have taken the term Supper Club to new heights since its inception in the hotel's signat...

On the next episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen … we'll take you on a musical journey back to the days of glitz and glamour with Portland's own musical theatre stars, Susannah Mars and Merideth Kaye Clark. With tributes to Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland, they are the hosts of a fabulous new supper club set in the elegant Gracie's dining ro...

On this episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen … we have a sassy blend of country blues, jazz and rock with The Colin Trio. They’re taking their sultry, Southern influences into the Kitchen to make the luscious layers of something they call “The Real Deal Tuna Melt.” The rich vocals of songwriter, Colin Hogan, combined with Brian Link on bass, a...

On the next episode of Marti’s Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen … we have a sassy blend of country blues, jazz and rock with The Colin Trio. They’re taking their sultry, Southern influences into the Kitchen to make the luscious layers of something they call “The Real Deal Tuna Melt.” The rich vocals of songwriter, Colin Hogan, combined with Brian Link on bas...

Welcome to Episode 16 of Marti’s Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen! My guest is the amazing trumpet player, author, teacher and outstanding cook, Mr. John Dover. He is an endorsed artist for Bach trumpets, and he plays everything from classical and jazz, to rock. This Renaissance man will be cooking up Chilaquiles with a Lazy man's Piña Colada, and we’ll even...

On the Episode 15 of Marti’s Music Kitchen, is the amazing trumpet player, teacher and outstanding cook, Mr. John Dover. He is an endorsed artist for Bach trumpets, and he plays everything from classical and jazz, to rock. This Renaissance man will be cooking up Chilaquiles with a Lazy man's Piña Colada, and we’ll even get to check-out Jam’s By Jess, home-made goodness in a jar by John’s wife, Jes...

We’re dancing in the kitchen today with The AM/Acoustic Minds’ identical twin sister singers and songwriters, Jenni and Amanda Price. Together with super producers and multi instrumentalists Josh Lorenzen and Aaron Altemose, they’ve been capturing the EDM house in both Portland and LA with a cross-genre of bass-infused soul power music. They were voted Portland’s “Band of the Year,” in 2010, and t...

On this PREVIEW of Marti’s Music Kitchen, Episode 15, We’re dancing in the kitchen today with The AM/Acoustic Minds’ identical twin sister singers and songwriters, Jenni and Amanda Price. Together with super producers and multi instrumentalists Josh Lorenzen and Aaron Altemose, they’ve been capturing the EDM house in both Portland and LA with a cross-genre of bass-infused soul power music. They we...

On this special Valentine’s Day edition of Marti’s Music Kitchen, The FUN Music and Food Podcast, Where Anything Can Happen … my guest is Portland’s Queen of Classical, Suzanne Nance. She is an award-winning broadcaster, amazingly talented soprano, President and CEO of All-Classical Portland and host of Sunday Brunch. Suzanne has a passion for cooking, and will share her own recipe for a delicious...