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Welcome back to the Café at Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Boulevard in Portland for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation. We will have another video episode, one with Tom May and an audience even, in December, so stay tuned for that. Happy to have filmmaker/musician Jon Meyer in here today. He’s premiering a new music documentary series called “Kontrast.” There’s a live opening show at Kelly’s Ol...

This is the fifth episode of the new video versions of OMN's long-running podcast from the Artichoke Cafe in Portland, Oregon. They have featured couples who are both working musicians. The first was with Kate Power and Steve Einhorn. The second episode featured two internationally known Blues bass players who are married to each other, Lisa Mann and Allen Markel. The third was singer and songwrit...

Welcome back to the Artichoke Café at Artichoke Music 2007 SE Powell Boulevard for the two hundred and twenty-first episode of OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music. I know we’re a couple of months away from the 2020 Portland Jazz Festival, but there’s been a change at the top at PDX Jazz. As we reported in May, Don Lucoff has parted ways. Replacing him as Executive Director is Chris Do...

I guess we’re in the holidays by now. That’s what advertising tells us, anyway. Another holiday benchmark is the annual visit to Portland by John Waters. This year his one-man show is called “John Waters: Filthier and Merrier.” They also add, “It’ll stuff your turkey.” He’ll be at the Aladdin Theater on Friday, December 6 where, we are told he will answer the following questions, “Are stolen Chris...

Welcome back to OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music, in the cafe which as you know is located at 2007 SE Powell Boulevard in Portland. This time we’re with someone who has made beautiful cafes and clubs in Portland for over twenty years. If you were ever in The Green Room, The Empire Room, Saffire Hotel, or Maiden in the Mist, you’ve been in one of her places. She has a new café calle...

Back for your ears-only this time. Our next video episode is on the way with Rebecca Sanborn and Ji Tanzer. Today it’s one of our favorite people. She led an all-star band at the recent OMN 10th Anniversary show. She is a member of one of families of musical royalty around here. She’s Janice Scroggins daughter, singer and composer Arietta Ward, a true, sure-nuff Soul singer, although she can sing...

This is the fourth episode of the new video versions of OMN's long-running podcast from the Artichoke Cafe in Portland, Oregon. The first five video episodes feature couples who are both working musicians. The first was with Kate Power and Steve Einhorn. The second episode featured two internationally known Blues bass players who are married to each other, Lisa Mann and Allen Markel. The third was...

I know sometimes it seems like each of these Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music is special and I really feel like they are. Some are more special and one of those is today. Sitting across from me here at Artichoke Music at 2007 SE Powell Boulevard is Jennifer Folker who holds a place in Portland’s musical history for a lot of things but especially for her work with Keith Schriener and Jay...

This is the third episode of the new video versions of OMN's long-running podcast from the Artichoke Cafe in Portland, Oregon. The first five video episodes feature couples who are both working musicians. The first was with Kate Power and Steve Einhorn https://www.oregonmusicnews.com/kate-power-steve-einhorn-coffeeshop-conversations208-video The second episode featured two internationally known Bl...

Hey, before we get to our guest, Neil Leeborg from the Goodfoot Lounge, I want to tell you that next week we’ll have our third video episode, another spousal unit: Shelly Rudolph and Chance Hayden. They’ll be performing too. That’s right here at Artichoke Music, in the Café 2007 SE Powell Boulevard. We like to bring venue owners in from time to time to hear their side of it. Just kidding. I’ve wan...

It's another Coffeshop Conversation at Artichoke Music…that’s at 2007 SE Powell Boulevard. We’ll have another video episode up on Thursday, October 17…another spousal episode, this time with Shelly Rudolph and Chance Hayden…yes they’ll also perform. Next week it’s an all-audio episode with Goodfoot co-owner Neil Leeborg and today we have harmonica player and writer Kim Field who leads one of the h...

It's another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation @ Artichoke Music…which is located at 2007 SE Powell Boulevard. Ever wondered what a music publicist and manger really does? Alex Steininger from In Music We Trust is here to let us in on the secrets. I get a million emails a day from publicists wanting in on OMN and Alex is one of my very favorites and that’s why we’ve invited him back. Next week, we’ll ha...

Well, we’ve got one for you this time. Returning to the spotlight is Andrew Paul Woodworth who is a talented singer and composer, and has been a movie actor and also did the funniest NSFW episode of this podcast last time he was here. We’re at Artichoke Café at Artichoke Music, 2007 Powell Boulevard in Portland where we’ll be shooting two new video episodes of OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations next w...

We're back in the café at Artichoke Music which you can find at 2007 SE Powell Boulevard, for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation. We’ve got two more video episodes coming up. We’re shooting them soon. But today, Ezra Weiss is here, he’s a Jazz pianist and composer who’s latest album. “We Limit Not the Truth of God” apparently blew everyone away when his big band performed it live at the Montavill...

We’re not hiding, we’re just back as audio-only this week. Coming soon, we’re going to be making (at least) one video episode per month. We had so much fun with Kate Power and Steve Einhorn last time that coming up are a series of couples who are also working musicians…Chance Hayden and Shelly Rudolph is one and Lisa Mann and Allen Markel is another…and more. Stay tuned. In Café Artichoke at 2007...

The motto coined years ago by the Art Ensemble of Chicago was "Great Black Music: Ancient to the Future." If a comparable vision and range applies to anyone in the blues field, it's doubtless Chris Thomas King, the restlessly inventive and eclectic bluesman who was a headliner a while ago at the Waterfront Blues Festival and is coming this Thursday with his full band for a four-night stand at the...

This episode also exist on video but we know that some of you listen to this podcast audio-only and while we will be making a video episode every month, we didn't want to leave you out.

My intro sounds nice and clean. Well don’t get too used to it because we had some recording problems with this week’s Coffeeshop Conversations at Artichoke Music…which were all our fault. So the conversation with Marv Ross of Quarterflash and the Trail Band is, let’s say, a little fuzzy. We tried fixing it but it’s about as good as it’s going to get. Marv was so good that I didn’t want to do it ov...

Welcome back to the Café at Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Boulevard for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation. It’s our new home for these things. I am not new. Our guest today, however is pretty new. She’s Nora Meier, a singer, composer, pianist who just a couple of weeks ago graduated from Cleveland High and is at a jumping off point in her musical career. She’s made some recordings and has had...

We're back at the Café in Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Boulevard for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation…and they actually give us coffee, too. We’ve got some exciting stuff planned for you over the next few months, but it’s still very hush hush sweet Charlotte. With me today is Ryan Meagher, for those of you reading this, it’s pronounced “Marr.” You know him as a guitarist and composer and als...

Michelle Bean of Catfish Lou's joins us this week for a great discussion about their first two years on the PDX music scene and their upcoming move to the west side.

OMN’S Coffeeshop Conversations at Artichoke Music is back…Artichoke is at 2007 SE Powell, a magical place full of musical instruments and musicians. It was around this time in 2016 that drummer/composer Tyrone Hendrix was on the podcast to talk about his album Rhythm On Life Vol. 1 and now he’s back to talk about Rhythm On Life Vol. 2…what’s different about this one and what’s the same. One thing...

We’re starting to settle in to Artichoke Music, our new home for OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations. They’re very nice to us. Look for expanded podcast production, even including video. We’re working on it. Returning to the podcast today is Ron Blessinger. Last time he visited he was leading Third Angle Music. These days he has a similar role at 45th Parallel, a similar music organization with some ke...

This is a special edition of Coffeeshop Conversations. First of all because it’s our first one at our new location, Artichoke Music at 2007 SE Powell Boulevard. I’d like to thank everyone at Catfish Lou’s for their kind hospitality and we wish them the best in their new location next month. Look for more info on OMN when they make the move. This is also special because Reggie Houston has returned....

Happy birthday to us. This is the 200th episode of OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations. I’d like to thank all of our guests who have come in and talked to us. On December 4, 2014 we premiered with saxophonist Mary-Sue Tobin. We had her back on too. Sometimes it’s been funny, sometimes we’ve learned something new about musicians we love, sometimes discovered folks we hadn’t heard of and sometimes we’ve...