African American musical tribute scheduled for Sunday in Northeast Portland

African American musical tribute scheduled for Sunday in Northeast Portland
Worlds Arts will use the event to recognize local artists for service to the Portland community. The organization invites the community to submit the names of artists, musicians, composers and band leaders for recognition. Contact Berry at 503-816-9001 to learn more.
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New Memory Tapes: “Wait in the Dark”
MP3:   Memory Tapes: “Wait in the Dark” Player Piano is the new album from hazy-wavy indie-pop project Memory Tapes ; it’s out July 5 via Carpark in the U.S., Something in Construction in Europe, and Inertia in Australia (that’s the disjointed, black-and-white cover art above). A typically Tapes-y song from that album, “Wait in the Dark”, is above for you to check out, and you can hear another …
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Josh Groban to open his ‘intimate’ new tour in New Orleans on Thursday
The classical-pop singer discusses working with Rick Rubin, writing his own songs
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