Featured Event MUSIC 11th Annual Billie Holiday Tribute Night Saturday, April 15, 7 p.m. Alberta Rose Theatre $15, all ages Over a dozen musicians across genres pay homage to Lady…
Rock ‘n’ roll into spring
Ahhh, spring break: a week-long vacation (or staycation for us broke college kids) dedicated to relaxation, partying, and all around good times. But when it’s finally time to return to…
Elvis Depressedly headlines KPSU concert
Portland State’s KPSU college radio hosted a lo-fi music event featuring Erik Phillips, Boreen, Clovver and the headliner act, Elvis Depressedly, on March 22, 2017.
Portland State chamber choir ‘takes flight’ for international competition
The Portland State Chamber Choir presented their program called “Take Flight” on March 17, 2017. The choir is preparing to enter international competition.
Xiu Xiu brings anxiety to the main stage
On a breezy Wednesday evening at 8:25 p.m., I found myself waiting outside Holocene for an evening with Xiu Xiu, Force Publique and Mattress. I’d never heard of the latter…
Modern country music meets the city
We Portlanders live in a particularly great city for starting up a band: Just grab a couple of long-time buddies, equip yourselves with some secondhand instruments from the local music shop…
Classical Chinese concert brings ‘Jasmine Blossoms’ to PSU
The Confucius Institute at Portland State University hosted a concert featuring the yanquin, a Chinese dulcimer, in Lincoln Hall on Sunday, Feb. 5. “Jasmine Blossoms in the City of Roses”…
PSU Orchestra ‘Remix’ features David Bowie
How does one erase months of classroom-induced stress? By basking in the wondrous reverberations of the Portland State Orchestra, performing downtown on Dec. 7 and 8 at the Mission Theater….
Choral concert spotlights PSU’s female composers
It has often been difficult for women to be accepted as musicians, especially as composers. Who knows what women like Clara Schumann and Ruth Crawford might have accomplished if they…
Noon Concert Series review: Joe Manis quartet
Joe Manis, a tenor saxophonist, bandleader and educator based in Eugene, gave an unusual concert Thursday, Nov. 3 in Portland State’s Lincoln Recital Hall room 75. The room was crowded…
Portland State of Mind concert
To kick off Portland State of Mind at PSU, !!! (pronounced Chk-Chk-Chk), EASTGHOST and Force Publique performed at a concert in Smith Memorial Student Union on Oct. 13, 2016. Video…