Dmae Roberts records a personal concert with The Julians, a female genre-defying quartet. This new Portland group blends contemporary song, jazz, Indian pop tunes and classical choral music to create their own style of powerhouse singing. Go behind the scenes and hear four songs you’re not likely to forget.
This is an encore broadcast. The Julians will [...]
Host Dmae Roberts presents the founders of the popular Portland group, 3 Leg Torso, Bela Belogh & Courtney Von Drehle. The original ‘meester’ street performers have turned 3 Leg Torso into a world class eclectic band. They present pieces from their hit CD “Animals & Cannibals” and talk about their longtime collaboration that began in the [...]
Dmae Roberts visits with playwright Sandra de Helen who’s receiving a reading of her play in NYC. We’ll also spotlight a community celebration of breast cancer survivors at the Worship In Pink event in the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Atrium.
Featured music by NW musician Molly Bauchham from her new CD Maid on the Shore. Hear [...]
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Portland Jazz Pianist Mark Simon awaits a phone call telling him he can finally get the liver transplant that will save his life. Diagnosed in 2000 with a life-threatening liver disease, Simon was finally added to the transplant waiting list last year.
Simon has been playing jazz for more than 30 years and has been a [...]
Host/producer Dmae Roberts features the Portland premiere of The Juliet Letters by fEARnoMUSIC, a 21st century classical ensemble. Dmae talks with three ensemble members: violinist Paloma Griffin, singer Holcombe Waller, and cellist Nancy Ives. We’ll hear music from the group and clips from The Juliet Letters. We’ll also hear about their Young Composers Project [...]
Host/Producer Dmae Roberts features the Portland Playhouse production of August Wilson’s play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. We’ll be talking to Portland Playhouse’s Kevin Jones, director,and actors Julianne Johnson and Wendell Wright. Dmae also checks in Mari Watanabe of Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center about their Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Festival event April 3rd at noon to help [...]
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Dmae Roberts share sounds and voices from the first annual Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Festival at the Japanese American Historical Plaza in Portland. The festival was created by the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center and this year was a benefit to raise funds for disaster relief in Japan through Mercy Corps for the Oregon Japan Relief Fund.
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Composer Ernest Bloch was well known for his music, but people may not know that he was also an avid amateur photographer. Producer Tali Singer presents a feature about Bloch, whose photographs are being showcased at the Oregon Jewish Museum through May 8th.
We’ll hear from Ernie Bloch, the grandson of Ernest Bloch, as well [...]
Dmae talks with Portland Jazz great Thara Memory and Librettist S. Renee Mitchell about Sherman: A Jazz Opera opening at Ethos-IFCC during Black History Month. Sherman highlights Portland’s jazz history during the 1940s-50s, a high point of jazz when a growth of African American families moved into the North Williams Ave.
We learn about some of [...]
Dmae Roberts presents “Stories From The Streets”-readings by Lunacy Stageworks & Streetroots newspaper as part of continued coverage on the Fertile Ground Festival. Producer Tali Singer also offers an artistic feature story on the the life, music and photographs of Oregon Composer Ernest Bloch the Oregon Jewish Museum.
Street Roots and Lunacy Stageworks
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