Portland, Oregon, is a major city without a major tourist destination. New York City has the Statue of Liberty and countless museums. Chicago has Millennium Park, while Los Angeles is brimming with iconic places. People who visit Portland come for its access to nature and excellent restaurant scene. Visitors may flock to Powell’s Books, but…
“There’s really only two things you can count on in this world: songs and dogs. Those are the two things that never will let you down.” This is the central belief of comedian and lifelong music fan Christian Finnegan. However, he also knows the “songs” half of this equation is complicated by one of life’s…
Rush will celebrate a milestone anniversary by hitting the road next year for the first time since the 2015 death of legendary drummer Neil Peart. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, who are both now 72, will be joined for the shows by new drummer Anika Nilles, who previously played with Jeff Beck and has released…
October 6th, 2025 – Music industry veteran Emily White and a deeply experienced team of industry leaders have announced the expansion of their non-profit work to launch Impact Data & Events. The non-partisan group is born out of 2018’s #iVoted, 2020’s record-breaking #iVoted Festival, 2022’s #iVoted Sweepstakes, and last year’s production of 18 #iVoted Concerts…
Richard Ashcroft is always dressed for the occasion. When he appears on my screen from his home in the U.K., he’s wearing a leather jacket with a sheen to it and the requisite shades covering a third of his face. He has an instinct for wardrobe that makes for vivid descriptions. The last time I…
The meaning of the word Samsara (the cycle of death) may imply the opposite of Nirvana (the circle of life), yet the New York band of the same name is not unlike the iconic grunge band that still defines an era of misfit musicians from the 90’s. Yet the alt rock band, SAMSARA’s musical oscillation…
Eric Nally is starting to like the idea of not wearing shoes. “There’s some kind of energy from the earth that just makes me feel recharged,” Nally says from Cincinnati, where he’s lived almost his entire life. He’s backlit in a soft purple glow in his home studio, with a couple of pillar candles sitting…
David Segal was born with arthrogryposis, a rare birth disorder that limits movements in multiple joints and ligaments in the arms, legs, hands, and feet. In Segal’s case, he was born with legs that were two different lengths, his feet backwards, hips out of alignment, and no muscles in parts of his body. Prior to…
In the rock-meets-cinema hall of fame, nothing rocks harder (or funnier) than track four on the Waterboys’ 2020 album Good Luck, Seeker, “Dennis Hopper.” And now Mike Scott, the group’s leader and sole constant member since its inception 42 years ago, has devoted an entire album to his celluloid hero. Titled Life, Death and Dennis…
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ first Future Ruins festival, which was to take place Nov. 8 at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center and spotlight world-class film and TV composers, has been canceled. In a note on the event’s web site, organizers said, “unfortunately Future Ruins will not move forward this year. The…
