Episodes
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Chris Doss: Biamp Portland Jazz Festival honcho looks back at this year's
Regular listeners to Coffeeshop Conversations….and I mean over the years…know that one of the things we like to do is bring on some of the folks responsible for some of Oregon’s great music festivals. For the past few years, a regular visitor to wherever we happen to be recording these has been...
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Chris Doss OMN 2026
Chris Doss OMN 2026 by Oregon Music News
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Terry Currier: What becomes of Muic Millennium when he leaves?
This was supposed to have run a couple of weeks ago but that awful flu intervened, both for me and Paul K Ward. We're both back at work. Sorry to keep you waiting. = = = = = = = A couple of weeks ago we got the news that Music Millennium owner Terry Currier was, at 70 years of age, looking to the...
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Chance Hayden: : Working between releases / Coffeeshop Conversations #450
Hey Tom D’Antoni back with ya. It’s another Oregon Music News Coffeeshop Conversation I’m at my desk in Northwest Portland. Engineer, producer/editor Paul K Ward is in his studioblue and at his home? Guitarist/composer Chance Hayden. It’s been a long time since Chance was on the podcast and I…
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Joe Manis - the Point 12_19_2025
Joe Manis - the Point 12_19_2025 by Oregon Music News
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Darka Dusty: Processing her musical travel to Ukraine / Coffeeshop Conversations #448
It’s another Oregon Music News Coffeeshop Conversation. I’m at my desk in Northwest Portland and in studioblue in Northeast Portland are, at the controls, Paul K Ward and with him is Darka Dusty. She of the Light and Limn podcast she and her husband Miri do. She and Miri visited Ukraine for five...
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Charley Gray: Coffeeshop Conversations #58 - 2016 PDX Jazz Festival Jazz Master .
PDX Jazz Festival Jazz Master. He ran the Portland State University Jazz program for 27 years and produced generations of great musicians. //
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Paul Brainard: Playing many instruments including "The Fun Machine: Coffeeshop Conversations #448
Paul Brainard: Playing many instruments including "The Fun Machine: Coffeeshop Conversations #448 by Oregon Music News
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Miz Kitty's Parlour returns
Tom D’Antoni back with you for another, as a matter of fact the four hundred and forty sixth Coffeeshop Conversation. Well, yeah I’m proud of that. Proud also that returning to the bat controls at his own studioblue in Northeast Portland is the very busy pianist/comper/proudcer Paul K Ward. I’m...
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Arietta Ward and Terry Robb on the making of Janice Scroggins and Linda Hornbuckle's "Sista"
What we’re going to do this week is talk to Arietta Ward and Terry Robb. The backstory? You remember Sly Stone passed away on June 9th I did a memorial set on KMHD’s I Like It Like That. But there was one song I wanted to play and I couldn't find the album no matter how hard I looked and I have a...
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Jim Friscia: On Swan Songs and their upcoming benefit show CC#444
Happy to be with you for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation. I’m Tom D’Antoni at my desk in NW Portland. At the controls in NE Portland studioblue…all lower case…all one word is Paul K Ward without whom Coffeeshop Conversations wouldn’t exist in its present form. As Dr. John would say, A big…
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Debra Giannini's Semi-Farewell Tour / CC#443
First of all, thanks for all the Birthday wishes. Much appreciated. Of course, it’s another reminder of my age. Not much I can do about that. Thanks also once again to Paul K Ward for recording and editing at his studioblue in Northeast Portland as is our guest. I’m at my desk again in Northwest...
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Ryan Meagher: Adding to the composer/guitarist/educator/administrator's versatility. Coffeeshop Conversations #441
Glad you found another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation once again not at Artichoke Music…yet. Paul K Ward is at the controls again in studioblue…all one word, lower case,and doing a great job of being the real reason why there still are Coffeeshop Conversations Artichoke or not. I’m at my desk in...
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Reggie Houston: Living in Portland again and with a new band / Coffeeshop Conversations #440
Welcome back to OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations yet again not at Artichoke Music, although we’re getting closer. I’m at my desk in Northwest Portland and Paul K Ward is in his studioblue on the other side of town, at the controls along with our guest making a return appearance, saxophonist…
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Lisa Mann: You can't keep Ms. Mann down! Coffeeshop Conversations #439
Vocalist/bassist Lisa Mann is coming back strong from a severely broken leg, as only she can. She's gigging again and is full of the fire and energy we've come to know. But that's not all we talk about, as you might expect. You'll like this one.
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OMN - Tom and Nicholas Grier
Glad you found us after a couple of weeks off, OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations is back. Paul K Ward is at the control in his Studio Blue Productions headquarters, I am still at my desk on NW Lovejoy Stret because I’m not quitte ready to return to the world. With Paul is today’s guest Nichollas...
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Molly Tentarelli: She sings, she dances, she composes, she teaches...and that's not all. CC#437
Molly Tentarelli is with Paul K Ward at his studio, I'm at my desk in NW Portland. Molly is as versatile an artist as it gets. Find out how and why.
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Brady Goss: not only Boogie Woogie. Coffeeshop Conversations #436
Brady Goss used to be the kid Boogie-Woogie piano player. He isn't a kid anymore but in addition to pounding out the Jerry Lee Lewis sound, he's added other genres and techniques. He's playing with Curtis Salgado and also is a part of an Allman Brothers tribute band. His journey has been an...
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Curtis Salgado on his new (and first) live recording: CC#435
After a week off, OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations is back in a big way. Sometimes Coffeeshop Conversations introduces you to new artists or artists you may not have heard of but if you have never heard of Curtis Salgado, God help ya. He’s with Paul K Ward at Paul’s studio blue. Paul is at the...
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Steve Kerin on the Mysti Krewe of Nimbus Mardi Gras Doings / CC#434
Happy Mardi Gras everybody. Things are winding up or winding down to Fat Tuesday on March 4th 2025…Depending on how you look at it. And who better to help us find out all about the big fun here in the Big Rainy is Steve Kerin, keyboardist and co-founder of the Misty Krewe of Nimbus, our own...
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Pete Peterson: One Busy Saxophonist -- CC#433
Pete Peterson: One Busy Saxophonist -- CC#433 by Oregon Music News
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Norman Sylvester: The Boogie Cat celebrates his band's 40th / CC#432
Thanks for finding Coffeeshop Conversations again. Today’s logistics include me at my desk in Northwest Portland, and at Paul K Ward’s studio blue…(two words all lower case) …where he is recording and making it sound pretty, Paul himself plus today’s guest, The Boogie Cat, Norman Sylvester who…
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Terry Robb and David Vest make an album together / CC#430
Hey now! Back again with Paul K Ward at the controls at studio blue…and that’s supposed to be all lower case. I’m Tom D’Antoni at my desk, not ready to go back to Artichoke Music. Wait, I’m not done. With Paul is famed guitar slinger Terry Robb, so good that the Cascade Blues Association stopped...
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Kyleen King's new(ish) career move
Since Coffeeshop Conversations has returned from health-related hiatus (mine), first of all it’s been fun doing them again and second, I love the guests we’ve had. David Vest and Terry Robb last week in particular. If you missed them, I suggest you listen but not this minute because we’ve got a...
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OMN Chris Doss - GOLDEN CANDIDATE 0108 - 2025 001
We’re not back at Artichoke quite yet but we’re back in podcast production again. And happy to be. A giant thank you to Paul K Ward for recording these things until I am able to get back to Artichoke Music. I am at my desk and Paul is at the controls at studio bLue. Joining him is Chris Doss, the...
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When Autumn leaves
A poem.
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OMN Art Levine - A Complete Unknown
It’s the return of OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations! We published the last new one at the end of August, at which time I became a much-to-frequent visitor to various medical facilities, had a number of surgeries and procedures and generally had a bad tme of it. I’m not out of the woods yet and not...
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Ryan Meagher: PJCE Records and the 2024 Montavilla Jazz Festival CC#428
Sorry that there hasn’t been a new episode of Coffeshop Conversations at Artichoke Music for a few weeks. I’ve been looking at the four walls of a hospital room and then recovery at home, but most of that is behind me and here we go again, just in time for this year’s Montavilla Jazz Festival.…
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Kenny Goldstein: Ace bass player AND mechanic / CC#426
I wonder if you know that Lee Dorsey, the great New Orleans Soul and R&B singer, famous for songs like Ya Ya, Workin In a Coal Mine, and many others, was also known as the best body and fender man in New Orleans. We have an equivalent in Oregon. Kenny Goldstein has been a part of the music scene…
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Yvonne Lerch on the 2024 Cathedral Park Jazz Festival / CC#425
In A Summer full of music festivals, one of the loveliest, happiest of them all is the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival. It happens Friday through Sunday, July 19-21. This is the 44th annual festival. It has gone through a lot of changes, some good and some not so good. These days it’s run by the…
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Amanda Gresham of United By Music debuts EP at Waterfront Blues Festival CC#424
Hi. Tom D’Antoni back in The Artichoke for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation. Next time our guest will be Yvonne Lerch, director of the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival which is coming up soon. Also upcoming right here will be bass player Kenny Goldstein, who is also an ace car mechanic. And you’ll...
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GRESHAM FINAL 2024
Hi. Tom D’Antoni back in The Artichoke for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation. Next time our guest will be Yvonne Lerch, director of the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival which is coming up soon. Also upcoming right here will be bass player Kenny Goldstein, who is also an ace car mechanic. And you’ll...
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Tim DuRoche on the new Battle Hymns and Gardens album / CC#423
In the coming weeks, Amanda Gresham of United By Music will be here. Yvonne Lerch will stop by to talk about curating the Cathedral Park Festival. Art Levine, our National Editor hasn’t finished his 5 thousand word piece yet…and it isn’t even for us. And you’ll meet Kenny Goldstein a bass player...
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Ticket Tomato's Amy Maxwell on the Live Nation situation and all things tickets CC#422
Springtime at the Artichoke. Coming up soon on Coffeeshop Conversations…Yvonne Lerch will us about curating my favorite music festival of the summer…Cathedral Park. Also, an interesting person who combines the life of a Blues musician with a car mechanic. And I promise our National Editor, Art...
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Adam East : Meet the person who brings the talent to the Alberta Rose / CC# 421
Hi, Tom D’Antoni, as always, with another Coffeeshop Conversation from Artichoke Music. Coming up soon we’ll have OMN’s National Editor Art Levine with a conversation on UFO’s and music, not that they have anything to do with each other. Also upcoming, Ticket Tomato’s Amy Maxwell on the Live…
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David Monette: A new book on transcendence in life and music CC#420
Six years ago, the last time David Monette was our guest on Coffeeshop Conversations, we called him “Portland’s Stradivari” because the trumpets he designs and builds are the equivalent of a Stradivarius violin…and he makes them for some of the world’s greatest musicians at his shop out near the...
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Lo Steele: Singer, Composer, Actor, Daughter to LaRhonda and Mark / CC#419
Back in the Artichoke today with singer/actor Lo Steele, daughter of Portland’s LaRhonda and Mark Steele. Coming up soon…trumpet genius David Monette with his new book on transcendence, our National Editor Art Levine on UFO’s and (maybe) music, plus Adam East the talent buyer from the Alberta…
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Eddie Martinez: The Great Guitarist Talking Deep Music CC#418
I hardly know what to say. Eddie Martinez, one of the best known session guitarists in history just left the Café at Artichoke Music after nearly an hour of inspired conversation. Now look. I don’t mean to disparage the over four hundred other guests we’ve had on in ten years of OMN’s Coffeeshop...
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Peter Dammann tells us about the 2024 Waterfront Blues Festival CC#417
Every year at this time, we get together with Peter Dammann, Artistic Director of the Waterfront Blues Festival and ace guitar slinger to find out who’s in the festival lineup. He's joining me in the Artichoke Music Café. Next week Lo Steele will be here and coming up guitarist Eddie Martinez and...
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JENNIFER CARRIZO: What does a talent buyer do? Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music
As promised, with me in the Café at Artichoke Music is Jennifer Carrizo, Senior Talent Buyer for the Crystal Ballroom, the Mission Theater and the Spanish Ballroom in Tacoma, all part of McMenamin’s wonderfully funky empire. It’s hard to believe we haven’t had many from the venue management side…
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Anandi: On her latest album, "A Better Way" CC#415
I’m happy we’re back here in the café at Artichoke Music.. Next week, Jennifer Carrizo from McMenamin’s will be here to talk about what’s going on at the Mission Theater…the answer is a lot! But this week a new conversation from a couple of months ago (and I apologize for the delay) with one of…
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Joanie Fox: Directing a documentary on the life and death of Derek Rieth CC#414
We’ll be back at the Artichoke Music Café next time but this episode had to be recorded today, before a fund raiser to help complete a documentary on the life and death of one of Oregon’s favorite musicians, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist member of Pink Martini and Lions of Batucada…
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Gordon Lee receives First Carlton Jackson Award at Seaside Festival 2024
We’re not at the Café at Artichoke Music this time. We’re in Seaside Oregon at the Seaside Jazz and Blues Festival on March 16rh for a very special occasion . We told composer/pianist Gordon Lee that we wanted to talk to him onstage about the set he was about to play and also his new album. In...
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Another GRAMMMY for Cheryl Pawelski Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music #412
Well this is getting as regular as a rainy February in Oregon. Grammy time rolls around and Cheryl Pawelski gets handed one. She won one for It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers. She’s also won for The Garden Spot Programs, 1950. She was the compilation producer on Wilco's Yankee...
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Lisa Lipton: New Executive Director of 45th Parallel Universe CC#411
The last time Lisa Lipton sat here in the Artichoke Music Cafe was in August of 2020. I noted at the time what a busy person she was with multiple artistic and executive directorships, plus teaching and a full schedule of her clarinet playing. She still does all that but recently she was brought…
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Miz Kitty returns! CC#410
Returning for another episode of Coffeeshop Conversations is Lisa Marcicek, known to one and all as Miz Kitty that saucy character who has a major basis in real life as hostess of Miz Kitty’s Parlour, a vaudeville show that has been in our lives for twenty-two years at various locations in...
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Dan Balmer on his new album "When the Night" Cofeeshop Conversations #409
Guitarist/composer/teacher Dan Balmer is in the Artichoke Café this time around. He always has a lot to say. I’ve been looking forward to sitting down with him again. Coming up soon on Coffeeshop Conversations, the new executive director of 45th Parallel Universe Lisa Lipton and a visit with Lisa...
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Chris Doss, Portland Jazz Festival honcho on all of the 2024 headliners / CC#408
The Biamp Portland Jazz Festival is rapidly approaching. It runs from February 16 to March 2. As we like to do when our major festivals come around, we ask the folks who are responsible for bringing them to us to fill us in. And as he has been for the past few years, actually since he got the…
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Sydney Lewis OMN's 11 year-old photographer who specializes in Metal bands CC#406
I hope you have been watching the development of OMN’s young Photographer Sydney Lewis. She started shooting for us at seven years of age, under the watchful eye of her father Mike, who also takes photos for us. Her specialty is Metal bands. Seriously. Her first shoot was at the 2019 Waterfront...
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Galen Clark's New Year's Eve show: Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music #406
We’re going to wind up 2023 with a couple of Best Of’s but next time, that precocious 11 year old OMN photographer Sydney Lewis will be here with her dad to tell us about shooting Metal bands for the past 4 years. Today I’ve got one person who is in several of the most eclectic bands in Oregon,...