By TOM D'ANTONI // After a serious injury Lisa Mann is back gigging and is full of fire. Your Email Address: ...

Miri and I went to Ukraine. Yes, during a war. During this conversation, I asked Miri some questions, and he asked me some -- ...

This is from Terry Currier on the Oregon Music Hall of Fame Facebook page.: In 1959 Lynn Easton and Jack Ely started a band that wound eventually be called the Kingmen after another band named the ...

My first conscious brush with Sam and his music came sometime in the mid-1980s. I was a teenager living in a small town on the Oregon coast, and I was starved for music. I had recently discovered the ...

When word reached me this past Sunday (August 8th) that my oldest close friend, guitarist Bruce Conte, had passed away, I was shocked and stunned. Bruce—legendary for his 7-year, 7-album stint with ...

Nicholas Grier's Junteenth Concert: Coffeeshop Conversations (Not) @ Artichoke Music #438 Jun 4, 2025 By TOM D'ANTONI // Pianist, counselor, scholar and professor, Nicholas Grier brings a musical ...

You may not know it but our opening music is a tune called Ghost Jazz. The composers have kindly let us use it all these years. It was written by Keith Schreiner also known as Auditory Sculpture and ...

From the Artichoke Music Café…and it’s a good feeling to say that again….I am sitting across from Paul Ward, the new Artichoke Executive Director and Board Chair. He’s been on the job for a matter of ...

This is the four hundredth episode of Coffeeshop Conversations. Next week will be four hundred and one. There are times in our lives that call for courage and inspiration. Our guest today, pianist ...

From the Café at Artichoke Music it’s OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations. This time with me here is pianist/composer Greg Goebel, known for his virtuosity as well as his versatility. We’ll get into that ...

Still a few weeks away from returning to the Café at Artichoke Music so we have to put up with other means. Lucky for us I’ve got Blues harmonica player and writer Kim Field on the line. He was with ...