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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 Conversations but this one is at or near the top.
It’s the third time he’s been on the podcast. I asked him to join me because he has a gig at Jack London Revue on Friday May 3rd.
He also has a new EP on the way.
We find out about both but mostly we had a bracing conversation. I hope you enjoy It as much as I did. I think he did too. -
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 also OMN’s National Editor Art Levine will be talking to us from Washington D.C.
But now lets turn our attention to the fourth of July and the shores of the Willamette where tens of thousands of fans gather at the Waterfront Blues Festival.
Here’s Peter Dammann to let you in on who’s playing this time around. -
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 of de bizz eh nezz. But here we are.
What does a talent buyer do? Senior or not. I’ll tell you this, the reason you can go out and hear music is because the talent buyer has made a deal which brought that band to you.
Let’s meet Jennifer Carrizo. -
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 our best singers and songwriters, Anandi.
She has a lot to say about Jazz singing, especially the Latin variety. At the time we talked she had just released a new album called A Better Way.
We’ll hear a track from it at the end of our conversation
Please meet Anandi. -
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 among others; Derek Reith who committed suicide in August of 2014.
Today Director Joanie Fox will talk to us about Derek, the film and the fund raiser which is being held at Pink Martini World Headquarters in downtown Portland on Thursday, April 4, 5-30 to 7pm.
Let’s welcome for the first time, Joanie Fox. -
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 reality we were going to present to him the first annual award in the name of the late beloved drummer and teacher Carlton Jackson for Excellence in Musical Education and Musicianship.
Gordon, a friend and long-time musical collaborator with Carlton did not know anything about it. We surprised him. It was quite a moment.
Customer Reviews
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I like listening to insights from musicians, but the audio editing for this podcast is terrible with many episodes having uneven audio in the left and right ears along with the constant heavy breathing of the male host in one ear (episode #365 being one of the worst offenders). I wanted to enjoy this podcast more than I did, but the lack of audio editing is too distracting. Hope it improves in the future.