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ENTERTAINMENT
NW Black Music Month Celebration
Portland w ill host the 3rd Annual
Northwest Black Music Month Cel­
ebration, June 6-8, 1996. Sponsored
by UnForgettable Entertainment, the
three-day event w ill give radio, record
company executives, artists, music
retailers, concert promoters and club
owners and opportunity to meet and
network in the city o f roses. The
1996 Northwest Black Music Month
Celebration calendar o f events:
• Thursday, June 6 - VIP Recep­
tion, Host: Mr. Lawrence Dark, Pres­
ident and CEO Urban League o f
Portland, special guest Irene Stokes,
Los Angeles.
• Friday, June 7 - Artist Autograph
Signing, House o f Sound Records,
3620 N. Williams, 3-6 pm, AR T n’
SOUL w ill make an appearance at
One Stop Records, Music Galore,
Pearl’s Music.
• Friday, June 7 - Artist Showcase,
Roseland Theater, 8 N.W. 6th, MC
“ Mama Stokes” , 12 local artist from
R &B - Gospel w ill participate. A ll
patrons who attend the Showcase
Showdown w ill have a chance to win
a trip to Hollywood, CA and be in a
movie with IM M A TU R E , A ll ages,
7:00 pm, tickets $7.00.
• F rid ay June 7- Atlantic Records
Recording Group, AR T n ’ SOUL,
(produced by Tony, Toni, Tone -
Timothey Christian) performing live
at SHANG O’s Bar and G rill, 333
S.W. Park, 21 and over, 9:00 pm,
tickets $10.00
•S aturday, June 8 -M usic Seminar,
Isaac and Peggy Brooks Building,
As Big As Texas Itself...
Joe M c B rid e appears in P o rt­
land to support new release Keys
to Y o u r H eart
Vocalist/pianistJoe M cBride w ill
headline K K JZ ’s concert for KKJZ
Day at the Imperial Tombs o f China
on June 2 1 at the Portland A rt Muse­
um, 1219 SW Park Avenue from 3 to
7 p.m.
M cB ride’ s 6 p.m. show w ill fea­
ture selections from his brand new
recording, Keys to Your Heart, which
is the most added record this week on
NAC/Jazz radio.
A n in fe c tio u s blend o f o r ig i­
n al in s tru m e n ta ls and v o c a l
tra c k s . K e ys T o Y o u r H e a rt
shows the gro w th o f M c B rid e ’ s
U p to w n /U n iv e rs a l Records
I re co rd in g a rtist M o n ifa h , “ The
New F irs t Lady O f U ptow n
released the second s in g le ,
I “ Y o u ” from her fo rth c o m in g
d eb ut a lb u m
I ments.
M o o d s ... M o -
s p ir it- lift in g m usic style. Featur­
ing special guests ran gin g from
veteran E arth, W in d and F ire
m em ber
P h ilip
B a ile y
to
co n te m p o -ja zz fa v o rite s G rove r
W a sh in gton , Jr. (soprano sax)
and L a rry C a rlto n (e le c tric g u i­
ta r), M c B rid e ’ s new release is a
blend o f the s in g e r/s o n g w rite r’ s
fa v o rite m usical styles -- ja z z ,
bebop, R & B , fu n k, gospel and
h ip -h o p.
N orm al tic k e t p rice to the Im ­
p e ria l Tom bs o fC h in a is $ 1 3 but
on June 21 K K J Z listeners w ill
receive a $2 d iscount. For fu r ­
ther in fo rm a tio n , c a ll the K K J Z
liste n e r lin e at 503-733-5733.
“ Y o u ” is the fo llo w -u p to
current h it single “ I M iss
You (C om e Back H o m e )’’ re-
| m ix fe a tu rin g A Z .
On “ Y o u ,” M o n ifa h show-
| cases her s o u lfu l s in g in g style-
I her
-a b u b b lin g synthesis o f blues,
jja z z , h ip -h o p and R & B .
The sing le features a top
I notch p ro d u c tio n team in c lu d ­
ing H eavy D (S oul IV Real)
and V in c e n t H e rb e rt (T o n i
| B ra xton , W h it-n e y H ouston).
A rt n ‘ S o u l
3620N. W illiam s(nextdoorto House
o f Sound Records), record label rep­
resentatives to producers w ill be on
the panel, 10:00 am- 4:00 pm.
A celebration o f urban music, this
promises to be an exciting musical
event for Portland. The general pub­
lic is invited to attend the June 7th
and 8th festivities.
Tickets for the A rtist Showcase
and Concert w ill be available at all
Fred Meyer Fastixx.
M y th m a k e r C elebrates S o lstice
It’s The Solstice. It’s Pride Week.
The w orld is a moody adolescent and
Mama Earth is not happy. What to
do? What to do?
Come caper through Chaos Theo­
ry with Lightweaver and the Fey
Rhymer. Cheer for Young Woman
Mish Mash as she becomes Woman
Who Lives W ith Wonder.
The Mythmaker is James Griener
in a tour-de-force solo performance
written by Judith Catterall. They
weave together contemporary issues
and ancient spiritual traditions from
around the glove to create a w itty
web o f original stories, music and
commentary.
Mythmaker runs at the Interstate
Firehouse Cultural Center for two
weekends, June 13-23. Performanc­
es are at 8 p.m. on Thursdays. F ri­
days and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. mat­
inees on Saturday and Sundays. Res­
ervations can be made by calling
823-2000.
The co m m ercial sing le w ill
I also contain the “ I M iss You
J(C om e B ack H o m e )” re m ix
I w ith
rapper A Z on the b-side.
The talented songstress was
I d iscovered by U ptow n Presi-
I dent and recording a rtist Heavy
D. Since h erde bu t last fa ll w ith
| “ I M is s Y o u (C o m e B a c k
I H om e),” a featured song on the
New Y o rk U nd erco ver sound
track, M o n ifa h ’ s vocal p ro w ­
less has garnered c ritic a l ac-
| claim and national reco gn ition .
J o e M c B rid e
A c c o rd in g to V ib e maga
Iz in e , her v o ic e “ flo w s lik e
m aple syrup...and burns lik e
old w h is k y .”
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Stories that celebrate the weave o f life.
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