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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 .”
SUN. JUNE 16
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Stories that celebrate the weave o f life.
Told by James Griener. W ritten by Judith Catterall.
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