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Gilad Atzmon: More Than Just a Musician

(LONDON) - Few students currently at University of London will remember Gilad Atzmon’s gig at SOAS in 2006.

His performance was exemplary, as all of his live performances are. Four years later, Atzmon is still gigging, still writing and still pushing the boundaries of thought and expression.

Beats Producer DJ Naydee Opens Up

He's centering attention on the Internet, and it's paying off.

(NEW YORK / SALEM) - I recently had a chance to interview East Coast beats producer, DJ Naydee.
Naydee founded Beats Planet, a production group committed to creating the most high quality, hottest Rap, Hip Hop, R&B, Club, Dancehall and Dance instrumental Beats. After listening to his music, I understand the impact it is having on the world at large.

DJ Naydee is on the cutting edge of the beats music genre.

Black Tree Music Productions Aims to Entertain and Educate

Come out for a spectacular light show!

(SALEM, Ore.) - Black Tree Music Productions presents the 'Eclectic Rock & Blues Party 2', at the Riverfront Nightclub in Salem Oregon.

Every Black Tree Music Productions event will be filled with entertainment for the benefit of the community, and educational opportunities for anyone in subjects the 'controllers' would prefer stay in the dark.

Willamette Theatre features Beckettshorts

(SALEM, Ore.) - The performance is a compilation of five pieces: “Act Without Words I,” “Act Without Words II,” “Breath,” “Footfalls,” and “Rockaby.”

This one-hour production of Samuel Beckett's fascinating short plays is a beautifully fragmented dramatic event, centered on humanity’s constant struggle with time, language and the fallibility of memory.

Shannon Tavares (In Memorial) The Lion King

Shannon's contributions in this lifetime were amazing.

(CLEVELAND) - Broadway Actress Shannon Tavares, who performed in “The Lion King”, who was 11-years old, died Monday after losing a battle with leukemia. The news was confirmed by her family Monday.

After experiencing lower back and leg pain, Shannon was diagnosed last April with acute myeloid leukemia, which is also known as AML.

Award Winning Original Roots Bluegrass Band to Appear at Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center

(MT. ANGEL, Ore.) - Doran Productions and the Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center will host an evening of family friendly, outstandingly entertaining original roots bluegrass with the award-winning group Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising.

Celebrating their 5th year together, 2010 has been a banner season for the band, with the release of their 3rd CD - a gospel recording called "Walk Humbly", 47 performances, a partnership with Brian Farrish Radio Promotions, and the recent win of the $10,000 prize in the 2010 International City Love Music Contest with a song about band leader Kathy Boyd's home town of Clatskanie, Oregon

Come One, Come All to the 15th Annual Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire!

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Lords and Ladies! Friar and Peasant! This event held in the foothills of the Coast Range is a tradition for Oregonians and beyond.

(KINGS VALLEY, Ore.) - The Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire is a two-day opportunity to experience interactive living history, with all the trimmings, in keeping with the flowering of the English Renaissance.

For fifteen years, fascination with the Renaissance, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, has been brought to life at this outdoor gathering.

Your City, USA Enjoys Summer

An amazing set of images celebrating summer in Oregon's capitol city.

(Salem and the surrounding areas) - As I grow older I enjoy summer more and more. It's not just the longer days. (I must have light.) It's all the different activities that our community sponsors. These past weeks there have been so many.

Portland Live Concert Lights Up Lombard

A day and night of electric stew including rock/pop/soul/funk/hip hop

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - On July 17th, 2010, the first Portland Live Concert stage will be unveiled, featuring many of Portland's best bands.

An Up-Close Encounter With Oregon`s Out of This World Lava Lands

Off the beaten track perhaps, but the Dee Wright Observatory is an awesome “must see” for road trippers in Oregon.

(SISTERS, Ore.) - There are only a few months of the year that are perfect for venturing to the McKenzie Pass summit in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. Perfect, that is, because the road is only open from July until the first snow.

Even native Oregonians may be somewhat shocked to find something they have never seen before on this old 1860 wagon route cut through miles upon miles of mountains of lava through the Willamette National Forest. I did.