Near the end of Charles Lloyd’s “Figure in Blue” (Blue Note) comes “Hymn to the Mother, for Zakir.” Its brief, exquisite melody glides in like a slow tide, and eventually releases into eddies of ...

It’s not every day there’s a groundbreaking for a new venue in Portland. In fact, we’ve never seen a groundbreaking like this in the Rose City. On Wednesday, October 22, local booking and promotion ...