PORTLAND - 4/7 BE PRESENT ART GROUPS SPIRITUAL SONIC RESEARCH SERIES CASSETTE RELEASE
BE PRESENT ART GROUPS SPIRITUAL SONIC RESEARCH SERIES CASSETTE RELEASE FEATURING A SHORT SET BY THE COSMIC TONES RESEARCH TRIO
SUNDAY, APRIL 7TH. 8 PM
AT MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
Over the past year, Roman Norfleet with his ensembles Be Present Art Group and The Cosmic Tones Research Trio have performed odes to Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. The Albina Music Trust label has released a beautiful three tape set that captures these performances. We'll be celebrating this release with a pop up this evening. We'll have free wine and cheese on hand, and The Cosmic Tones Research Trio will perform a short acoustic set. Come on by and share the joy.
PORTLAND - SONG POEM CONTEST WITH DIRECTOR JAMIE MELTZER, FIVE BANDS, AND CELEBRITY JUDGES!
OFF THE CHARTS DOCUMENTARY AND SONG POEM CONTEST WITH DIRECTOR JAMIE MELTZER, FIVE BANDS, AND CELEBRITY JUDGES!
OFF THE CHARTS is a beautiful and entertaining documentary about the "song poem" industry. Starting in the 1940s and continuing on to the present day, ads have been placed in newspapers urging folks to send song lyrics along with some cash. Their lyrics, no matter how surreal, grotesque, satanic or just plain bad, would be set to music, pressed on a record and sent back to them.
Over the years, people got addicted to the excitement of hearing their lyrics on record and paid to get a whole universe of offbeat "outsider" music recorded by the companies placing these ads. Subjects varied from ginseng roots, being in love with a shark, non-violent taekwondo troopers, deep love and respect for Jimmy Carter, and rug bugs. These songs were churned out by studio musicians for hire who had little understanding or affinity for the lyrics they were paid to set to music. Nonetheless they invest emotion and care in their performances.
The documentary explores the lives of the song lyric writers and musicians who participate in this industry. A surprising amount of great art results from this oddball capitalist venture.
Director Jamie Meltzer will be in attendance to introduce the film! After the movie, bands will perform song poems written by Portland locals, including a performance from a couple secret surprise guests!
YOU CAN GET INVOLVED! If you’d like to submit song lyrics, they will be considered for live performance and prizes. Please send in your lyrics by March 15th. If your lyrics are selected, they will be performed live AND you'll be eligible for one of the following prizes:
1st Place - $300 cash
2nd Place - A Mississippi Records gift certificate for $50
3rd Place - A Hollywood Theatre gift certificate for $25
Mail poems to songpoems@hollywoodtheatre.org or 4035 NE Sandy Blvd, Suite 212, Portland, OR, 97212 or email to - songpoems@hollywoodtheatre.org
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN PORTLAND TO ENTER AND WIN!
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE - https://hollywoodtheatre.org/tickets/25383/
UPPSALA - Konsert: Emahoy Night
This event will take place at the Uppsala Art Museum in Uppsala, Sweden.
Tickets:
https://secure.tickster.com/en/lw4tc0xf989xpec/products
Ethiopian pianist Emahoy's touching piano pieces have gripped people around the world since they were recorded in the 70s. During this tribute evening, we put her works in the hands of today's and future's musicians and composers. About the concert Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Gebrou (1923–2023) was an Ethiopian pianist and nun. Born in Addis Ababa and trained in classical piano. She embraced early jazz and the expression became a unique blend of parlor music, ragtime, gospel, Ethiopian folk music, and traditional Orthodox church choirs. Her sinuous piano pieces were noticed in the collection Éthiopiques published in 2006, where she appeared alongside other great Ethiopian composers and helped to open the eyes of more people to the country's song treasure.
The American music-archaeological record company Mississippi Records has in recent years reissued Emahoy's music and just in time for this tribute evening, an album is coming out with previously unheard recordings where Emahoy sings. All of her previous albums have been instrumental. We have invited record company representative Cyrus Moussawi from Mississippi Records, who briefly talks about his meetings with Emahoy and shows one of the few filmed interviews with her.
Three unique short sets are offered with:
Finnish-Swedish Iiris Viljanen, noticed and celebrated for the breakthrough with the duo Vasa's Flora and Fauna, will do a shorter tribute set where she freely interprets Emahoy's compositions on keyboard.
On keyboards, Shida Shahabi, currently recording, will also do a tribute set. She visited the Uppsala Art Museum for a concert in 2023 and will do a concert with PJ Harvey in the UK in 2024.
Swedish-Estonian composer and performer Tuulikki Bartosik, recognized for her hypnotic minimalism and neoclassical expression, makes her accordion tribute set.
Price: SEK 200
Art Night Between 17.00 and 21.00 it is Art Night in the museum. The bar is open between 17.00 and 21.00, with DJ, bar menu, and chilled drinks. Please come early and stay a while after the concert.
Contact Reception, phone: 018-727 24 82.
Hours:
Tuesday - Wednesday: 11.00-17.00
Thursday: 11.00-20.00
Friday - Sunday 11.00-17.00.
SWEDEN - The Golden Age Is In Us - Mississippi Scandinavian Tour
THE GOLDEN AGE IS IN US
Building the counter-archive with Mississippi Records
Presented by Koloni, Sing A Song Fighter, and Mississippi Records
Join Mississippi Records (US) for an evening of music and film from the label's vaults. This live presentation with label head Cyrus Moussavi explores the role of chance and luck in the preservation and re-circulation of great art. Featuring the music of Abner Jay, Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, and Brother Theotis Taylor, we celebrate the radical possibilities of rebuilding independent archives for our communities and within ourselves.
March 19 Malmö - The Cowgirl Gallery 19.00
The Cowgirl Gallery
Falkenbergsgatan 4
Malmö
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March 20 Nässjö - Sörängen Folkhögskola 13.00
MOVIES, MUSIC & CALLS. A journey through Underground music with Raw Music International and Mississippi Records. Cyrus Moussavi, head of record label Mississippi Records, has spent the past decade documenting underground music scenes around the world. He will present rare footage, unheard music from the record label's basement, and discuss the process and challenges of preserving and releasing music on vinyl to the public. Starts at 13.00. Free entrance.
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March 21 Uppsala - Uppsala Konstmuseum 19.00
Ethiopian pianist Emahoy's touching piano pieces have gripped people around the world since they were recorded in the 70s. During this tribute evening, we put her works in the hands of today's and future's musicians and composers.
Live music with three short sets by:
The Finnish-Swedish composer and pianist Iiris Viljanen, through her honest and peculiar expression, has achieved success with everything from her Grammy-winning album "The Little Mermaid" to a role in the theater production "Det vilda" at the Orion Theater in Sthlm, and this evening she will do a shorter tribute set there she freely interprets Emahoy's compositions on the keyboard.
On keyboards, Shida Shahabi, currently recording, will also do a tribute set. She visited the Uppsala Art Museum for a concert in 2023 and will do a concert with PJ Harvey in the UK in 2024.
Swedish-Estonian composer and performer Tuulikki Bartosik, recognized for her hypnotic minimalistism and neoclassical expression, makes her accordion tribute set.
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March 22 Stockholm - ABF Huset. 18.00
Lecture, film screening, and DJ set with Cyrus Moussavi
6 pm to 7 pm
ABF Stockholm
Katasalen, floor 1, Sveavägen 41
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March 23 Växjö - Mono 18.00
Film screening & lecture
Free admission. In collaboration with Filmregion Sydost & Linnaeus University.
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March 24 Göteborg - Koloni at the venue Bubblan 17.00
Koloni på Bubblan
Söndag 24 mars kl 17.00
Fiskhamnsgatan 41, Majorna (ca 30 meter från Skjul 46)
HPL: Chapmans Torg
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March 25 Copenhagen - National Film School of Denmark 17.00
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PORTLAND - MILFORD GRAVES - FULL MANTIS
MILFORD GRAVES - FULL MANTIS
March 14th
7:30 PM
Hollywood Theater
A REVIVAL DRUM SHOP AND MISSISSIPPI RECORDS PRESENTATION
Full Mantis is a glimpse into the complex cosmology, philosophy, and art of percussionist Milford Graves. A visual poem that follows Milford through dynamic live performances, an intimate view of his basement science laboratory, a workshop at a Japanese school for autistic children, the martial arts dojo in his lush backyard, and much more. Milford Graves' work took him to the furthest reaches of the cosmos and deep into the body as he researched the heart and its interconnectedness with metaphysical forces. This film, fifteen years in the making, will expand your ideas of what humans are capable of doing. We'll have a surprise live opening ritual for the film too!
All profits from this event will go to The Milford Graves Memorial Fund which is striving to preserve Milford's home, garden, and temple space in Queens, New York.
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NEW YORK - The Music of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru with LARAAJI and sinonó
Mississippi Records & Dada Strain Present:
An album release celebration for
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru's "Souvenirs"
&
"la espalda y su punto radiante" by sinonó
(Isabel Crespo Pardo, Lester St. Louis, Henry Fraser)
Featuring the piano of Thomas Feng
and very special guest LARAAJI
Wednesday, March 13
St Mark's Church on the Bowery, NYC
Doors: 7:30 pm. Music starts punctually at 8.
$20 adv / $25 doors
Tickets: https://withfriends.co/event/17520212/the_music_of_emahoy_tsege_mariam_gebru_with_laraaji_and_sinon
Thomas Feng will play compositions from Emahoy’s original sheet music, LARAAJI will embark on a meditative journey sampling Emahoy’s work on the electric zither, and sinonó (Isabel Crespo Pardo, Lester St. Louis, Henry Fraser) will perform poemsongs from their debut album.
about the artists:
The late EMAHOY TSEGE MARIAM GEBRU was an Ethiopian Orthodox nun and composer whose piano pieces are beloved by people around the world. Born in Addis Ababa in 1923, Emahoy studied classical music in Europe and Egypt, underwent a profound spiritual awakening, and spent a decade in contemplation as a barefoot nun in the mountains of Ethiopia. She left Ethiopia in 1984 for exile in Jerusalem, where she lived at the monastery at the Church of Kidane Mehret.
SOUVENIRS is Emahoy's first vocal album, songs of longing and exile recorded by the artist on a boombox at her family home in Addis between 1974 and 1985. Emahoy long wished to see this material released to the wider world, but passed away in March 2023 at age 99. We celebrate her and this beautiful music in what would have been her 100th year.
sinonó is a brief submergence, a string of choices, a container for the communion of rigor and failure. This NYC-based trio, featuring Isabel Crespo Pardo (voice), Lester St. Louis (cello), and Henry Fraser (bass), performs graphic scores and poem-songs composed by Crespo. Their affinity for melody, metaphor, and abstraction draws them into familiar yet surprising environments, crackling with aliveness.
https://linktr.ee/sinono
Thomas Feng is a pianist, composer, and musicologist. As a pianist, he performs principally works of modern and contemporary literature, including new works by living composers and several works of his own. Notable engagements include premieres of solo works by Eve Beglarian, Salina Fisher, Reiko Füting, James Newton, Kurt Rohde, Nicky Sohn, and Sam Wu; ensemble performances with Da Capo Chamber Players and Wild Up; and appearances at Monday Evening Concerts and TIME:SPANS. He is also an accomplished flutist.
LARAAJI, born Edward Larry Gordon, is a prolific musician who specializes in live performance of music for piano, zither, and mbira. Born in Philadelphia and growing up in part in New Jersey, Laraaji studied composition and piano at Howard University, an HBCU in Washington D.C. then moved to New York City, where he began to play zither as a busker. During his time playing at Washington Square Park in the 70s, Laraaji was becoming deeply interested in the spiritual traditions of South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas and at the same time developing an improvisatory and meditative technique for performing. After his recognition in part through Brian Eno, Laraaji began to release his music and performance on cassettes for meditation and redoubled his spiritual practice with the help of teachers such as Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati.
Tickets:
https://withfriends.co/event/17520212/the_music_of_emahoy_tsege_mariam_gebru_with_laraaji_and_sinon
1/5/2024 PORTLAND - THE SPACE LADY - LIVE!
THE SPACE LADY - LIVE!
November 5th
7:30 PM
Hollywood Theater
Start the new year right with our favorite cosmic visitor. The Space Lady will be performing with cosmic projections behind her on the big screen.
The Space Ladys' music is driven by cosmic tones played on a synthesizer and her lovely echoing voice. She does grandiose sweeping covers of songs like "Major Tom," "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night," "Ballroom Blitz," and many more that bury the originals cold" (she also plays some great cosmic originals).
Don't miss this rare opportunity to see a true counterculture legend!
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12/3 PORTLAND - THE COSMIC TONES RESEARCH TRIO
THE COSMIC TONES RESEARCH TRIO plays cosmic tones for mental wellness
Sunday, December 3rd
Mississippi Records in store!
8:00 PM
A very special event! The Cosmic Tones Research Trio plan on bringing some healing tones to vibrate the record store and all who are in it.
Remember - your body is mostly water. The sounds you hear are constantly moving around 60% of you through their vibrations. Do that huge percentage of you a favor and give it some medicine. (some of your metaphysical self may benefit from this too)
11/30 & 12/1 NEW YORK - Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru at 100
Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru at 100 is a two-day symposium celebrating the music and life of the legendary Ethiopian composer, pianist, and nun, Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru. The events will include panel discussions about Emahoy’s life and archive, and presentations of Emahoy’s music (some never yet performed) in live concert performances, and from her personal recordings. All events will be free and open to the public and hosted on Cornell’s campus.
This symposium is generously co-sponsored by the Cornell Music Department, Cornell Council for the Arts, the Institute for Comparative Modernities, Cornell Africana Studies and Research Center, the Institute for African Development, the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards, Society for the Humanities, the Jian and Tran Family Charitable Fund, and the Music Graduate Association, and Cornell Centers for Equity, Empowerment, and Belonging.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
RECITAL: Emahoy’s music for organ
12:30pm, Sage Chapel
Prof. Annette Richards, organ
Three of Emahoy’s rarely heard original works for organ will resound afresh in Sage Chapel, performed by Professor (and University Organist) Annette Richards. Music DMA candidate Thomas Feng has prepared for this occasion new performance editions of these pieces, with reference to Emahoy’s manuscripts and an out-of-print 1972 record, Church of Kidane Mehret – Yet my king is of old.
PANEL: On Emahoy’s archive
3:30pm, G64 (Kaufmann Auditorium), Goldwin Smith Hall
Desi Alexander, Tre Berney, Cyrus Moussavi, panelists
Prof. Benjamin Piekut, moderator
Only a fraction of Emahoy’s musical legacy has yet been represented on recordings and sheet music publications made available to the public. This panel will discuss Emahoy’s vast collection of home recordings and manuscripts, ongoing efforts to steward them (including those here at Cornell), and what music we might hear from them in the future.
https://events.cornell.edu/event/listening_party_souvenirs_cu_music_5474
LISTENING PARTY: Souvenirs
5-6pm, G64 (Kaufmann Auditorium), Goldwin Smith Hall
Emahoy sings poignantly of faith, family, and Ethiopia on Souvenirs, a record forthcoming on Mississippi Records. Following a panel discussion about Emahoy’s archival materials, this listening party offers an exclusive chance to hear music from Emahoy’s only full-length vocal album, transferred and mastered from Emahoy’s own home cassette recordings, before its release in the coming spring.
https://events.cornell.edu/event/listening_party_souvenirs_cu_music
PANEL: On Emahoy’s life and family
2-3:15pm, B20, Lincoln Hall
Hanna Kebbede, Tamrat Kebede, panelists
Prof. Fouad Makki, moderator
An aura of legend has coalesced around Emahoy’s astonishing life, marked by worldly renunciation, steadfast spiritual resilience, and restless migration and exile. This panel discussion will situate Emahoy as a not only legendary, but also historical figure, considering her biography against the backdrop of nearly a century of intense sociopolitical change, in Ethiopia and abroad.
RECITAL: “Story of the Wind”: Piano music by Emahoy and Chopin
5-6:15pm, Auditorium, Barnes Hall
Thomas Feng, piano
Music DMA candidate Thomas Feng performs well- and lesser-known works by Emahoy, interspersed with music by her admired Chopin, for which scores were found in Emahoy’s room following her passing this past spring. Following Ghanaian musicologist Kofi Agawu’s proposed analytical framework of “strategic sameness”, this program seeks to illuminate parallels between the two composers, challenging the conception of Emahoy’s music as exotically, incommensurably “Other”, while also destabilizing received understandings of Chopin’s music as canonically unmarked. An alternation of laments, reminiscences, mazurkas, and (especially) waltzes culminates in a performance of Emahoy’s sprawling, unrecorded “Grande Valzer Improvisata”, inspired by Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, and composed at the outset of the Ethiopian Revolution.
https://events.cornell.edu/event/recital_story_of_the_wind_piano_music_by_emahoy_and_chopin_cu_music
11/25 PORTLAND - MISSISSIPPI RECORDS STAFF DJ NIGHT
MISSISSIPPI RECORDS STAFF DJ NIGHT
Saturday, November 25th
Red Fox Bar (across the street from the shop)
7:30 to 1 AM
The Mississippi staff will be spinning all kinds of records to soundtrack a dark post Holiday night. Expect the usual characters bringing their most interesting hits. As a rule, record store clerks make good DJ's.
11/13 PORTLAND - LONNIE HOLLEY, MARISA ANDERSON, ROMAN NORFLEET AND BE PRESENT ART GROUP
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH
LONNIE HOLLEY
ACCOMPANIED BY
MARISA ANDERSON
ROMAN NORFLEET AND BE PRESENT ART GROUP
PRE AND POST DJ ERIC ISAACSON
7:30 PM (doors at 6:30)
POLARIS HALL
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO MISSISSIPPI RECORDS FIRE RECOVERY
Atlanta Georgia's Lonnie Holley is one of the greatest living musicians and artists around. His music is unclassifiable - a mix of cosmic jazz, soul, avant garde, folk music and pop. Lonnie never plays the same song twice, always channeling in the moment from some deep well of inspiration. His last performances in Portland left the audience inspired and transformed. No joke! One of Mississippi Records favorite artists
Lonnie will be playing two sets. For the first, he'll be backed up by virtuosic guitar wizard Marisa Anderson. For the second set he'll be backed by Portland's premiere practitioners of Great Black Music, Roman Norfleet And Be Present Art Group.
Mississippi Records' Eric Isaacson will be playing records before and after the show.
All proceeds from this show go to the Mississippi Records fire recovery fund!
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/66394932/lonnie-holley-portland-polaris-hall
11/12 PORTLAND - VICTIMS OF SIN (SCREENING)
VICTIMS OF SIN
NOVEMBER 12TH
HOLLYWOOD THEATRE (4122 NE Sandy Blvd)
6:00 PM
A 1951 golden age Mexican film starring music legend Ninon Sevilla. The movie features some incredible African, Caribbean, and Cuban musical numbers alongside a moving noir melodrama, beautiful shadowy B&W photography, and shocking plot twists. We're showing a newly restored version of this seldom-seen gem. A killer!
11/7 WASHINGTON DC - 100 YEARS OF A BRILLIANT COMPOSER
The 100th birthday of the late pianist/composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, featuring never before performed compositions and a previously unreleased recording.
11/4 PORTLAND - JELLYBEAN MAN PLAY THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
JELLYBEAN MAN PLAY THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
11/4
7:30 PM
Mississippi Records Shop
5202 N Albina Ave, Portland, OR 97217
FREE INSTORE
Jellybean Man is Portland's premiere all-teenage art rock band. On November 4th they'll pay homage to one of their biggest influences - The Velvet Underground - with a cover set. The band will be in costume and will be destroying fruit onstage. Be prepared for the future to bring forth the past and all points in between.
10/30 PORTLAND - DRECKIG / LO FIVES / LO GLO
Mississippi Records Fire Repair Benefit:
DRECKIG / LO FIVES / LO GLO
DRESS AS YOUR FAVORITE OR LEAST FAVORITE ALBUM COVER!
10/30
8 PM
TURN TURN TURN!
Turn! Turn! Turn!
8 NE Killingsworth St.
Portland, OR 97211
A benefit show for The Mississippi Records Fire Recovery Fund!
Party music! Costumes! A rocking show featuring futuristic Cumbia masters Dreckig, The DIY Garage fuzz and frenzy sounds of the Lo Fives, and the percussive experimental pop of Lo Glo! It's gonna be a slayer all the way.
Come dressed as your favorite or least favorite record cover (or both combined)
https://turnturnturnpdx.com/entertainment/
10/26 BROOKLYN - ASSIKO LISTENING PARTY!
Thursday, Oct 26
360 Record Shop (360 Van Brunt St, Red Hook, Brooklyn NY)
7:30 pm
New York! Join us Thursday, October 26 at 7:30 pm for a Mississippi Records album listening party fundraiser at the great 360 Record Shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
We are celebrating the November 10 release of the debut album by sprawling Senegalese drum collective Assiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff.
There will be good music and food from Joloff Restaurant, rare records from Mississippi, and of course the new album.
$10 suggested donation for medical aid in Gaza. If you’re not able to join, you can still contribute to The PCRF or Medical Aid for Palestinians, which will match your donation!
10/25 PORTLAND - QUASI, MARISA ANDERSON AND MORE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH
QUASI
MARISA ANDERSON
DRAGGING AN OX THROUGH WATER
STRANGE BABES
7:30 PM (doors at 6:30)
POLARIS HALL
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO MISSISSIPPI RECORDS FIRE RECOVERY
An evening of quality music!
Quasi are Portland legends. How could it get more legendary than Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes? Two of the most talented and beloved musicians in the region! Quasi bangs out deeply felt "art rock." Masters musicians plying their trade.
Marisa Anderson is a true guitar wizard. Her heartfelt performances are always a treat and should not be missed. Instrumental guitar music that is lovely, deep, experimental and rooted in the real stuff.
Dragging An Ox Through Water is Portland's longest standing enigmatic experimental folk art muzak practitioner. He even plays with a candle flickering next to a light sensitive oscillator, forcing his songs to conform to the randomness of the wind and fire flickering. And - he's a great songwriter.
Strange Babes is Portland's most loved DJ duo - Kathy Foster and Jen Olsen. Two of the deepest heads in the business who can make people dance and enjoy life no matter how dire the moment. Portland's greatest love bomb! Heroes of the Portland music world.
All proceeds from this show will go to Mississippi Records Fire Recovery Fund!
Come on down and watch the legends bring it.....
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/81962165/quasi-portland-polaris-hall
10/23 PHILLY - ASSIKO LISTENING PARTY!
Mon, Oct 23
Solar Myth (1131 S Broad St)
6:00PM
Cyrus, Sam, and Maria from the label will play the new record and share some stories and other unreleased sides at Solar Myth, our fav Sun Ra-themed bar.
10/5 PORTLAND - DEAD MOON NIGHT
DEAD MOON NIGHT / MOSAIC UNVEILING
FEATURING TOODY COLE, URAL THOMAS, SEAN CROGAN, FRANK FURTER, MATTRESS AND MUCH MORE!
OCTOBER 5TH
MISSISSIPPI RECORDS SHOP, PORTLAND
(5202 N Albina Ave) 7:30 PM - FREE SHOW
Back in 2017, Portland declared October 5th an official city holiday, "Dead Moon Night". Since then, every year folks gather and celebrate the world's greatest rock band. Bars play only Dead Moon, radio shows feature their records, documentaries are shown, whiskey is drunk, tattoos are ground into flesh and Dead Moon shirts are dusted off and dawned.
This year Mississippi Records will be going big for Dead Moon Night. We'll be unveiling a new stunning Dead Moon mosaic made by Cecilia Meneau AND have a ton of great musicians playing one to two Dead Moon songs!
Musicians include Dead Moon's own Toody Cole, soul legend Ural Thomas, giant singing hot dog Frank Furter, Ukulele master Ryan Puckett, Avante Garde lounge singer Mattress, rock legends The Revisions, local hero Sean Crogan and chanteuse Neisha DeSouza with members of the Dirt Twins.
The show is free! We'll have free whiskey and beer at the ready! We'd love to see you there! Please stop by to toast the toughest rock band ever.
9/30 PORTLAND - STAFF DJ NIGHT AT THE RED FOX
STAFF DJ NIGHT AT THE RED FOX
SEPTEMBER 30TH
RED FOX BAR (5128 N Albina Ave)
7:30 PM TO ? - FREE
A portion of the Mississippi staff will be DJing at our local - The illustrious Red Fox bar across the street. Expect Fall vibes and good times...
9/30 BROOKLYN - Brooklyn Flea Record Fair
We will be tabling at the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair this Saturday, September 30th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Marsha P. Johnson State Park (90 Kent Ave). Come get some records, merch, and hang out with us to celebrate the beginning of autumn! Sam will be doing a small DJ set at 12:45 p.m. See you there! - Cyrus, Maria, and Sam
9/18 PORTLAND - Jerry Lee Lewis: “Trouble in Mind”
Screening: Jerry Lee Lewis: “Trouble in Mind”
September 18th, 7:00 PM - Hollywood Theater
Please don't miss this rare opportunity to see Ethan Coen's newest movie on the big screen! This could very well be the ONLY Portland showing!!!!! The film will be introduced by legendary director Kelly Reichart!
8/19 PORTLAND - Roman Norfleet and Be Present Art Group - “Their Cowries”
Albina Music Trust & Mississippi Records are pleased to announce a special collaboration between the band Roman Norfleet & Be Present Art Group + experimental video artists Spoiler Room. The event is FREE & all ages.
7/16 - 7/18 PORTLAND - The Sun Ra Arkestra
The Sun Ra Arkestra returns to Portland! 3 nights of cosmic tones for mental therapy not to be missed. The world's greatest band returns!
NIGHT 1: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-sun-ra-star-theater-tickets/13124845?pl=star&REFID=clientsitewp
NIGHT 2: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-sun-ra-star-theater-tickets/13124855?pl=star&REFID=clientsitewp
NIGHT 3: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-sun-ra-star-theater-tickets/13124865?pl=star&REFID=clientsitewp
Led by 99-year-old Marshal Allen, The Arkestra are descending on Portland for three days! These are cosmic tones for mental therapy. You'll come out of these concerts a better person than you came in.
Besides saving your own soul, here are some other good reasons to attend -
1. All three nights will feature completely unique sets. The band is in the moment and as present as anything you'll ever see. Much to learn from them there....
2. We'll have live filming, analog image editing and cosmic projections of the band by Portland's video wizards The Spoiler Room. These guys bring a full-on editing rig to the show and make a movie in real-time of the band playing with all kinds of truly cosmic special effects pulsating to the music.
3. Cendars Marbling are creating some far-out set pieces that will have to be seen to be believed.
4. Eric from Mississippi Records programmed some meticulous soundscapes to lead you into the Arkestra sets and out.
5. It's an early show with only one band! No muss, no fuss. Just the manna.
Hope you can come and "dance the outspaceway" with us.
THE MUSIC ROOM Hollywood Theatre, July 15th. 7:30 PM
Mississippi Records Music And Film Series presents Satyajit Ray's stunning 1958 music filled masterpiece! Incredible sound design, sets and cinematography. As beautiful a movie as you could ever see.
The Music Room follows a wealthy landowner as he spends his fortune on elaborate concerts featuring top Indian musicians. As we watch his fortune dwindle, it's hard to tell if he is a victim of pride, arrogance, or a profound love of music gone haywire.
A rare site on the big screen not to be missed!
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6/22 PORTLAND- Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy - Sun Ra Archival footage at the Hollywood Theater
Legendary archivist and musician MIke Lastra will draw amazing Sun Ra footage from his massive video archive! Things you've never seen (or only seen grainy copies of on Youtube). It'll be a cosmic trip!
Come get excited about the imminent landing of the Arkestra to come.
https://hollywoodtheatre.org/tickets/21694/
5/28 PORTLAND- Grand Style Orchestra and TBA concert at Turn Turn Turn
The Grand Style Orchestra shall jam it up. Bring an instrument and join them! We'll be adding some acts to this bill soon, so stay tuned!
Tickets available at Turn Turn Turn.
5/27 PORTLAND- Mississippi Records Karaoke Night At Turn Turn Turn
A staff, friends and customer Karaoke night! Come on down and lose all inhibitions. Mississippi Records will be buying some rounds for the crowd to keep it loose.
Free event. Just show up!
5/26 PORTLAND- Mississippi Records Favorite Authors Patrick DeWitt and Jon Raymond Read at Turn Turn Turn / Staff DJ night / Michael Jackson story.
Our two favorite authors in Portland will be reading some works with some special guests. Pat Dewitt has written the great novels Ablutions, Sisters Brothers, Under Major Domo Minor, French Exit and The Libranianists. Jon Rayond has also written a ton of great short stories, novels and screenplays including the TV version of MIldred Pierce, First Cow, Far From Heaven, Meeks Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy, and Showing Up. Enjoy sitting and listening to great stories by the true craft people.
As a bonus, Mississippi Records Eric Isaacson will tell the story about the time he met Michael Jackson and it ruined his life.
Mississippi Records staff members will DJ before, after and between authors.
Free event. Just show up!
5/25 PORTLAND- Roman Norfleet And Be Present Art Group Record Release Party with Angel Bat Dawid
Here we'll celebrate the release of Roman Norfleet's new record on Mississippi Records! Roman Norfleet And Be Present Art Group are Portland's premiere spiritual jazz combo. The real deal. They'll be joined by a solo set by Chicago's Angel Bat Dawid, one of the best musicians out there today. It'll be a night to remember.