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![Was It All A Dream? Why Jam Cruise 19 Was The Best Week Of My Life [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/i-zcV3QQF-XL.jpeg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
It has now officially been almost TWO MONTHS since disembarking the MSC Divina, and still, with a solid chunk of time to process and reassimilate, I am still convinced there is not a sufficient way to encapsulate the experience that is Jam Cruise into words. However, an attempt must be made…if only for the crucial […]
![Frankie and the Witch Fingers at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, OR | January 31, 2023 [Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Photo-Jan-31-2023-10-02-18-PM-2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
To the average Portlander strolling past the Doug Fir Lounge last Tuesday night, it would’ve been hard to believe a sold out show was raging on inside – but to die hard Frankie and the Witch Fingers fans, it was a night of epic proportions. It only takes one show to become a ‘die hard’ […]
Art
Kaixi Yang is an abstract enigma who pirouettes endlessly at the edge between reason and beauty. One day she conjures colored calligraphy across a canvas, and the next she eloquently sermonizes sustainable city planning at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. This relentlessly original thinker grew up in New Zealand, far from the world at […]
Funk
East coast funk-hop aficionados Lettuce are blowing plumes of smoke through every stop on the current leg of their US tour. Fresh off the tracks of their 2022 release Unify, the six piece future funk band headlined Denver Comes Alive earlier this month at the Mission Ballroom. As one of the most vibrant music scenes […]
Electronic
Life’s a trip, so tie your shoes – Or don’t, and come to Lightning in a Bottle where you don’t need laces at all… LiB, laugh, lake ;) Coming from humble beginnings in 2003, Lightning in a Bottle festival is a transformational experience that takes place in Northern California. Bringing its wildest lineup yet, LiB is […]