Listen Up:  A Curated Series by Portland Radio Project and Artichoke Music

Amplifying Pacific Northwest Women Singer/Songwriters
This is the second evening of our monthly series curated along with Portland’s premier acoustic and singer/songwriter listening room, Artichoke Music. We are handing the microphone over to female singer/songwriters emerging in the Pacific Northwest, for a rich evening of independent voices and powerful stories.

Cafe Artichoke Live (location map)
Friday, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Friday 10/21/22

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Doors – 6:30pm
Show – 7:00pm
Purchase Tickets Here – $15

Beer, wine, non-alchoholic beverages, and light snacks are available for purchase in the café.

This show will be live streamed right here on Portland Radio Project!

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THE LINEUP:
Michele Van Kleef 
Michele’s music features her classically trained, soulful voice, ranging from the reminiscent sounds of Janis Joplin to the compelling melodies and pure tones of Joni Mitchell. She consistently delivers a lively and touching musical performance with songs written from her heart that move the listener to feel what inspired her to write. Her music is based in storytelling with memorable melodies and sung with haunting vocals.

Van Kleef’s most recent solo record, Your Own Way, is an eclectic mix of musical styles. Her first solo album, After All, features her soulful voice, memorable melodies and storytelling lyrics. She is inspired by Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Ani DiFranco, Suzanne Vega, and several other singer/songwriters.

Michele got her start in the music industry as a singer in the very successful, NW-based Indie band Calobo. They toured the country for over 6 years and shared the stage with Sara McLachlan, Train, Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco and Jethro Tull. In Portland they played Portland Meadows, The Roseland Theater, La Luna and became regular sell-outs at The Crystal Ballroom. Across the country they played Wetlands in NYC, House of Blues in Chicago, the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, The Showbox and the Moore Theater in Seattle, and the epic music festival, Bumbershoot on the Stadium Stage in Seattle. When all was said and done, Calobo released 5 full-length records, the final being recorded Live at the Crystal Ballroom in hometown Portland, OR. Calobo’s 2012 reunion mini tour was met with thousands of nostalgic fans and great success.

 

Gina DeNoble
Gina DeNoble is a singer/songwriter currently living in the Portland area. She plays guitar and delivers deep, textured, resonant, sultry vocals. Her genres include lyric-driven acoustic pop/rock and soulful folk with occasional blues elements. The mood of her music could be described as dramatic, whimsical, emotional, and romantic. Artists to whom she has been compared include Tracy Chapman, Natalie Merchant, Joan Armatrading, and Joni Mitchell.

Having grown up a stone’s throw from Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, Gina is a dyed-in-the-wool Pacific Northwesterner! She released a full-length album of original music entitled Wanderer’s Paradise back in 2007. The songs on that album were written in her late teens and early twenties while she was regularly traveling between Washington, Canada, and Alaska.

Shortly after the album was released, she injured her voice. Being young and without resources at the time…and, also, fearing the worst (that she had caused permanent damage to her vocal cords)…she simply quit singing. A decade later, something was missing from her life. It was music. Rehabilitating her voice took over two years, and required help from a team of specialists at the University of Washington. Now, she is finally back behind her guitar, performing, and writing songs! Following her injury, hiatus, and rehabilitation, she finds herself more grounded, more in control of her instrument, more wise, and more appreciative of every opportunity she gets to sing.

 

If you can’t make it down to Artichoke Music (or miss out on grabbing tickets), the whole evening will be LIVE STREAMING on the PRP airwaves – tune in to 99.1FM or stream online at prp.fm – from 7pm to 9pm.  Sit back, relax and tune in to PRP for an amazing night of music!

 

 

Veronica Bisesti
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