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Diverse musical influences shape new album from Portland family musician Red Yarn
For more than a decade, a Portland musician has been performing as Red Yarn, making music that appeals to families. We'll hear about his latest album, "The Get Together."

Records we love: ‘Cachaito,’ by Orlando ‘Cachaito’ Lopez (World Circuit, 2001)
Hosts from KMHD dig into their collections, pull out a gem, and tell us why the album is essential.

In conversation with Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock is more than the world’s greatest living jazz musician, he’s a platinum-album making, billboard-chart-topping, Oscar and Grammy award winning force of nature. Hancock spoke with KMHD via his studio in California to discuss the new quintet on his worldwide tour, why he will never become the jazz police and his meaning of jazz without boundaries.

Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell dies at 56
Steve Harwell, the longtime frontman of the Grammy-nominated pop rock band Smash Mouth, has died.

Jimmy Buffett died after a four-year fight with a rare form of skin cancer, his website says
A statement on Jimmy Buffett's website has disclosed the cause of the singer-songwriter's death: a rare, aggressive skin cancer.

‘Margaritaville’ singer Jimmy Buffett, who turned beach-bum life into an empire, dies at 76
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died. He was 76.
Christian McBride’s New Jawn: Tiny Desk Concert
This unpredictable, funky set showcases the distinctive creative interplay between each player's personality.
Fleet Foxes closes out PDX Live summer concert series
The indie folk band took over downtown Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square on Thursday.

Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner returns to her home state for a sold-out show
Fans started lining up outside Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square eight hours before the band took to the stage.

In conversation with Kassa Overall
There are new musical landscapes among us. Where jazz and hip-hop form a fusion not yet defined. Drummer, producer and artist Kassa Overall came to the KMHD studios and spoke about what that future may look like. Kassa Overall will be performing in Portland at Mississippi Studios on Aug. 26.