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“We need rooms like this to cultivate a healthy music community. I call this type of room an incubator space.”

“My parents have always joked that I would bring hardback books into my crib with me instead of dolls.”

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It’s at the behest of the mayor’s office and independent venue advocacy group MusicPortland, both parties that are dubious of Live Nation’s proposed concert venue.

Almost three decades after the legendary Portland composer’s death, his second album has arrived.

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“We’re trying to make you laugh, but we’re also trying to make you cry at the same time.”

“I drank my first beer, kissed my first girl at the drive-in, and smoked my first joint, all in Oregon.”

“When you’re writing a song, you feel really vulnerable, and sharing, especially with your significant other, can be really hard.”

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“This is something that’s completely fun and completely spontaneous and has no preconceptions.”

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“I wanted to really get to know myself as an artist and to have the space to not work so much so I could really hone my craft and make the kinds of recordings I wanted to make.”

What to see and what to hear.

The Portland-raised rapper is back in town for a concert with the Oregon Symphony.