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  1. New, innovative project offers lifeline to youths after foster care

    Ascending Flow uses music and mentorship to support youth aging out of Oregon’s foster care system Outside a building bathed in colorful graffiti along Southeast 122nd Avenue in Portland’s Mill Park neighborhood, several young men sporting tattoos, high t ...

    7 Dec 2022 - Libby Dowsett

  2. ‘Rich and Beautiful’ and COVID-Safe

    Musician and activist Logan Lynn on Gucci, “gay joy,” thriving and surviving during lockdown and touring — or rather, not touring — in the time of COVID In some ways, these have been the best two years of Logan Lynn’s career. He’s been a Gucci model. He s ...

    31 Aug 2022 - Jason Cohen

  3. Mic Crenshaw finds peace pursuing creative work, but it’s not always easy

    As an artist, father and activist Crenshaw maintains a balancing act Mic Crenshaw often fantasizes about how humans would be in a world where everyone’s biological needs were met and if they had the time to simply exist — not just working to survive. As a ...

    23 Mar 2022 - Latisha Jensen

  4. Gang of Four is on the road again

    Drummer Hugo Burnham on Gang of Four’s return to the stage Gang of Four have aged well. That’s because of the band’s music ­— clattering, sometimes funky, ahead-of-its-time art-punk that has never stopped being a frame of reference for contemporary bands ...

    23 Mar 2022 - Jason Cohen

  5. Reflecting on his own youth, Talilo Marfil wants to give back to the next generation

    The renowned Portland rapper combines mentorship and mental health Talilo Marfil started his musical journey making beats at the Apple store in downtown Portland when he was just 16 years old — as a houseless teenager, this became his means of survival. N ...

    9 Feb 2022 - Latisha Jensen

  6. Music makes Wynne feel powerful, she wants you to feel it too

    Local rapper Wynne on walking through her own fires and her new EP ‘DO MY OWN STUNTS’ Sina Wynne Holwerda, more commonly known as Wynne, describes the shock of the pandemic as running 100 miles per hour into a brick wall. Prior to the pandemic Wynne had p ...

    24 Nov 2021 - Kanani Cortez

  7. St. Vincent’s daddy problems

    The musician’s new record is a throwback to 1970s grit and glamour – while addressing her white-collar criminal father who was recently released from prison Unlikely as it seems, we have The Daily Mail to thank for “Daddy’s Home,” Annie Clark’s seventh al ...

    30 Jun 2021 - Jared Richards

  8. Author Emilly Prado: ‘As long as you’re writing, you’re a writer’

    The Portland journalist and DJ talks to Street Roots about her new collection of personal essays, ‘Funeral for Flaca’ SUMMER READS:  Book recommendations from Street Roots' staff, vendors, volunteers, kids and friends. How do different facets of your ...

    23 Jun 2021 - Janey Wong

  9. Dave Grohl: ‘Music has always been about life’

    In a letter to his younger self, the musician opens up about his childhood memories, playing with Paul McCartney and Kurt Cobain, and just how much he loves his mom Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl pens a letter to his younger self as part of the series b ...

    17 Feb 2021 - Jane Graham

  10. David Byrne: U.S. was ‘ripped in half’ during Vietnam War — like it is now

    In a letter to his younger self, the Talking Heads frontman reflects on his music, politics and his activism As a shy teen, David Byrne wondered whether he’d find his crowd. He was born in Scotland, but moved with his parents, first to Canada and then to ...

    3 Feb 2021 - Adrian Lobb

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