Fans might have worried about Portland, Ore., jazz-cabaret combo Pink Martini this year, when diva China Forbes took a year off for vocal surgery. But pianist-founder Thomas Lauderdale wouldn’t be ...

Really want to be in I love Portland, Oregon …. There’s no place I’d rather be. Excited about We just released an EP of four songs: our version of “Bella Ciao,” a protest of fascism; a French song ...

Hello, Vermont music fans! It’s been more than three years since my last Soundbites column, and I’m happy to be back. Current music editor Chris Farnsworth asked me to fill in this week while he ...

The LP marks the first solo album for Forbes in fifteen years, and features eleven original, auto-biographical songs. The album was produced by Forbes herself, and engineered by Gregg Williams, in ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Pink Martini, featuring China Forbes, performing a holiday show, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at The Arlington Theatre. Pink Martini brings its blend of jazz, classical and ...

Pink Martini brings its progressive commitment to "Je dis oui!" ("I say yes"), an entertaining global jaunt in eight languages and a whirling variety of styles. With no airs and graces but plenty of ...

Pink Martini, the Portland, Oregon, band known for its eclectic blending of jazz, Latin and classical music, is celebrating its 30th anniversary, which caught singer China Forbes off guard. “It’s so ...

The story goes that in the fall of 1994, Thomas Lauderdale — a pianist with an eye toward politics and an ear toward music — found himself the very impromptu show opener at a Portland, Ore., ...

In 1994, in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, Thomas Lauderdale was working in politics, thinking he would run for mayor one day. Like other eager politicians-in-training, he went to every political ...

The Eisemann Center for Performing Arts is thrilled to welcome Pink Martini, the internationally acclaimed “little orchestra,” to Hill Performance Hall for an unforgettable evening of music on January ...