Vortex Music Magazine

SOUNDS OF MY CITY Through the pandemic, police violence and racial injustice, Black music remains resilient. VRTX 25 is guest edited by activist and journalist @macsmiff (of @weoutherenet + @thethesispdx ) and is full of the Black voices and perspectives that Portland needs to hear. Get this issue delivered to your 🚪 for just $3: VRTXMAG.COM/SUBSCRIBE “I want to amplify Black voices without sacrificing the clarity of our voices,” Smiff says. Featuring #PDXmusic 🎶✏️📸🎨 by @parisalexamusic @norfjordan @_marzzx @4tpbtp @wearepeoplemusic @ellaphantzgerald @browncharlie3 @samuel.eisenmeyers @canoed_sun @produceportland @produceorganic.records @dontexthomas @bochafromgfe @chiefcutzz @trapkitchenpdx @fliboimv @friendsofnoise @frontline.drumline @miccrenshaw @jahdi_ @ignorant_dms @jennimoore @moments.by.mariah @brookfieldduece @moneyrocket @faithfaucet @carlosandrescortes_ and more, subscribe to Vortex and get the mag in your 📬 later this month. 🖍 @cassodinero

Changes: @MacSmiff is a leader—in the hip-hop community (anybody hear of @weoutherenet + @thethesispdx ?!!) and in the streets. He is also the guest editor of Vortex's fall 2020 issue. He is the perfect person for not just this moment in #PDXmusic, but the right thought leader to confront the issues and inequities our larger society faces as a whole. "It's gonna be a Blackout," he says of the impending fall issue. Link in bio ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻 📷 @kingclinton + @andre.waymond

Giving in to nostalgia this weekend without @pdxpopnow happening. Grateful for the 3 latest projects from @itsrasheedjamal to keep our minds occupied. ___ 📸 in the 📸: @bluesjohn59 at @pdxpopnow in 2016 ___ #pdxpopnow#musicpdx#pdxmusic#pdxhiphop#pdxartists#vrtxmag

Starting with Elizabeth Cotten and Memphis Minnie (both born in the 1890s) and working her way up to the present day with @nekocaseofficial @mslaurynhill and more, musician, author and illustrator @shespeakseasy aims to set the record straight with She Can Really Lay It Down: 50 Rebels, Rockers & Musical Revolutionaries (Who Happen To Be Women)—a chronological catalogue of artists who “do not presently, and did not previously, receive proper recognition and exposure for their historical, social and musical contributions to society and culture,” Frankel tells. Check the site for more and/or follow @shespeakseasy for the genius behind the book. ___ #vrtxmag#pdxmusic#musicpdx#musicandjournalism#westcoastmusic#westcoastbestcoast#womenempowerment#womanempowerment#womanpower#musicjournalism#musichistory#musichistory101#musichistorymonday

“Musicians are messengers. We take the rhythms and the melodies and heal people." —@boogiecatpdx ⠀ ___⠀ 📸 @bluesjohn59 ___ ⠀ #pdxart #pdxmusic #musictime #pdxnow #revolutionary #portlandnw #portlandphotographer #portlandmusic #listenpdx #turnitup #alittlelouder #keepportlandweird #portlandor #blm #blacklivesmatter✊🏾 #blacklivesmatter #dontshootpdx #westandtogether

🎙Call to action for #PDX artists: The revolution is here to stay and we’re building the soundtrack for it. ___ The 🌹 City Revolution is both live and televised—and we are documenting the sounds of this movement. ___ This playlist features #PDXmusic from the present as well as past anthems by @norfjordan @bochafromgfe @miccapesraps @blackbelteaglescout @damianlillard @bamb00banga @portugaltheman @iamfrankiesimone @sinawynne @amine + plenty more to come. ___ Link in bio to listen and/or share your music! Or go to VRTXMAG.COM/REVOLUTION ___ 📸 @and_rew_and_you ___ #pdx#pdxrevolution#pdxmusic#pdxartist#pdxrosecityjustice#rosecityrevolution#nojusticenopeace#blm#blacklivesmatter#blacklivesmatter✊🏾#amplifymelanatedvoices#amplifyyourhistory#payhomage

If you are going to indulge in black culture, then you must truly honor the bodies behind the art. If you see beauty in "Brown Skin," then take @bochafromgfe ’s words to heart. Link in bio. ___ @eyrst x @produceorganic.records x @neillvontally x @eyrststudios x @produceportland ___ 🎥 @timslew ___ #PDXmusic #blacklivesmatter ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

“We have cultivated something unique, beyond calculation. The city couldn’t predict what would blossom inside the womb of a district it planned on pushing black and brown people away from. Who could predict that the birth pangs of the coming economic boom would actually be in part due to black culture? Who could predict that the very same people who weren’t allowed to live and buy property on this land in the past could now actually generate revenue from their LLCs and entrepreneurship due to that very same migration of implants? At first glance, much may appear grim but these are growing pains so let’s not convolute this message: The city needs us more than we need the city.” ⠀ __⠀ Written in 2016 by hip-hop artist, writer and activist @glennwaco . The city needs our black community more than ever today. And we stand with them. Link in bio for full article. ⠀ __ 📸: Stephen Yates ⠀ ___⠀ ⠀ #pdxart #pdxmusic #musictime #pdxnow #revolutionary #portlandnw #portlandphotographer #portlandmusic #listenpdx #turnitup #alittlelouder #keepportlandweird #portlandor #blm #blacklivesmatter✊🏾 #blacklivesmatter #dontshootpdx #westandtogether ⠀

The message has been there for us to hear far longer than we’ve been taking it seriously. Time to listen. ___⠀ 🎶 🎥: @itsrasheedjamal

When the world goes dark, music is our light. #vrtxbackintime #throwbackeveryday #throwback #saveourstages @karmarivera at @girlfestnw in 2017 📸 @tojofotos Link to more photos in bio 👆 #vrtxmag #vortex #music #pdx #pdxmusic #portland #portlandmusic #oregon #washington #northwest #concert #photography #rock #rockband #band #livemusic #musicislife #concertphotography

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When the world goes dark, music is our light. #vrtxbackintime #throwbackeveryday #throwback #saveourstages @glamskanks at @revolutionhall in 2017 📸 @backstageonstage Link to more photos in bio 👆 #vrtxmag #vortex #music #pdx #pdxmusic #portland #portlandmusic #oregon #washington #northwest #concert #photography #rock #rockband #band #livemusic #musicislife #concertphotography