There’s a lot going on here in the Portland, Maine, music scene. Somebody ought to be writing about it.
That Portland Sound! covers the musicians, venues, records, shows, triumphs, disasters, and beautiful weirdness that make Portland, Maine, one of New England’s most intriguing music scenes.
This is by no means an exhaustive guide to every show in town. Instead, it’s a collection of the artists, albums, performances, and stories that I find interesting, oddly fascinating, or just too good not to share.
If it’s happening on a stage, in a rehearsal space, or at the corner of a bar somewhere, it’s fair game.
Latest Posts
Rally For Rumors Set for July 12
Local musicians in southern Maine are playing a show to help save a beloved local venue from shutting down.
Get Your Portland Pride On!
Portland PrideFest Cranks the Volume on Live Music Look, we all know the Portland Pride Parade is the main event. But once the last float rolls by and the glitter begins its inevitable migration into every crack in downtown Portland, the party shifts to Deering Oaks Park for PrideFest. This year’s festival takes place Saturday,…
Anti-Folk Legend Hamell On Trial Rolls into New England for Four Shows
In this age of backing tracks and AI slop, there aren’t many performers left who can walk onstage with nothing but an acoustic guitar and not only command, but reward a roomful of attention for ninety minutes. Hamell On Trial is one of them. The anti-folk lifer, punk-rock storyteller, professional rabble-rouser, and all-around force of…
Another Southern Maine Music Venue Bites The Dust
Rumors, a scrappy, DIY venue carved out of some unused space above the venerable Mulligan’s in Biddeford, will shut down on Sunday, barring an act of God or a miracle of equal measure from some other unlikely source. “We’re closing our doors as of Sunday because the building is being sold,” Rumors mastermind Austin Hunter-Melanson…
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