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There are at least 5 artists with name Portland. 1) Portland are a three piece lounge band based in the Birmingham, UK; Rory Thompson - Lead vocals & guitar, Sarah Thompson - Backing vocals and Paul Meadows - Bass. Portlands’ music combines acoustic style songwriting with warm strings & soulful melodies. 2) Portland (aka Spencer Lytle) is obsessed with his computer and the sounds that it makes. He uses these sounds to write music that expresses his emotions in ways words never could. Love, sadness, anger and everything in between can be heard swimming through his songs meshed intricately with...

“Independent” and “Orchestra” are not two words you often hear in the same breath. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what The Portland Cello Project is: an “indie cello orchestra”. The somewhat intimidating 8-16 cello ensemble, The Portland Cello Project (or, PCP, as their fans affectionately call them), has had a meteoric rise in the vibrant Portland music scene. The group has a deep-rooted philosophy of building a stronger music community – a belief that collaboration is the ironic cornerstone of independent musicianship — that has led them to collaborative performances with a veritable “who’s who” list of Portland musicians, from Laura Gibson...

The Watery Graves of Portland are the sounds and atmosphere created by Curtis Knapp on piano and Adrian Orange on brushed drums and Davis Lee Hooker on upright bass. The music is Satie-like in it's mercurial deliberation, a sort of "old school" instrumental improvisation but not lawless, and sometimes verges on the bar room ragtime: inspirational elevator music, filmic rhythmic furniture music. Their live shows include free stamped envelopes and office supplies, encouraging audiences to write loved ones and/or the band itself amid the music. .

Gavin Portland is a 2005 formed hardcore / post-hardcore band from Reykjavik, Iceland. 2006 their two EPs "I: the end of every minute" and "II: tell us how it ended, tell us how we died" came out. Their debut album "III: views from different towns" was released by the Icelandic label 12tónar. The band members are Kolli (vocals), Þórir (guitar/vocals/drums, alias songwriter My Summer As A Salvation Soldier.), Addi (bass) and Albert (guitar). .