NPR's Ari Shapiro and others join the Pink Martini co-founder in a journey through popular song.

(EMI) Portland loungecore meets old-school Japanese pop Saori Yuki is a veteran of the Japanese pop music sub-genre known as kayōkyoku, combining various elements of Western-influenced pop music with Japanese lyrics. She’s a perfect fit for Portland, Oregon’s lounge/baroque pop mini-orchestra Pink Martini, who have previously covered an old Yuki tune (Taya Tan) on their 2007 album Hey Eugene. For this album (named after the year Yuki released her first album), Pink Martini combine the var ...

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In 2011, an exciting new album collaboration begun between eclectic Portland, Oregan based collective, Pink Martini and legendary Japanese pop singer Saori Yuki. The result is 1969; a charming collection of tunes aptly named after the year Yuki’s debut album (beautiful Scat In The Dark) was released. Between 1969 and now, Yuki has been delving into different ventures in Japan from film to television dramas [...]

De acuerdo con su sitio oficial, el colectivo de música lounge, jazz y world music Pink Martini se presentará en El Plaza Condesa el próximo 21 de marzo de 2012 para complementar su visita por México y su paso por la Cumbre Tajín 2012. La información sobre boletos la compartimos abajo. Pink Martini Fecha: Marzo [...]

Tal y como lo comunicamos hace pocas horas, Björk encabezará la Cumbre Tajín 2012 acompañada de artistas como Caifanes, Café Tacvba, Pink Martini, Sinead O’Conor y muchos más. Los festejos primaverales en Papantla, Veracruz, se llevarán a cabo del 17 al 21 de marzo y a continuación les ofrecemos la información técnica. Sábado 17 de [...]

What with all of the bits of nasty weather, work deadlines, etc … a person can get just plain frazzled. So what’s needed on the drive to work is some romantic and swanky musings. Pink Martini definitely fits the bill. The suave Oregon-based collective bravely mixes together influences from many, many genres to produce something completely unique. I can’t even [...]

El colectivo de música lounge, jazz y música contemporánea Pink Martini se presentó la noche de ayer en el late show de la NBC The Tonight Show with Jay Leno en donde interpretó una sutil versión del tema “Santa Baby”. Pink Martini lanzó el sexto álbum de su carrera, 1969, el pasado mes de octubre. [...]

Pink Martini performed “Santa Baby” on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Watch it below: Social Bookmarking

My Morning Jacket @ Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by Jessica Amaya) today in NYC * The Weight @ Union Pool * Pink Martini @ Town Hall * Michael Formanek @ The Stone * Okkyung Lee @ 110 Livingston *...

Recommended Show: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011 COUNTRY MICE @ SHEA STADIUM 20 Meadow St Brooklyn, NY 11206 $TBA, 8PM When it doubt, go DIY. Country Mice perform at the very awesome Shea Stadium tonight. The Weight @ Union Pool Pink Martini @ Town Hall Dwele @ Knitting Factory Okkyung Lee @ Issue at 110 Sean Bones @ Manhattan Inn War">Good Old War & Val Emmich @ Maxwell's Wye Oak & Pattern is Movement @ The Rock Shop The National & So Percussion @ Beacon Theater The London Souls & Foley Stewart @ Cameo Gallery Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings @ Bowery Ballroom Favourite Sons, Bird Dog, & Car On The Moon @ Union Hall My ...

Devo @ Irving Plaza in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Anna Calvi @ Bowery in May (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Devo @ Irving Plaza * Pink Martini @ Town Hall * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes...

Back in mid-’90s Portland, Ore., pianist Tom Lauderdale was working in politics. Many before him had become disillusioned with this field, but what bothered him most was perhaps a bit different. You see, he found the music at political fund-raisers to be lacking. So he put together what he called a “little orchestra,” 13 members [...]

Recommended Show: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011 DEVO @ IRVING PLAZA 17 Irving Place New York, NY 10003 $65, 7PM Holy shit! Devo ! Enough said! Pink Martini @ Town Hall Pusha T @ The Gramercy Theatre Drunken Sufis & 3Jane @ Cake Shop Rocket From The Tombs @ Maxwell's Gary Clark Jr. & White Dress @ Mercury Lounge The National & Sharon Van Etten @ Beacon Theater Bird Call, Steel Phantoms, & Ponyhof @ Cameo Gallery Dawn Landes, Vandaveer, & Dave Godowsky @ The Rock Shop Laurel Halo, Forma, Corp Exquis, & Lorna Dune @ Glasslands Vaz, Dan Friel, White Suns, & Diamond Terrifier @ Death By Audio Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Jim Campilongo, & Wolf! @ Brooklyn Bowl ...

Saori Yuki, on October 17th, finished her concert with the jazz orchestra from Oregon, USA, "Pink Martini." Staged at the Royal Albert Hall to great success, the concert showcased the album, 1969, a compilation of hit tunes from the year 1969, the year  Yuki made her debut with the album,...