Halfbird is Grant Pierce (drums), Brandon Conway (guitar) and Ben Kates (sax). 

Maniakale Avant-Gardist

New album:
Last Mile of an Alien Shore
https://blipvert.bandcamp.com/album/last-mile-of-an-alien-shore
tapekiosk.bandcamp.com/album/blipvert-last-mile-of-an-alien-shore

Recent albums:
The Sound Tower of Dr. Jitters
https://blipvert.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-tower-of-dr-jitters

Sunburst Doors Under the Eye
https://blipvert.bandcamp.com/album/sunburst-doors-under-the-eye

Chris Mosley is a guitarist/composer/producer based in Madison, WI via Boston, Portland OR, and Austin.  New Album Out Soon!

Artistic Director (PDX Pop Now!), Talent Buyer (Rontoms), Radio DJ (XRAY 107.1FM), Podcast Host (bit.ly/pdxmusicpod).

Subscribe to There Ain't Nothing Going On Here: The Portland Music Podcast at feeds.feedburner.com/ThereAintNothingGoingOnHere and stream past episodes at www.mixcloud.com/smokesignalsmusic.

NOAH BERNSTEIN is a saxophonist and composer active in the boundless expanses of the Portland, OR music scene. As a freelance musician, Bernstein finds himself in a plethora of musical backdrops. Current projects include his own sextet with saxophone quartet, bass, and drums (which just released its debut album "Six"), avant-garde champions Get Smashing Love Power, contemporary jazz/groove crooners Darren Kleintet, and bebop/free-jazz fusers Free-Bop Quartet. Most recently he can be found touring the world with the Oakland-based indie rock band tUnE-yArDs.

Bernstein holds degrees in jazz saxophone performance from Oberlin Conservatory and in creative writing from Oberlin College (’06). During his tenure he had the honor of studying under such venerable jazz innovators as Gary Bartz, Robin Eubanks, Billy Hart, Donald Byrd, and the late Wendell Logan.

A respected advocate for live music, Bernstein spent a year after graduation forming a Sunday night jazz series at The Feve in downtown Oberlin. (The series continues to this day.) Upon moving to Portland in late 2007, he devoted three years to curating shows five nights a week at the Camellia Lounge in Portland’s Pearl District. His efforts transformed the venue from an obscure tea-house/bar to one of the more well-respected hosts of jazz performances in the city.

Bernstein grew up in rural Vermont. He carries with him its brooding forests and rolling hills wherever he goes.

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