Cellopaloooza!

- - Back blip on Sunday afternoon, for Saturday - -

And here is one of the reasons for our quick drive down to Portland, OR -- the Portland Cello Project, in concert along with Grammy winning cellist Lynn Harrell, at Reed College's brand new performing arts center.

PCP's mission is threefold:

1: To bring the cello to places you wouldn't normally hear it. (Everywhere from nightclubs to symphony halls, from sports bars to loading docks, from libraries to halftime at Portland Trailblazers games...)

2: To play music on the cello you wouldn't normally hear played on the instrument. (Everything from Bach to Kanye to Pantera...)

3: To build bridges across all musical communities by bringing a diverse assortment of musical collaborators on stage with them. (Everyone from the Dandy Warhols to Peter Yarrow to Ben Sollee to Mirah to Garrison Keillor...)

Tonight's performance (for both PCP and Lynn Harrell) was fresh, engaging, immensely inspiring, and a whole lot of fun.