TNC - Richard Tillinghast, Elias Cohen, Michael Berly & Jeffrey Keddie

Artichoke Community Music hosts the Thursday Night Coffeehouse Showcase—an evening of up to four local and touring artists in an intimate listening-room setting.

Curators such as the Portland Folk Music Society and Portland Songwriters Association select the performers, who generously donate their sets to support Artichoke’s mission.

Audience tips go directly to the musicians. Beer, wine, soft drinks, and light snacks are available at the bar.

Doors - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm

Artists In-the-Round this month:

A Richard Tillinghast show involves award winning song writing, deft guitar and banjo work, and usually a healthy dose of off-beat humor. "He is a poet; he has traveled America and abroad with his senses open and attuned and has distilled many thoughts, impressions and feelings into beautiful, restless verse in song." (Dave Horner, Creative Loafing, SC).

Richard won fourth place in the 2024 Ozark Folk Festival songwriter contest. "He's been blessed with a unique voice...compared to everybody from Eddie Vedder to James Taylor. For us, it's a mixture of John Prine and John Stewart...a poet's ear and economy of expression, with a sweet spot for the telling phrase." (Rodger Nichols, The Dalles Chronicle, OR). “Through the years, he has quietly built a reputation for warm, welcoming shows...his music is a deep, healing well.” (Edge Magazine, SC).

Michael Berly is a songwriter and performer from Portland, OR. He was born in Ohio, raised in Los Angeles, and has resided in Portland for almost 30 years now. He began writing songs as a kid, inspired by Johnny Cash, Elvis, and the Rock and Roll generation. He has written well over 100 songs and has put out 7 albums of original material. He has toured and performed in the US and Europe and is a founding member of the band The Old Yellers, which has been in existence since 2001, doing original Americana and Outlaw Country Rock and Roll. His most recent album entitled The Space Between is out now on vinyl, cd, digital download and most streaming services.

Elias Cohen

Elias Cohen needs songs to stay alive.
He reveres the songwriters who give texture to life, stylistically gravitating to those who view the guitar as duet companion from Mississippi John Hurt and Richard Thompson to Kristian Matsson and Jose Gonzales.
After stints playing bars in Chicago and New York, Cohen landed in the Pacific Northwest where his lyrics now draw from the quiet exhalation of the first autumn downpour.
Recent recordings include the LP 'All That’s Been Said' (2022) and EP 'In All That Noise' (2024) in which a chorus of acoustic instruments accompany Cohen’s lonesome voice.
https://eliascohen.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/eliascohenmusic/
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCZoycflmpBKp2q4zoO6lymg

Jeff Keddie is a songwriter who hosts a monthly open mic on the third Thursday of each month at Dovetail Cellars in Vancouver, WA. You can find Jeff on Instagram @jeffkeddiemusic.

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