LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The people of Portland, Oregon enjoy a reputation for living somewhat outside the mainstream, so it should come as no surprise that a group of the city's cello players is using ...

Classically trained players all, Portland Cello Project has cast itself in the role of a musical guide, taking a form — hip-hop — that would seem foreign and foreboding to most string aficionados and ...

Douglas Jenkins of the Portland Cello Project thinks you should know these five hip-hop artists before listening to The Cello Project's latest release, "Homage." Do note that videos/songs are not ...

Douglas Jenkins was in bed recently dreaming of ninjas. Ninjas and cellos. Ninjas and cellos and a video for the 's reimagining of the Jay-Z and Kanye West tune "Ninjas in Paris," which isn't really ...

Known as a “poet of the trenches,” his songs balance hard-hitting street narratives with cultural awareness and reflection. With his breakout single “SRT” leading the way, Cello is carving a lane as ...

At the end 2012 the alt-pop enigma known as Beck unveiled “Song Reader,” 20 new songs in the form of sheet music. None of them had ever been recorded. If you wanted to hear them, you had two choices: ...

Whether covering Kanye West, Beck or Duke Ellington, the Portland Cello Project makes an indisputable point. The collective’s instrument of choice packs plenty of emotional punch regardless of genre. ...

(CBS) - You have got to check out this video! In the video musician Kevin Olusola performs this amazing hybrid of playing the cello while beatboxing that will totally astound you. Watch and see what I ...

A recent Wednesday, 9:39 p.m.: Cello Joe is anything but your typical cellist. That much became clear when he took a slug from a pint glass and announced to his audience in a Tenderloin bar that he ...