Writing

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Andrea writes long-form music journalism for Vortex Music Magazine, a print and online music publication for the distinctive music community in Portland, Oregon as well as artist interviews and concert reviews for Oregon Music News, an online and monthly print, all-genre music magazine.

Andrea is a managing editor and contributor for Visitant, an online literary journal featuring experimental poetry, serialized and flash fiction, non-fiction and multimedia essays, art, and interviews.

Content samples are below and appear interspersed alongside personal writing in the elfSPEAK blog.


Articles / Music Journalism

Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno: ‘Hollowed Hearts’ [Song Premiere]
March 5, 2021 | Vortex Music Magazine

Wonderly: ‘Bayocean’ [Video Premiere]
January 7, 2021 | Vortex Music Magazine

Do Ra: ‘Sound of Me’ [Video Premiere]
November 9, 2020 | Vortex Music Magazine

KAZU and the Cradle of Elba
October 19, 2019 | Vortex Music Magazine

The Color of Sound | Portraits of Portland Music: Myles de Bastion
November 15, 2018 | Vortex Music Magazine

‘Through Frames’: Lorain Explores the Edges of Loneliness
September 25, 2018 | Vortex Music Magazine

‘You, Sir,’ Must Hear Abbey Hendrix Find Her Voice
August 16, 2018 | Vortex Music Magazine

Fake Fireplace: ‘School Spirit’ [Video Premiere]
July 6, 2018 | Vortex Music Magazine

Moorea Masa & The Mood ‘Shine A Light’
May 3, 2018 | Vortex Music Magazine

Laura Veirs: Devotional Experiments
April 13, 2018 | Vortex Music Magazine

Lenore. Portland Artists to Watch
November 13, 2017 | Vortex Music Magazine

Sister Act | The Quebe Sisters bring their sweet sounds to the Tower
March 15, 2017 | Source Weekly

White Devils and ‘Sacred Nights’: In Conversation with David Bazan

December 9, 2016  |  Vortex Music Magazine

In a ‘Haze’: Nataly Dawn at The Old Church
November 17, 2016  |  Vortex Music Magazine

A Conversation of Collaboration: Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop Burn ‘Love Letters’ Together
Jun 3, 2016  |  Vortex Music Magazine

Indigo Girls: Song, Spirituality and Social Justice
May 13, 2016  |  Vortex Music Magazine

Laura Gibson: Rebuilding an Empire
Apr 28, 2016  |  Vortex Music Magazine

Gold Cities and Nature Escapes: A Conversation with The Brothers Comatose
Mar 9, 2016  |  Vortex Music Magazine

Making ‘The Switch’ to Headlining: An Interview with Emily King
Feb 1, 2016  |  Vortex Music Magazine

Moorea Masa: ‘Oh Mother’ [Video Premiere]
May 25, 2015  |  Vortex Music Magazine

At the Altar of the Three Muses: Women, Music and Fashion in Portland
[pdfCOVER – Print Issue ]
Mar 20, 2015   |  Vortex Music Magazine

Moorea Masa: A Woman Is An Island
Mar 3, 2015  |  Vortex Music Magazine

Hippies and Ukuleles For The Win: An Evening with Amanda Palmer in Portland
Nov 27, 2014  |  Vortex Music Magazine

Music Matters: The State of Music Education
Jul 7, 2014   |  Vortex Music Magazine

Joy Pearson: Breaking and Mending
May 1, 2014   |  Vortex Music Magazine

Poetry

once you leave  |  Nov 27, 2014  |  Visitant
birding/breakage  |  Aug 15, 2014  |  Visitant
ride  |  Mar 28, 2014  |  Visitant
god is red  |  July 19, 2013  |  Visitant
ex nihilo  |  Nov 8, 2013  |  Visitant
Rainy Chicago Summer, 1980  |  Sep 13, 2013  |  Visitant

Personal Essays

On Floaters and Flashes  |  May 14, 2014  |  Visitant
Order Up: Memoirs of a Waitress
  |  Dec 6, 2013  |  Visitant
Photograph / Memory / Sketch  |  Apr 26, 2013 | Visitant
Measuring the Marigolds  |  Apr 12, 2013 |  Visitant