Before Sunday’s concert at Annette Strauss Park, Pink Martini’s gay bandleader Thomas Lauderdale discussed just why the eclectic jazz outfit as been so productive lately. With four releases in the ...

15 years ago in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, Thomas Lauderdale was working in politics, thinking that one day he would run for mayor. Like other eager beaver ...

Pink Martini, for those who have yet to sip from that group’s marvelously transporting musical elixir, is precisely the sort of retro-fresh gem the lounge and swing revival of the late ’90s could ...

Juneauites turned out by the hundreds for Portland-based band Pink Martini’s performance Sunday evening at Centennial Hall, an event hosted by Juneau Jazz & Classics. Lead singer Storm Large performed ...

Bandleader Thomas Lauderdale (first voice) and bassist Phil Baker discuss Pink Martini's sophomore CD with NPR's Ari Shapiro. (Contains graphic language.) As NPR's Ari Shapiro reports, the band ...

Portland’s Pink Martini is celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year. The festivities include a massive North American tour and the release of new music this Summer and Fall. Now, they share the ...

Musician Thomas Lauderdale has been witnessing a lot of political derisiveness since last month’s presidential election. On his first-ever visit to New Haven later this week, he plans to remedy it ...

PORTLAND – Portland band Pink Martini released a statement Monday, about the death of their percussionist, Derek Rieth. Rieth died Wednesday, due to suicide. The statement read: "With deepest sorrow ...

At this year's Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Gala, the headliner will be Pink Martini, a self-proclaimed "little orchestra" from Portland, Ore., that's been together for nearly two decades. Pink ...

Pink Martini refers to itself as “a little orchestra,” but that shouldn’t obscure the fact that the role of lead vocalist in the group is a big one to fill. The Portland, Ore.-based act plays a ...

Pink Martini had already been together for 11 years when it appeared on this Mountain Stage show in June 2005. Formed in Portland, Ore., by pianist Thomas Lauderdale, Pink Martini functions as a ...