Ural Thomas and the Pain
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Taking Center Stage

At 75 years old, Ural Thomas and The Pain is Portland’s best new band!
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Ural Thomas has always been there. Since starting to sing and play music at age three, he has been in the vicinity of soul music history. The “middle” of 14 children (and named for the Ural Mountains in Russia), Thomas grew up in North Portland, in what had primarily been an African-American neighborhood until recent […]

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Out of Town 12/3-12/11

The Source Staff

portland friday 5 Holiday Spectacular: Portland Cello Project and Ural Thomas & the Pain The Portland Cello Project has more soul than the average string group, and a reputation for transforming pop music with its evocative covers. But the group takes its genre-transcendence to the next level in its Holiday Spectacular with Ural Thomas—the 70-something […]

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