Every day (we hope) The Oregonian Music Blog will post a song of the day for you to enjoy. It might be a new song or just be an excuse to geek out over our favorite bands. But it will always be worth ...

"A Bird in the Opera House," the latest release by Nick Jaina, is full of surprises. They start on the opening track, "Sebastopol," when his voice, accompanied by acoustic strumming, is suddenly ...

If he'd been born just a few decades earlier, in the era of Tin Pan Alley and the Brill Building, the world never would've heard Nick Jaina's voice on record, and he'd be perfectly fine with that.

There’s something to be said for basic musical competency, and on his fifth solo LP, Nick Jaina proves he has it in spades. Problem is, competency is all that’s going for this wispy, understated album ...

[ROCK POETICS] It's a shame Nick Jaina's new album doesn't come with a lyric sheet. More than any other local songwriter, Jaina songs beg to be read, labored over and deconstructed. On A Bird in the ...