Bob Howard: CC#162 Guiding Artichoke Music into a new era

Published: Aug. 30, 2018, 4:52 p.m.

b'Here we are at World Cup Coffee & Tea at NW 18th & Glisan for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation.\\nWe\\u2019ve got Bob Howard, the CEO of Artichoke Music, an institution around here. As you may know, they moved out of their home for decades on Hawthorne Boulevard to a new place on Powell. \\nWhat\\u2019s different? What\\u2019s the same? How has the move been for them? What\\u2019s in their future?\\nAnd how to I play this goddamned ukulele? Ok, I\\u2019m not going to ask, but if I really wanted to know, I could learn at Artichoke. I could buy instruments there and hear live music, too.\\nThe other question is, who is Bob Howard and what are his plans for Artichoke Music.\\nLet\\u2019s meet him.'