Crooked Eyed Tommy Back In The NW

Southern California-based blues band Crooked Eyed Tommy has been making quite the name for themselves since the release of their well-received 2016 album Butterflies & Snakes, which reached number fifteen on the National Roots Music charts…

Shari Puorto Band Hitting The Northwest

"Shari melds Susan Tedeschi’s self-taught soul, Bonnie Raitt's country-rock sweetness and just a touch of Melissa Ethridge's rasp." - Monterey Country Weekly The Shari Puorto Band is a blues/rock/roots outfit with a whole lotta soul that…

Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod — True Folk & Blues Musicians Come Together

Jim Kweskin is probably best known as a singer and bandleader. He also created one of the bedrock guitar styles of the folk revival, adapting the ragtime-blues fingerpicking of artists like Blind Boy Fuller to the more complex chords of pop…

The Duke Robillard Band – 50 Year Celebration Tour

What do Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Jay McShann, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Hammond, the late Jimmy Witherspoon, Dr. John, Maria Muldaur, Roomful of Blues, and the Canadian band The Rockin’ Highliners all have in common? Answer: Duke Robillard…
ZZ Ward

ZZ Ward, Young Rising Star To Visit Revolution Hall

ZZ Ward didn’t have to look far for inspiration on her second full-length album, 2017’s The Storm. Equally evocative of blues grit and hip-hop bounce, the Los Angeles-based vocal powerhouse and multi-instrumentalist leapt forward by taking…
Blues Build Benefit Concert

JJ Grey, California Honeydrops to Perform at Northwest String Summit

The 16th Annual Northwest String Summit will take place Thursday, July 13 through Sunday, July 16, 2017 at the beautiful Horning's Hideout, North Plains, OR. This year’s line-up features a multitude of regional and national artists including…

Mato Nanji & Indigenous Ready To Ignite The Alberta Rose

Mato Nanji's always provided the heartbeat of the band Indigenous with his warm dusty voice and soaring, spirited guitar fireworks that have earned the group a place among roots rock's elite. The band, from South Dakota's Nakota Nation, will…
Blues Build Benefit Concert

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, the Longest-Running, Free Jazz Festival West of the Mississippi, Returns for its 37th year.

The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival returns for its 37th year under the St Johns Bridge in North Portland. Hosted by The Jazz Society of Oregon, this three day event will feature a line-up of jazz, blues, R&B, and soul performances beginning…
Blues Build Benefit Concert

Smithsonian Folkways Presents “Roll Columbia” Album Release Concert

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings presents its official release concert for the new "Roll Columbia" album, the first collection including all twenty-six songs written by Woody Guthrie while working for the Bonneville Power Administration in Portland…
Blues Build Benefit Concert

Blues Build Benefit Concert Features Four Great Oregon Acts

The annual Blues Build Benefit Concert returns to Bennett Vineyards & Wine Company to help raise funds to support the Junction City/Harrisburg/Monroe Habitat for Humanity in its effort to build houses for low-to-moderate-income families.…