Patrick Droney

Rising Young Star Patrick Droney at The Old Church

Nashville-based blues musicians Patrick Droney was awarded the Robert Johnson Blues Foundation Star Award Recipient for 2006 as the country’s most promising blues musician, Steven Johnson, grandson of the legendary bluesman and Chief Operating…
Deb Ryder Visits Portland

Deb Ryder Visits Portland with Guest Appearances

Deb Ryder has been a rising star for the past few years. In fact she was nominated for the Sean Costello Rising Star award recently. This vocalist charms audiences with her soulful and gritty voice. She will be visiting Portland in February…
The Prime Movers Blues Band

The Prime Movers Blues Band

  The Prime Movers Blues Band Modern Harmonic Review by Greg Johnson Much like their contemporaries The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Ann Arbor Michigan’s The Prime Movers Blues Band took a grasp on the classic sounds of Chicago and…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021

Ramblings On My Mind – February 2020

by Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President I know it’s February and since I was a month behind last time getting out the top ten list of favorite CDs of 2019, let me do a touch more catching up. We have gone through another election…
New Music to Note-September 2021

February New Music Releases

There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, we recommend starting here. Charlie Parr – Charlie Parr (Red House Records) Frank Bey – All My Dues Are Paid (Nola Blue Records) Ghalia – Mississippi Blend (Ruf Records) Michael…
Local Musicians Receiving Award Nominations

Kudos to Our Local Musicians Receiving Award Nominations

The Blues Foundation has announced their nominations for the Blues Music Awards and we want to give a huge shout out to Curtis Salgado for two nods as Instrumental- Vocals and Soul Blues Artist. Also Terry Robb has received a nomination for…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists
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Applications Now Being Accepted For 2020 Journey To Memphis

The Journey To Memphis is the Cascade Blues Association’s regional competition to select the acts that will represent our organization and region in 2021’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Up to 250 acts from around the…
Ghalia Mississippi Blend (Ruf Records)

Ghalia

Mississippi Blend Ruf Records Review by Greg Johnson Belgium-based vocalist Ghalia has long been infatuated with the blues. Mississippi Blend is her sophomore release on the European blues label Ruf, and she has returned to the American homeland…
Membership Meeting Cancelled

February General Membership Meeting – Plaehn & Hino / Robbie Laws

The first Wednesday in February means more exciting blues coming your way courtesy of the Cascade Blues Association’s monthly membership meeting at The Eagles Aerie on Hawthorne. Your CBA always brings you the very best in blues and blues-related…
Charlie Parr (Red House Records)

Charlie Parr

  Charlie Parr Red House Records Review by Greg Johnson Minnesota-based fingerpicking guitarist returns with his thirteenth recording following a skateboarding accident that injured his shoulder so severely it required several pins and…