
March General Membership Meeting
Plan on joining us at The Eagles Lodge for our monthly General Membership Meeting where you are guaranteed to find some fun times with two sets of blues, a bunch of fun give-aways for our lucky ticket drawings, and good times with special friends.…

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…

Mr Handy’s Blues – From Preacher’s Son to Father of the Blues
By Randy Murphy
“History,” T. S. Eliot observed, “has many cunning passages, contrived corridors,” and effective biographical documentaries succeed in exploring those historical passages and corridors in a way that allow us not only…

Gary Moore – Live From London
Live From London
Mascot Label Group / Provogue Records
By Greg Johnson
This recording comes from a December, 2009 show in London’s Islington Academy, a smaller theater that makes the performance truly an intimate setting. Sadly, it was…

Memphis Recap – 2020 International Blues Challenge
By Marie Walters
This rookie’s first Journey To Memphis was a whirlwind of preparation, travel, showcases, jams, performances, and eateries — all topped off with lack of sleep. I was lucky to be traveling with IBC ‘veterans’ so I had…

Honky-Tonk Rock, Rhythm & Blues for Little Eva
Portland's music community comes together in support of 10-year old Eva McCoy who underwent an emergency liver transplant Nov. 16th, 2019. Severe complications kept her hospitalized at Seattle Children's Hospital for almost 3 months. Eva is…

David Jacobs-Strain, Christopher Worth, and Haley Johnsen – New Eps to be Released Simultaneously
Three of the area’s brightest young artists will come together for one special night to release of new music Eps at the Alberta Rose Theatre.
David Jacobs-Strain is a fierce slide guitar player and song poet known for both his virtuosity…

Seth Walker – Americana Treasure
Over the past 10 years, Seth Walker has been recognized as one of the most revered modern roots artists in the United States — a three-dimensional talent with a gift for combining melody and lyric alongside a rich, Gospel-drenched, Southern-inflected…

Soulful Vocalist Joan Osborne
Joan Osborne has rightfully earned a reputation as one of the great voices of her generation -- both a commanding, passionate performer and a frank, emotionally evocative songwriter. A multi-platinum selling recording artist and seven-time Grammy…

Ana Popovic – Guitar Slinger
The award-winning, hard-touring, guitar slinger and singer Ana Popovic is back on the road promoting her new album Like It On Top, that focuses on empowered, successful, inspiring female role models. A trending theme in today’s world is women…