Band of Heysek, featuring R.L. Boyce & Kenny Brown - Juke My Joint
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Band of Heysek – featuring R.L. Boyce & Kenny Brown

Band of Heysek featuring R.L. Boyce & Kenny Brown Juke My Joint Indies Scope  If you want to feel the rain, you come to the Northwest. If you want to feel the blues, you go to Mississippi.  Which is exactly what this rough-cut band from…
Duffy Bishop - I’m Gonna Do What I Want!
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Duffy Bishop

I’m Gonna Do What I Want! ‘Lil Spinner Records  “I’m Gonna Do What I Want!” Is not only Duffy Bishop’s first album since relocating to Florida, it’s her first recording in five years. But it is everything that you’d expect,…
Franck Goldwasser
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Franck L. Goldwasser

Sweet Little Black Spider and Other Songs From the Trenches of the Blues  SlimByrd Records  by Greg Johnson There’s a lot of history behind Franck Goldwasser’s tenure as a blues musician. From his arrival in Oakland from Paris, he has…
Robert Cray That’s What I Heard
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Robert Cray That’s What I Heard

That’s What I Heard Nozzle Records/Thirty Tigers  In tough times, a familiar face can be comforting. And the timing couldn’t be much better to see Robert Cray come back with some new music. The ageless Northwest icon and five-time Grammy…
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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Rory Gallagher

Check Shirt Wizard – Live In ‘77 Universal Music Operations  “Check Shirt Wizard” – Live In ’77 is a two-disc compilation from four Rory Gallagher shows in England during the 1977 tour celebrating the then-current release of the…
The Proven Ones - You Ain’t Done
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The Proven Ones

You Ain’t Done Gulf Coast Records  “You Ain’t Done” is the second recording by today’s freshest and one of the best blues-rock supergroups, The Proven Ones. Falling in the paths recently paved by acts like Southern Hospitality and…
Membership Meeting Cancelled

JUNE CASCADE BLUES ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP MEETING CANCELLED

As we’re well into our third month of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are starting to see some activities and businesses begin to reopen across the State. At this time, Multnomah County has yet to apply for the Phase One opening stage, which will…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021
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Ramblings on My Mind -June 2020

Ramblings On My Mind  Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President  As our world continues to be on hold due to the pandemic, we watch over and over again as our dreams of nice summer weather with gatherings to enjoy music and friends…
Michele D’Amour
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Seattle’s Michele D’Amour At The Garages

Michele D'Amour is a born storyteller and award-winning songwriter who penned her first song at the age of 6 and became a published poet in her early 20s. Her lyrics treat difficult topics with a sense of soulful whimsy and wry humor. Michele…
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Colin James Double Header

There are few artists whose names are synonymous with one instrument and how it's played in service to an entire genre.  Utter the phrase "young blues rock guitarist" within earshot of anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the modern musical…