The Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival returns for its 21st season the weekend of August 24 – 26 at Esther Short Park, 605 Esther Street in downtown Vancouver, Washington. Three days of exciting music that features blues headliners Marcia Ball, Coco Montoya and Shemekia Copeland, alongside premier jazz and rock artists. Tickets are available through […]
Here’s a list of new music received at the CBA office, purchased personally or listened to this past month. Blind Lemon Pledge – Evangeline (OFEH Records) Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen – Break It Down (Quad-D Records) Grand Marquis – Brighter Days (Self Produced) JP Soars – Southbound I-95 (Soars High) Michael Osborn – […]
Hangin’ On Checkerboard Records Michael Osborn is certainly no stranger to the blues world. His guitar playing is impeccable. Not so hard to believe when you grow up with friends like the Ford Brothers (Robben, Mark, and Patrick), work with stellar musicians such as Sista Monica and Bill Rhoades . . . oh, and then […]
Wild Again Roseleaf Records The Proven Ones are the new blues super group. Super Group? Now that is definitely an understatement. This cast of music greatness has no less than 40 individual Blues Music Award nominations between them (not to mention another 18 as members of The Mannish Boys) and are some of the most […]
Take a drive out to Vernonia for a special day of music on Saturday, July 7 for the first annual “Best of the NW” Vernonia Springs Music Festival. The all ages event will feature performances from Lloyd Jones, LMNOPDX, Reisch & Mitchell, and Baby Gramps. Beer, wine, wood fired pizza made on site, and other […]
The Nashville Cats is a one-off show featuring four of Portland’s treasured blues and roots singers and songwriters, all with ties to working in Nashville. John Bunzow, Jon Koonce, and Denny Bixby all lived in Nashville prior to returning to Portland. Melody Guy still resides in the city and tours nationally with frequent stops back […]
After debuting in the late 1960s, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood became one of the signature high-energy bands of the San Francisco Bay area. Along with Tower of Power, Cold Blood pioneered the brass heavy funk-rock sound, which came to be known as “East Bay Grease.” Their music still holds up today, proving yet again […]
Los Lonely Boys are an American Chicano rock power trio from San Angelo, Texas. They play a style of music they call “Texican Rock n’ Roll,” combining elements of rock and roll, Texas blues, brown-eyed soul, country, and Tejano. Lots of musicians compare their careers to roller-coaster rides, but Los Lonely Boys have had so […]
The Jazz Society’s Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is free, open to the public, and held over three days in mid-July at Cathedral Park under the St. Johns Bridge in North Portland. Now in its 38th year, the festival is the longest running jazz and blues festival west of the Mississippi River featuring the region’s best […]
Head on down to Lebanon, Oregon for four days worth of music celebrating the guitar with this year’s Guitars Under the Stars Music Festival. Over the course of a weekend there will be something for everybody, with a special focus on Friday night with blues acts Gary Hoey and Ty Curtis. Other musical acts over […]