The local music community is stepping up to perform a two-day benefit concert — “Raise The Roof” — to help re-open The Garages Music & Event Center in Beaverton. Due to Beaverton’s revised building codes, the weekly concerts were abandoned until upgrades to the building could be completed. Dozens of scheduled concerts had to be […]
Grammy Award winners Doug Smith and Mark Hanson, along with Oregon Music Hall of Fame member Terry Robb, make up the Acoustic Guitar Summit – one of the region’s most accomplished musical groups. Providing their diverse musical journey to appreciative audiences for over 20 years, these three impeccable musicians offer impressive finger-style guitar playing and […]
The Laurelthirst Public House will host a special night of music featuring two popular Portland area bands — The JT Wise Band and The Reverb Brothers — for one sensational show on Thursday, June 7 at 9:00 pm. JT Wise Band will bring its original roots rock and blues for the opening set. This band […]
Every month, the good people at the Muddy Award winning venue Catfish Lou’s tries to hold one event where they pay it forward, giving back to charitable organizations. And the beneficiary for June is none other than your own Cascade Blues Association. The evening will feature a wonderful double header with two-time Journey to Memphis […]
The 4 Peaks Music Festival was born as a musical vision of four friends and for the past twelve years has evolved and grown. Striving to keep the festival experience as intimate and friendly as possible, they have brought great national, regional, and local acts to Central Oregon to create a community of artists and […]
As the summer weather warms up, check out calendars for shows taking place in various locations around the Northwest. There’s always something happening. On Saturday, June 9, radio personality and show producer Squrl will be bringing a fabulous collection of three of the region’s best blues artists for a show at The Pines 1852, located […]
Stevenson, Washington’s Gorge Blues & Brews Festival will be celebrating its silver anniversary on Saturday, June 23 with a full day of sensational Northwest blues artists. There will be sixteen craft breweries, several regional wineries, and many food vendors on hand to help enhance the day’s music. Featured artists this year will be Hillstomp, Ty […]
Founding member, lead singer, and bass player of Kansas City blues-rock band Trampled Under Foot, Danielle Nicole stepped out on her own as a solo artist in 2015. Nicole’s distinctive, inventive bass work — which resulted in her becoming the first woman to win the Blues Foundation’s 2014 Blues Music Award for Best Instrumentalist, Bass […]
Fo’ Trains Runnin’ is a Muddy Waters Tribute show starring four internationally acclaimed blues musicians who relish in the performance of old school traditional blues. Featuring the songs of Muddy Waters and his influences performed in their original style, This show’s artists have accepted many Muddy Awards over their lifetime. Alan Hager on guitar, Mitch […]
Luke Winslow-King is a New Orleans-based guitarist, singer, composer, producer, and songwriter. His work is an eclectic mix that combines Mississippi delta blues, folk music, traditional jazz, and roots rock & roll. His alchemical songs blend contemporary ideas with styles from bygone eras producing a sound that is rustic and urbane, elegant and entirely his […]