New Music to Note-September 2021
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December 2020 New Music Releases 

December 2020 New Music Releases  There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, we recommend starting here.  Alastair Green – The New World Blues (Whiskey Bayou Records)  Andy Watts – Supergroove (Booga Music / VizzTone)  Anthony…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021
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Ramblings On My Mind – December 2020

Ramblings On My Mind - December 2020 Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President  Following a tradition that I have done for several years now, my column for December will give shout out to ten albums that have caught my attention the…
CBA Board Important Message
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CBA Officer Election Results-2021 Service Term

Big Surprise!  Actually a big thank you to all of you who voted! Your Officers are: President-Greg Johnson Vice-President-Shelley Garrett Secretary-Marie Walters Membership SEcretary-Mike Todd    
Live Christmas Streams from the Alberta Rose Theatre 
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Live Christmas Streams from the Alberta Rose Theatre 

Live Christmas Streams from the Alberta Rose Theatre  The holidays are upon us and even though we cannot celebrate in venues, the Alberta Rose Theatre will be presenting two Christmas shows through their streaming outlet. For two evenings of…
Looking to Get Lost
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Looking to Get Lost

Looking to Get Lost  Adventures in Music and Writing By Peter Guralnick  Review by Greg Johnson  Peter Guralnick is arguably one of the foremost musical historians and biographers of our time. His books on the lives of Sam Cooke, Sam…
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Dudley Taft – Cosmic Radio

Dudley Taft Cosmic Radio American Blues Artist Group Review by John Taylor  Finally. Something good has come of the COVID-19 catastrophe.  Though the damage the pandemic has done to the live music business is “a real blow to the solar plexis,”…
Danny Brooks and Lil’ Miss Debi  Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions  Hishouse Records
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Danny Brooks and Lil’ Miss Debi

Danny Brooks and Lil’ Miss Debi  Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions Hishouse Records   Review by John Taylor  Part memoir, part altar call, Danny Brooks and Lil’ Miss Debi’s “Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions” is…
Ron Thompson  From The Patio
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Ron Thompson

Ron Thompson  From The Patio: Live At The Poor House Bistro, Vol. 1 Little Village Foundation  Review by Greg Johnson  Bay Area favorite, guitarist Ron Thompson, may have passed on earlier this year, but thanks to the folks at Little Village…
Cascade Blues Association / Artichoke Music  Present Livestream with adam Scramsted

Cascade Blues Association/Artichoke Music Present Steve Cheseborough 

Cascade Blues Association/Artichoke Music Present Steve Cheseborough  Historian, musician, author. Steve Cheseborough wears many hats. A life-long student of the early blues and its progenitors have consumed his own passion for playing and…