Greyhounds

Greyhounds Bring Their Memphis Sound To Portland For Two Nights

As Greyhounds, guitarist Andrew Trube and keyboardist Anthony Farrell have been making music and touring for 15 years while refining and developing a sound Trube describes as “Hall and Oates meet ZZ Top.” The band also has long ties to…
Nick Moss Band

The AC Myles Band At The Birk For Two Big Shows

Brent Black of criticaljazz.com leaves no doubt about AC Myles’ talent — “Blues-rocking guitarist AC Myles is an artist whose musical stock seems to be an arrow pointing straight up. The real deal folks! Dig it!” A Fresno, California…
Valerie June

Valerie June Returns To Portland In Support Of New Album

Multi-instrumentalist and Tennessee native Valerie June performs a diverse collection of American roots music that encompasses traditional spirituals, Americana, classic blues, folk, soul, and bluegrass through stark acoustic rhythms and uncanny…
Julie Amici

Lake Theater & Cafe to Host Julie Amici’s Yellow Roses EP Release Party

Julie Amici will be celebrating the release of her new Yellow Roses EP on May 29th at Lake Theater & Cafe. The project is the result of a 6-month collaboration between Julie Amici, Dean Mueller, and their producer Alan Jones. The release…
Duffy Bishop & The Rhythm Dogs

Duffy Bishop Returns To The Lake!

Duffy Bishop and Chris Carlson are certainly missed around here, and the Lake Theater & Cafe will be celebrating their return to the Pacific Northwest with a Duffy Bishop performance on Monday, May 22. Duffy and Chris will be teaming up…
Tony Furtado - photo by Alicia J Rose

CD Release Party For Tony Furtado – The Cider House Sessions

Very few musicians of any stripe so personify a musical genre as completely as Portland’s Tony Furtado embodies Americana roots music. Tony is an evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist…
Nick Moss Band

Lloyd Jones Struggle Bend-ing The Blues, New Concert Series

Bend-ing The Blues is a new series of concerts held at The Old Stone Performing Arts Center in Bend, Oregon that is aimed at bringing Portland blues masters to Bend. The kick-off event on Saturday, May 20 will host The Lloyd Jones Struggle with…
Vieux Farka Toure

Malian Blues Rocker Vieux Farka Toure

If you look at the musicians of Mali you just might find a direct link between Africa and the blues. Especially when you consider the late guitarist Ali Farke Toure and the family tradition carried on by his son Vieux Farka Toure. It was not…
Nick Moss Band

Norman Sylvester presents “A Phenomenal Concert – The Journey of Blues and Gospel in America”

On Friday, June 2, Norman Sylvester  will be hosting “A Phenomenal Concert – The Journey of Blues and Gospel in America” at the Alberta Rose Theatre. This all-star event will focus on the music from the cradle of birth in Africa, the…
Nick Moss Band

Squrl Music Presents Blues Music Award Nominee Nick Moss Band

Nick Moss has been recognized as one the great guitarists of his generation, garnering accolades from  the likes of Buddy Guy and others. His recording career spans decades working with some of the giants of the blues such as Jimmy Dawkins,…