Journey To Memphis All-Stars
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Opening Round Of The 2017 Journey To Memphis Competition Set For First Weekend In June At The Vinyl Tap

Since 1999, the Cascade Blues Association has sent local acts to represent our organization and region in The Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge. Over the years, our competition, the Journey To Memphis, has selected a terrific…
Cascade Blues Association 30th Anniversary Celebration
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CBA 30 – A Once In A Lifetime Benefit Concert

The Cascade Blues Association is proud to present CBA 30 – A Once in a Lifetime Benefit Concert, along with McMenamins Crystal Ballroom and Music Millennium, to celebrate the CBA’s thirtieth anniversary of supporting, promoting, and preserving…
Pete Anderson

The Birk Welcomes The Pete Anderson Band

Long considered one of the world’s best-of-the-best Tele-twangers, musical pioneer Pete Anderson has never been satisfied with maintaining the status quo. The last 10 years has found Anderson focusing on his solo career, perfecting his craft,…
Doyle Bramhall II

Guitarist Doyle Bramhall II To Visit Mission Theater

Doyle Bramhall II is one of the most distinctive vocalists, guitarists, composers, and producers in contemporary music. Indeed, none other than Eric Clapton, with whom Bramhall has worked with for more than a decade, lauds him as one of the…
2017 Blues in the Gorge

Registration Open For 2017 Blues In The Gorge Acoustic Blues Guitar Camp

This coming September, the fourth annual Blues In The Gorge acoustic blues guitar camp will return to the Menucha Retreat & Conference Center. Presented by Menucha and co-sponsored by the Cascade Blues Association, this year’s instructors…
Cascade Blues Association 30th Anniversary Celebration
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Cascade Blues Association Schedules Extravaganza For Its 30th Anniversary Celebration

In December 1986, a small group of Portland area blues fans decided to form a society to help support, promote, and preserve the blues and related music. It was named the Cascade Blues Association as it was the only blues society in the Northwest…
Duff’s Garage

Duff’s Garage Last Hurrah

With a great deal of sadness we witness the loss of one of Portland’s iconic blues venues as Duff’s Garage closes its doors in April. During the last fifteen years, Portland’s music community have seen much growth in the number of its…
Paris Slim

Paris Slim Tours Oregon In April

Former Portland resident and Delta Groove recording artist, Franck Goldwasser, aka Paris Slim, will be heading back to Oregon for a spring tour that will be making stops at numerous venues and will also feature special guests along the way.…
Robert Randolph & The Family Band

The Aladdin Theater Welcomes Robert Randolph & The Family Band

“Robert Randolph is an American Original," says Blue Note Records’ President Don Was. "He has mastered what is, arguably, the most complex instrument in the world and developed a unique voice that is equal parts street-corner church and…
New Orleans Bluesman Luke Winslow-King

New Orleans Bluesman Luke Winslow-King Returns to Oregon

Luke Winslow-King is a New Orleans-based guitarist, singer, composer, producer, and songwriter. His work is an eclectic mix of Mississippi delta blues, folk music, traditional jazz, and roots rock & roll. His alchemical songs blend contemporary…