What is the new magic of music? If you trace the path of a plan back to its beginnings, what do you find? Is it a tree, growing from seed with deep roots planted in fertile soil, branches arcing out in all directions? Or a spark in the dark,…
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“The Devil Makes Three has a sound that is garagey ragtime, punkified blues, both old and new timey, without settling upon a particular era,” claims the band’s guitarist and vocalist Pete Bernhard. Inspired as much by mountain music…
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Seattle’s Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers will be making their debut performance at Catfish Lou’s on Saturday, November 11 to celebrate their latest release Lost Nights At The Leopard Lounge. The album is a soulful throwback to Chicago…
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"Selwyn Birchwood is a master storyteller, both lyrically and musically. He's an impressive, hard-crunching, modern blues guitarist. His fretwork is high-energy, raw and vivid...knife-edged leads and roadhouse-rattling grooves. He is graced…
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Four of Portland’s favorite internationally recognized musicians gather once again to celebrate the music of blues legend Muddy Waters at The Lake Theater & Café on Monday, November 13. Guitarist Alan Hager, harmonica ace Mitch Kashmar,…
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And the 2017 Muddy Award Nominees are:
Contemporary Blues Act
Ben Rice Band
Rae Gordon Band
Sister Mercy
Thunder Brothers
Traditional Blues Act
AC Porter & The Live Wires
Ben Rice Band
Norman Sylvester Band
“Lloyd Jones” R&B Act
Andy…
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For over 30 years, The Fabulous Thunderbirds have been the quintessential American band. The group’s distinctive and powerful sound, influenced by a diversity of musical styles, evolved into a unique musical hybrid via such barnburners as…
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“She has enough power to fuel a fire and enough soul to make James Brown proud” – The Detroit News
Sista Otis is a good-god-all-mighty force of nature! A songwriting/soul singing prophetess of rock & roll, highly acclaimed by the critics…
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A few years back, the Rae Gordon Band, while seeking a way to raise funds to help it pay for its trip to Memphis representing the Cascade Blues Association at the International Blues Challenge, hit upon the idea of organizing a concert on the…
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JD McPherson could be mistaken for a revivalist given how few other contemporary artists are likely to assert, as he boldly does, that “’Keep a Knockin’ by Little Richard is the best record ever made.” But in a very real sense, McPherson…
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Doug Fir Hosts Musical Alchemist Son Little
The Crystal Ballroom Presents The Return Of The Devil Makes Three
Michele D’Amour and The Love Dealers Slated At Catfish Lou’s
Jack London Revue Welcomes Selwyn Birchwood
The Lake Theater & Café hosts Muddy Waters Celebration & Blues Dance
2017 Muddy Award Nominees
Kim Wilson & The Fabulous Thunderbirds Perform In Bend For Scholarship Program
Sista Otis Schedules Two Oregon Appearances
The Portland Blues Cruise Returns To Help Raise Funds For CBA Acts Heading To The IBC
McMenamin’s Crystal Ballroom Welcomes JD McPherson