
Rae Gordon Band
Better Than I Was
Self Produced
With the band’s success at the International Blues Challenge, where Rae Gordon & The Backseat Drivers captured third place overall, the focus of the moment was to come back home and put together a new recording…

Last Chance to Submit Discs for Best Self-Produced CD Competition
If you’re planning on submitting your original, self-produced CD release for consideration to represent the Cascade Blues Association in The Blues Foundation’s Best Self-Produced CD Competition, you must have your copy delivered to us no…

Ramblings On My Mind – September 2017
Greg Johnson / CBA President
Goodbye Melody Ballroom and thank you. Well, we knew that the day was probably going to come eventually, and it did for us in late July, just a couple weeks prior to our August meeting. We met with the manager of…

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
Groovin’ In Greaseland
Alligator Records
Anybody who has listened to Rick Estrin over the past few decades already knows that this man is perhaps the most witty songwriter in the blues. He has a gifted craft for spinning words that are humorous…

Chicago Slickers – Various Artists
Chicago Slickers
Nighthawk Records 102
“Once I had a woman, who treat me nice and kind. But these Chicago slickers make my baby change her mind.” — Guitar Pete Franklin
The charm of many blues anthologies lies in the fact that not only…

Spirit Mountain Presents George Thorogood and The Destroyers Rock Party Tour
Legendary rock band George Thorogood And The Destroyers has stormed the rock & roll charts for more than 40 years, and now the group is putting their talents to work by helping The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) find cures and ensure…

The Uptown Dance Party: BB King & Boogie Cat Birthday Celebration
Join us for an evening of up-tempo, funky grooves with your dancing shoes while we celebrate the birthday of “The Boogie Cat” Norman Sylvester who shares the date with the late, great BB King, on Saturday, September 16.
If you ever have…

Nathaniel Rateliff to Headline Widmer Brothers Oktoberfest
Celebrating their thirteenth annual Oktoberfest, Widmer Brothers Brewing will be holding this year’s event in Pioneer Courthouse Square in the heart of downtown Portland on Saturday, September 30. The longest running Oktoberfest in the city…

Mick Kolassa & Mark Telesca
You Can’t Do That! Acoustic Beatles Blues
Swingsuit Records
The music of the first British Invasion had a very distinct background based on influence from American blues and popular artists of the time. This is true with most of the bands…

Dustbowl Revival Brings Their Unique Americana Back To The Lake Theater
It really says a lot about how amazing a band truly is when the LA Weekly names an Americana act the best live band to see in a city as musically diverse as Los Angeles. But that is exactly the title that they handed out to Dustbowl Revival.…