Harpdog Brown and The Uptown Blues Band

Harpdog Brown – Classic Blues Harmonica From Canada, Coming to The Birk

With a briefcase filled with awards, including three Maple Blues Awards naming him the best harmonica player in Canada, Vancouver’s Harpdog Brown has been called a blues evangelist — and that’s a very fitting moniker.  "I speak the blues…
Seth Walker, Seth Walker Band

Seth Walker Band Plays The Birk

“[Seth Walker] is pure talent, a masterful blues guitarist, a singer with some swing in his voice and a writer whose (songs) sound less composed than unleashed.” – Austin American-Statesman. Over the past 10 years, Seth Walker has become…
Award-Winning Sunbanks Festival 2018

2017 Sunbanks Music Festival

The four-day 2017 Sunbanks Music Festival returns to Electric City, Washington on Thursday, September 7 through Sunday, September 10 for another fun-filled weekend featuring national and regional artists performing a diverse selection of rock,…
The Paladins

The Paladins Offer Two Oregon Performances

The Paladins from San Diego, California are the preeminent blues/rockabilly band in America. Founded in the early 1980s by guitarist Dave Gonzalez and his high school friend and double bass player Thomas Yearsley, they have recorded five singles,…

new: CBA JUNE 2017 BUDGET/FINANCIALS

JUNE BUDGET   2017 INCOME: $      155 .00     Membership Dues  (mail income) 260.49      Pay Pal Income 400.00    Supporting Membership   Bruce Powell @ $ 150  Michael Lester @ $ 250 204.00    June Membership Meeting:…
Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers

Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers offer Two Regional Shows

The Boston Globe describes Jimmy Thackery as “a four hour performer. That's not how long he plays, but how long one should travel to see him. He is a phenomenal guitarist, one of the best we've seen." Well, you won’t have to travel four…
Anni Piper

Anni Piper – Australia’s First Lady of the Blues, Coming to The Birk

"Piper has the kind of voice that lulls men to their doom. It's soft and sweet when it wants to be, scared and vulnerable a moment later, then ripping through you like a razor... Piper commands songs utterly." - Jeremy Loome, The Edmondton Sun One…
Ian Moore

Austin’s Ian Moore Tours Oregon

Since his arrival as a solo artist in 1993 and his self-titled debut on Capricorn Records, Texas music star Ian Moore’s journey has been one of perpetual forward motion and constant change. That record included the hits, “Satisfied,” “Blue…
The Claudettes

The Claudettes Bring Their Unique, High Energy Blues To Catfish Lou’s

The Claudettes fuse Windy City piano blues with the full-throttle energy of rockabilly and punk, jazz-age echoes of burlesque and vaudeville, and the sultriness of ’60s pop-soul to write a thrilling new chapter in American roots music. Group…

Texas Bluesman Hamilton Loomis Returns

Texas-born Hamilton Loomis is the son of musician parents who listened to blues, rock, and soul. Music ran in his veins and with instruments readily available around the house he picked up the skills on multiple instruments while performing…