
Hope you’re ready for a great summer Member event!!!
The First Annual CBA Member Concert@the Crossings on August 6th should be a fantastic way to spend a lovely summer day.
WHERE: Columbia Crossings located at 515 N. E. Tomahawk Island Drive
WHEN: August 6 12PM – 5PM
WHO: Members Only. A Family…

Terry Currier Day Proclaimed In Portland, August 12
Mayor Ted Wheeler issued a Proclamation designating August 12, 2017, as “Terry Currier Day” throughout the City of Portland. The official announcement was made on July 4th at the Waterfront Blues Festival, prior to a set of music by Duffy…

Top Blues Acts Headline 20th Annual Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival
The Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival returns for its twentieth anniversary with a stunning cast of internationally acclaimed GRAMMY-winning jazz and blues musicians, local and regional bands, and high school groups throughout the weekend.…

Oregon Music Hall Of Fame Announces 2017 Recipients
On Tuesday, July 11, the Oregon Music Hall of Fame held a press conference at Tony Starlight’s to announce the recipients for their 2017 induction honors. Amongst these selected were four individuals directly associated with the state’s…

Thank You CBA Volunteers!!
The Cascade Blues Association occasionally holds events where it is necessary for extra hands to assist in making sure everything runs smoothly. That is never more true than at the Waterfront Blues Festival where we have a merchandise booth…

New Music To Note – August 2017
Here’s a list of new music received at the CBA office, purchased personally, or listened to this past month of note:
Antry – Devil Don’t Care (Tres Lobas Enterprises)
Jason Buie – Driftin’ Heart (Self Produced)
Jim Allchin – Decisions…

Crooked Eyed Tommy Back In The NW
Southern California-based blues band Crooked Eyed Tommy has been making quite the name for themselves since the release of their well-received 2016 album Butterflies & Snakes, which reached number fifteen on the National Roots Music charts…

Shari Puorto Band Hitting The Northwest
"Shari melds Susan Tedeschi’s self-taught soul, Bonnie Raitt's country-rock sweetness and just a touch of Melissa Ethridge's rasp." - Monterey Country Weekly
The Shari Puorto Band is a blues/rock/roots outfit with a whole lotta soul that…

Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod — True Folk & Blues Musicians Come Together
Jim Kweskin is probably best known as a singer and bandleader. He also created one of the bedrock guitar styles of the folk revival, adapting the ragtime-blues fingerpicking of artists like Blind Boy Fuller to the more complex chords of pop…

The Duke Robillard Band – 50 Year Celebration Tour
What do Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Jay McShann, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Hammond, the late Jimmy Witherspoon, Dr. John, Maria Muldaur, Roomful of Blues, and the Canadian band The Rockin’ Highliners all have in common? Answer: Duke Robillard…