Journey To Memphis All-Stars

Opening Round of Journey To Memphis Set for First Weekend In June

The 2017 Journey To Memphis competition to determine who will represent the Cascade Blues Association in Memphis, Tennessee next January begins the first weekend in June. Hosted by The Vinyl Tap, 2099 SE Oak Grove Blvd, the CBA will have eleven…
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Ramblings On My Mind

Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President As I reflect back on the past of my involvement with the Cascade Blues Association there have been a great deal of memories. The good friends that I have made and the musicians and friends that…
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Danny Draher

Blues Blues Blues, Live from The Bitter End, N.Y, N.Y. Double Dynamite Records Review by Jeff Levine Danny Draher is an accomplished international blues and jazz musician. Starting out in Chicago, at Chess studios, Danny has recorded and toured…
Eric Clapton Live in San Diego

Eric Clapton

Live In San Diego (with special guest JJ Cale) Reprise Records Recorded in 2007 in San Diego, this is an all-star affair with Eric Clapton joined on stage by stellar artists that include guitarists Doyle Bramhall II and Derek Trucks, the late…
Award-Winning Sunbanks Festival 2018

 2017 Sunbanks Music Festival Set for May

The four-day 2017 Sunbanks Music Festival returns to Electric City, Washington from Thursday, May 18 through Sunday, May 21 for another fun-filled weekend featuring national and regional artists performing a diverse selection of rock, R&b,…
Dustbowl Revival

Dustbowl Revival Presents Two Oregon Shows

Steeped in bluegrass, swing, hot jazz, Pre-war blues, Southern soul, New Orleans funk, the Dustbowl Revival is an American roots orchestra based in Venice, California with eight full-time members — and they play it all, mashing the sounds…
Greyhounds

 The Alberta Rose Theatre to Host Premier Slide Guitarist Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings

Roy Rogers is one of the world's preeminent slide guitarists as well as a renowned producer, having produced recordings for John Lee Hooker and Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Roger’s artistic exploits have led to eight Grammy nominations as both a…
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Southern Avenue

Southern Avenue Stax Records When you release an album on the famed Memphis-based Stax Records label, you know that there are going to be a lot of expectations from the start. This label has a long record of releasing some of the seminal blues,…
Greyhounds

Greyhounds Bring Their Memphis Sound To Portland For Two Nights

As Greyhounds, guitarist Andrew Trube and keyboardist Anthony Farrell have been making music and touring for 15 years while refining and developing a sound Trube describes as “Hall and Oates meet ZZ Top.” The band also has long ties to…
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The AC Myles Band At The Birk For Two Big Shows

Brent Black of criticaljazz.com leaves no doubt about AC Myles’ talent — “Blues-rocking guitarist AC Myles is an artist whose musical stock seems to be an arrow pointing straight up. The real deal folks! Dig it!” A Fresno, California…