Jimmy Makarounis at Jimmy Mak's

Musical Inspiration: Honoring Jimmy Mak – All-Star Line-up Performs Tribute Concert

Musical Inspiration: Honoring Jimmy Mak will take place on Sunday, April 23 at The Roseland Theater. This tribute concert honors Jimmy Makarounis, the late owner of Portland’s premier jazz club Jimmy Mak’s. The three set program will feature…
Nick Moss

Blues Music Award Nominee Nick Moss Band heading To The Birk

Nick Moss has been recognized as one the great guitarists of his generation, garnering accolades from  the likes of Buddy Guy among many others. His recording career spans decades working with some of the giants of the blues such as Jimmy…
Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears: Soulful and Raucous Modern Blues from Austin

Anatomy texts might not show it, but the greatest soul and blues music leaves no doubt that the hip bone is directly connected to the heart. A fact that's driven home in every note laid down by Austin’s Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears…
2017 Blues in the Gorge

2017 Blues in the Gorge

Menucha Retreat & Conference Center and Cascade Blues Association present Blues in the Gorge featuring Guy Davis, Mary Flower, Orville Johnson, and Valerie Turner February 8, 2017, Corbett, Ore: Menucha Retreat & Conference Center and…
3hattrio

Old Time Music Festival & Sleep-Over Brings A Diverse Line-Up Of Northwest Artists

On Saturday, March 4, the non-profit West Valley Community Campus will be holding their first ever Old School Music Festival & Sleep-Over. Located in the old Willamina Union High School, this event will feature a variety of some of the finest…
Buck Johnson

Buck Johnson Showcases His Roots With New Album & Tour

Singer/songwriter Buck Johnson hails from the back roads of Shady Grove, Alabama, just outside Birmingham where he grew up singing Gospel throughout the South with his musical family. Since then he has performed in churches, bars, festivals…
3hattrio

Sixth Annual Winter Blues Festival Giving Back to the Community with Charity and National Acts

In the cold winter months, live music lovers usually have to wait for the summer festival season to kick up their heels and dance to local and nationally acclaimed acts. LeeAnn Gibbons had an idea, with humble beginnings over a conversation…
Birds of Chicago- photo Natalie Ginele Miller

Birds of Chicago – Soulful duo with a steady fusion of R&B, Blues & Folk

Birds of Chicago, is a collective based around JT Nero and Allison Russell. Whether touring as a duo or with the full family band, Nero and Russell have emerged as two of the most compelling new voices in North American Roots music. Nero's…
Robert Cray photo James-L. Bass

Blues Legend Robert Cray Returns

Blues Hall of Fame inductee and five-time Grammy Award winner Robert Cray returns to Portland for one night only at The Aladdin Theater on Saturday, March 4. Rolling Stone Magazine credits Cray’s stellar 1986 release Strong Persuader as reinventing…
3hattrio

Utah’s 3hattrio Presents “American Desert Music”

3hattrio is quite a genre-defying band. Made up of three musicians, Hal Cannon on vocals. Guitar and banjo, Eli Wrankle on violin and Greg Istock on stand-up bass, the music they create can be hypnotic and mesmerizing. Described as American…