Jim Gustin & Truth Jones

Los Angeles Blues Artists Jim Gustin & Truth Jones At The Birk

Jim Gustin is a blues singer and guitarist from Santa Clarita California who has been performing in and around the Los Angeles area for more than thirty years. He has a distinctive, powerful voice; soulful and deep with a smoky rasp, and is…
International Blues Challenge - Rae Gordon & The Backseat Drivers

Cee Cee James CD Release Party

Cee Cee James has long been one of the most powerful female vocalists in the blues community. Full of fire and energy, she delivers passionate performances and is an acclaimed songwriter who has told her own story of pain and loss throughout…
Orphan Jon & The Abandoned

Three Nights with Orphan Jon & The Abandoned

Orphan Jon & The Abandoned is an American roots and blues band from the Central Coast of California who are quickly becoming a go-to band because of the high energy and passion. Roots and blues is their life blood, and it shows. It is the…
International Blues Challenge - Rae Gordon & The Backseat Drivers

Walter Trout Heading Back To Portland For One Night Only

Since beginning his career as a musician in the 1960s, guitarist Walter Trout has worked with an amazing array of artists, including Percy Mayfield, Deacon Jones, Joe Tex, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers before…
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Two Opportunities To Catch Blues Music Award Nominee Sugaray Rayford

The Sugaray Rayford Band is made up of world-class musicians. Ralph Carter on bass, Gino Matteo on guitar, Leo Dombecki on keyboards, Lavelle Jones on drums, Allan Walker on sax, and Gary Bivona on trumpet. With the onstage prowess of Sugaray…
Hunter & The Dirty Jacks

California Blues Rockers Hunter & The Dirty Jacks At The Birk

Hunter & The Dirty Jacks are an Americana-crafted rock & roll band with influences based in the blues. Like a smoky whiskey with phosphorescent ice cubes in a blues-tinted glass. Led by frontman Hunter Ackerman and flanked by guitar…
Rich Layton & The Troublemakers

Rock the Village – Rich Layton & The Troublemakers with special guest Jon Koonce

Matt Miner Presents and O’Connor’s Vault welcomes roots rockers Rich Layton & The Troublemakers with special guest Jon Koonce to the heart of Multnomah Village, Friday, March 3 at 7:00pm. Both Rich and Jon are dedicated "keepers of the…
Corey & the Tribe

Corey & the Tribe Presenting A Diverse Taste Of Musical Styles

Guitarist and songwriter Corey Kennedy has been described as an alternative, punk, blues, folk, indie artist hailing from Akron, Ohio. That covers a lot of ground in one breath, which only goes deeper with his own description of his act on his…
Randy McAllister Band

Randy McAllister Band – Performance & Workshops

Roustabout, maverick, spiritual, gritty, amazing, genius, wild, bad-ass, soulful... These are some of the words used to describe this Texas bonafide blue blood. He's been flying in the face of convention his whole career. No smoke, no mirrors,…
International Blues Challenge - Rae Gordon & The Backseat Drivers
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Rae Gordon & The Backseat Drivers – Women Blues Acts Win Big At International Blues Challenge

The Blues Foundation’s 33rd annual International Blues Challenge (IBC) was held in Memphis over March 31 through February 4, with more than 260 acts from fourteen countries performing on Beale Street before fans and industry personnel representing…