2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists

CBA’s 17th Annual Journey To Memphis Finals To Be Held At Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival July 4

July 4 at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival — you know it’s going to be packed to the extreme. People coming for the great musical line-up and the fireworks staking their claim of space in the bowl right from the gate’s opening in…

The Aladdin Theater Welcomes Savoy Brown Featuring Kim Simmonds – July 28

“Legendary,” “A blues/rock institution,” “True innovators” — these are just a few of the adjectives music critics and fans have used over the past fifty years to describe Savoy Brown Featuring Kim Simmonds. One of the earliest…

Rising Young Blues Musicians, The Chase Walker Band – July 30

When you hear the California-based Chase Walker Band for the first time you know for sure that the next generation of rockin’ blues roots music has come calling! This talented trio of musicians from Southern California are all still in their…

Soul Man Leroy Bell & His Only Friends: July 30

LeRoy Bell comfortably embraces a wide range of genres. He’s a passionate Soul/R&B singer, a powerful blues/rocker, and equally at home as an acoustic folk/soul singer. Regardless of the genre, Bell is always capable of captivating an…

The Lake Theater Offers Traditional Blues & Roots Double Bill With Tillamook Burn and Nathan James – July 18

Through her solo work and various collaborations, Lauren Sheehan has garnered a worldwide reputation as a fine Roots Americana songster of the highest order. Tillamook Burn is her collaboration with Zoë Carpenter, a mother-daughter duo from…

Gulf Coast Piano Legend Marcia Ball Returns to Portland: July 19

The New York Times describes Marcia Ball as playing “two-fisted New Orleans barrelhouse piano and sings in a husky, knowing voice about all the trouble men and women can get into on the way to a good time.” The Texas-born, Louisiana-raised…

SAVE THE DATE: Cascade Blues Association Annual Members Only Picnic – Sunday, August 7th

One of the most anticipated events of the year for is Cascade Blues Association Annual Members Only Picnic. This year the picnic will take place on Sunday, August 7. It is open to members and their families only, and is one of the best perks…

The CBA Says Goodbye To Barry Blackwell

It is with extremely heavy hearts and regret that we have to announce that Cascade Blues Association Board Member Barry Blackwell passed away on June 4. As a long-time volunteer and a devoted board member, Barry was always the first to step…

2016 Journey To Memphis Begins At The Rose Room In June

Have you ever wondered just what kind of attention participating in the International Blues Challenge can draw? Just take a look at this year’s Blues Music Awards. Four acts who have participated in the IBC combined to win six of the awards…

Too Slim and the Taildraggers Set To Rock the Birk! 6/5

If Tim “Too Slim” Langford only played slide guitar, he would slither around most other blues guitarists and put a ferocious bite on their pride. However, as the sole six-string slinger, songwriter, and lead singer of the power trio Too…