New Music to Note-September 2021
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New Music of Note – May 2020

May New Music Releases There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, we recommend starting here.   Anni Piper – Blow Up Doll (Sugar Daddy Records) Casey Hensley – Good As Gone (Self Release) Crystal Shawanda –…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021
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Ramblings On My Mind – May 2020

Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President In this time of pandemic, like everybody else, I found myself confined to either home, or in my case also spending long hours at work, listening to a lot of music. Whether live online broadcasts…
virtual tip jars
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Virtual Tip Jars for Musicians

Here is a list of local Blues & Roots Musicians** Please help if you are able to! Ben Rice, paypal.me/BenRiceMusic Big Monti paypal.me/BigMontiNashville, Venmo @Monti-Big Brian Foxworth, Venmo @Foxworth-Brian, Zelle @BrianFoxworth, Cash…
CBA Board Important Message
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Important Message

Important Message from the Cascade Blues Association If you’re reading this and you’re a member of the Cascade Blues Association the website now contains your monthly issue of the BluesNotes online. Due to the coronavirus situation and its…
New Music to Note-September 2021

April New Music Releases

There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, we recommend starting here.   Bernard Allison – Songs From The Road (Ruf Records) Jimmy Johnson – Every Day Of Your Life (Delmark Records) John “Blues” Boyd –…
Tom Gilberts ~ Old School

Tom Gilberts

Old School Polymerase Records Review by Greg Johnson On his sophomore release, Old School, guitarist Tom Gilberts continues to display his full-tone sound and tasteful string work. He hits the notes just as they’re supposed to be—with meaning…
Tinsley Ellis - Ice Cream in Hell

Tinsley Ellis

Ice Cream in Hell Alligator Records Review by Randy Murphy One could quite quickly exhaust a long list of adjectives trying to describe Tinsley Ellis’s new album, Ice Cream in Hell. “Searing? Sure. “Gutsy?” You bet. “Combustable?”…
Richard Ray Farrell

Richard Ray Farrell

Three Pints Of Gin Blue Beet Records Review by Greg Johnson There are those artists that, when you hear they have a new recording, you just can’t wait to get your hands on it and give it a spin. Richard Ray Farrell is exactly that type of…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021

Ramblings on My Mind – April 2020

by Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President Making the decision to cancel our membership meeting for April was truly tough. In the 19 years that I have been president, we have only had to cancel twice before. Both of those dates were…
LaRhonda Steele & Karen Haberman Trusty

LaRhonda Steele & Karen Haberman Trusty

Spirit Of Freedom Self Release Review by Greg Johnson This is a stunning work documenting the Civil Rights movement from first-hand recollection in spoken word by Karen Haberman Trusty alternating with song presentation by the incredible LaRhonda…