Songhoy Blues

Songhoy Blues – A Fusion of Traditional Malian Music and Desert Blues

Songhoy Blues’ music is unique, exciting, contagious, and paradigm-shifting. These Sons of Mali are musical refugees, groundbreaking artists, virtuoso performers, and finally survivors. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St. Thursday, October…
BLACK JOE LEWIS

BLACK JOE LEWIS AND THE HONEYBEARS AT POLARIS HALL

Texas native Black Joe Lewis discovered his love for the blues soon after learning to play guitar in his late teens. "I grew up on hip-hop and whatever my dad was listening to-Springsteen and Curtis Mayfield and Donny Hathaway. Once I picked…
North Mississippi Allstars

North Mississippi Allstars – Up and Rolling Tour

The North Mississippi Allstars brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson grew up just south of Memphis and cut their teeth playing experimental rock & roll, as well as the roots repertoire pioneered by their father, Jim Dickinson, a legendary producer…
Fire Mountain Music Festival

First Annual Fire Mountain Music Festival

The 2019 Fire Mountain Music Festival, a collaboration between the Cannon Beach Arts Association (CBAA) and Fly Me To The Moon, runs from October 3 to October 13, from Cannon Beach, Manzanita, and Nehalem. Proceeds from the festival will benefit…
Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters

Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters – Only Oregon Show

In his nearly fifty-year career, former Led Zeppelin vocalist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Robert Plant has explored far distant lands, though not as forlorn lover, but rather as an intrepid musical explorer. While writing and producing…
Experience Hendrix

Experience Hendrix – Celebrating the Music and Legacy of Jimi Hendrix

Critics and fans alike hail the Experience Hendrix Tour as the guitar event of the year. This concert brings together legendary musicians who offer an evening celebrating Jimi Hendrix and his music. Hendrix is on a very short list of the greatest…
Bettye LaVette

An Intimate Evening with Bettye LaVette

Although not a household name, fans, critics, and fellow artists have nothing but high praise for Bettye LaVette’s live shows and her interpretive vocal skills. At seventy-two, LaVette still performs with the ferocity of a woman half her…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021

Ramblings On My Mind – Greg Johnson, CBA President

We are getting closer to this year’s Muddy Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, November 6 at the Alberta Rose Theatre. Make sure that you complete your ballots and return them promptly. Remember that if you feel that somebody other than…
New Music to Note-September 2021

October New Music Releases

There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, we recommend starting here.   Dawn Taylor Watson – Mad Love (Self Released) HeavyDrunk – Holy Water (4142 Records) Janiva Magness – Change In The Weather: Janiva…
Christone Ingram - “Kingfish” (Alligator Records)  

Christone Ingram

“Kingfish” Alligator Records      By Randy Murphy Is it fair to burden a mere lad of twenty with the suggestion that he already belongs on the short list of great blues guitarists? Probably, but whether it is or isn’t, while listening…