Hillstomp

Hillstomp Schedules Hometown Show at Aladdin Theater

If you’ve spent any time around the Northwest Music Scene, the name Hillstomp should sound familiar to you. They’ve been making music for the past seventeen years and touring across America and Europe. Hillstomp is a two-man band — Henry…
Danielle Nicole

Bend’s Volcanic Theater to Host Grammy Nominee Danielle Nicole and Blues Music Award Nominee Ben Rice

Kansas City blues-rock band Trampled Under Foot’s founding member, lead singer, and bass player, Danielle Nicole, stepped out on her own in 2015 with her debut album Wolf Den. Nicole’s distinctive and inventive bass work resulted in her…
Buddy Guy Back in Portland

Blues Legend Buddy Guy Back in Portland

The incomparable Buddy Guy is arguably the most celebrated blues guitarist of his generation. Buddy possesses a sound and style that embodies the traditions of classic Chicago blues and embraces the fire and flash of vintage rock and roll. For…
Sonny Hess - Retrospective

Sonny Hess to Celebrate New CD with Performance at The Blue Diamond

For over four decades Sonny “Smokin’” Hess has been an integral part of the Portland blues community while working with numerous top attractions both locally and nationally. Hess is a skilled guitarist and songwriter, not to mention a…
King Louie Organ Trio

The King Louie Organ Trio Slates CD Release Shows

  The members of Portland’s King Louie Organ Trio are some of the most outstanding sidemen form the Rose City and are experts in the under-appreciated art of making other artists sound their best.  Organist Louis Pain is in the Oregon…
JD McPherson

JD McPherson Schedules Two Evenings at Mississippi Studios

With an unaffected approach to vital American music and a voice that channels the spirit of Little Richard and James Brown, JD McPherson combines traditional R&B and rock & roll with fresh, exciting songwriting. McPherson is well versed…
Ranky Tanky

The Newmark Theater to Host Ranky Tanky – Gullah Music from the Carolina Coast

From the South Carolina’s low country, where life is laced with African traditions, comes Ranky Tanky, a quintet with music rooted in Gullah culture. The Gullah way of life descended from enslaved Africans who were isolated on the southeastern…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists
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2019 Journey To Memphis Applications Due April 3

If you want to participate in this year’s Journey To Memphis competition for the chance to represent the Cascade Blues Association and the region at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, you must submit your application packets…
April General Membership Meeting

Mission Theater to Host April’s Membership Meeting, Wednesday, April 3

Well, our time is coming to an end at The Mission Theater as the April meeting will be our last at that venue. It has certainly been a lot of fun to be in an open room this size and it has been great to offer talented friends like Lloyd Jones,…
Carvin Jones

The Big Legrowlski to Host Guitarist Carvin Jones in May

Buddy Miles called Carvin Jones "The New King of Strings,” and The Cascade Blues Association is proud to announce Jones’ first appearance in Portland at The Big Legrowlski. Guitarist magazine ranked Jones as one of the top fifty blues guitarists…