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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Rocket
Underworld Records
By Greg Johnson
Guitarist and band leader Robin Barrett states that he’s extremely proud of this new album by the Coyote Kings, feeling it’s the best thing they have ever done. And he just may be right. Rocket…
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Hillstomp Schedules Hometown Show at Aladdin Theater
Bend’s Volcanic Theater to Host Grammy Nominee Danielle Nicole and Blues Music Award Nominee Ben Rice
Blues Legend Buddy Guy Back in Portland
Sonny Hess to Celebrate New CD with Performance at The Blue Diamond
The King Louie Organ Trio Slates CD Release Shows
JD McPherson Schedules Two Evenings at Mississippi Studios
The Newmark Theater to Host Ranky Tanky – Gullah Music from the Carolina Coast
2019 Journey To Memphis Applications Due April 3
The Big Legrowlski to Host Guitarist Carvin Jones in May
Coyote Kings