Bitten By The Blues

Bitten By The Blues – The Alligator Records Story

The history of Chicago-based Alligator Records is not just the story of the most successful blues label of all time, it is also the story of modern blues itself. Alligator was the brainchild of Bruce Iglauer — the person whom Alligator revolves…
The Soul Of Africa - Bassekou Kouyate

The Soul Of Africa – Habib Koité & Bassekou Kouyate to Play Revolution Hall

Two of Africa’s most famed musicians, Habib Koité and Bassekou Kouyate, are touring together to showcase how the roots of American music and the blues derive from the sounds of Mali and West Africa. Malian guitarist Habib Koité is one of…
Robert Cray To Play the Elsinore Theater

Robert Cray Band To Play Salem’s Elsinore Theater

Robert Cray has been bridging the lines between blues, soul, and R&B for four decades, and over that time has accumulated five Grammy wins, a Blues Hall of Fame induction, an Americana Lifetime achievement award, while embarking on countless…
Celebration of Joni Mitchell

The Blue Diamond Schedules Celebration of Joni Mitchell

Join guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Kathryn Grimm for her, Celebration of Joni Mitchell, as she recreates the music of Joni Mitchell. Hailed as one of the greatest performers of the past fifty years, Mitchell has created an amazing legacy…
Kim Field and The Perfect Gentlemen

Kim Field & The Perfect Gentlemen Schedule Debut Performance for Blue Diamond

It isn’t every day that a new band takes the stage for the first time and gets noticed right off the bat, but it also isn’t every day that a band like Kim Field and The Perfect Gentlemen comes around. The band is a new, Portland-based all-star,…
Blackberry Smoke

Blackberry Smoke Headed to Revolution Hall

Pigeonholing Blackberry Smoke has never been easy. Since emerging from Atlanta in the early ‘00s, the quintet — vocalist/lead guitarist Charlie Starr, guitarist/vocalist Paul Jackson, bassist/vocalist Richard Turner, drummer Brit Turner…
Doug MacLeod

Who Is Blues Volume 1 – Doug MacLeod

The first volume of the Who Is Blues series presented by blues writer and biographer Vincent Abbate takes on the life of story-telling troubadour Doug MacLeod. Written in a compact fashion and easily read within a sitting or two, there is still…
Chico Schwall's American Roots - Blind Willie McTell & The Carter Family

Chico Schwall’s American Roots – Blind Willie McTell & The Carter Family

Wednesday, February 6, Eugene’s Chico Schwall and company will pay tribute to two American Masters: Blind Willie McTell & The Carter Family. Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959) did it all: blues, ragtime, hokum, slide guitar — and all of…
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Slated for Revolution Hall

Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews has God-given talent, natural charisma, and a relentless drive to merge many musical genres. His new album opens with a dirge, but if you think the beloved bandleader, singer, songwriter and horn-blower came here…
The Record Company

The Record Company to Play Two Oregon Shows — Open for Bob Seger

Founded in 2011 by Chris Vos (guitar, lead vocals, harmonica), Alex Stiff (bass, guitar, vocals) and Marc Cazorla (drums, piano, vocals), The Record Company immediately took their hometown by storm, hailed by L.A. Weekly for "making bluesy…