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…

31st Annual Winterfolk Festival Scheduled for Alberta Rose Theatre

  Winterfolk, Portland’s largest annual folk music festival, will kick off on Saturday, February 2. This performance is a benefit for JOIN PDX, an organization pledged to assist folks who may be homeless or living in the cars find and…
JJ Grey & Mofro

JJ Grey & Mofro Visits The Crystal Ballroom

From his days of playing greasy local juke joints to headlining major festivals, JJ Grey remains an unfettered, blissful performer, singing with a blue-collared spirit over the bone-deep grooves of his compositions. His presence before an audience…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021

Ramblings On My Mind – January 2019

Greg Johnson, CBA President 2019 is here and things are already looking exciting. We’ll be at a new venue for our monthly meetings, at least for the first four months as McMenamins has welcomed us to relocate to the Mission Theater. A larger…
Fly Me To The Moon
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Fly Me To The Moon – Live Music For The Golden Agers

In order to “rage against the dying of the light” as Dylan Thomas so eloquently instructed us in his poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” we enter the golden years holding our hearts open to the visceral moments that weaved…
Fly Me To The Moon

36th Annual Reel Music Film Festival Scheduled for January 18 through February 17

During January and February, the Northwest Film Center will host the 36th Annual Music Film Festival. Featuring a kaleidoscopic of genres, movements, labels, bands, and solo artists, the Reel Music Film Festival offers the latest in music film—from…
Fly Me To The Moon

Ramblings On My Mind – Greg Johnson, CBA President

Ramblings On My Mind Greg Johnson, CBA President 2019 is here and things are already looking exciting. We’ll be at a new venue for our monthly meetings, at least for the first four months as McMenamins has welcomed us to relocate to the Mission…
Fly Me To The Moon

New Blues Albums of Note:

New music that has come into the CBA office, bought personally or listened to this past month:   Doyle Bramhall II – Shades (Provogue) Gaetano Letizia& The Underworld Blues Rock Band – Beatles Blues Blast (Self Produced) Johnny…