On Sunday, January 6, Guitarist Tom Gilberts will celebrate with an official Portland release party for his terrific recording Grit. Mostly an instrumental album, it features all original music showcasing Gilberts diversity at an array of guitar…
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On Saturday, January 5 The American Guitar Masters Touring Concert Series will visit Portland. This series offers group concerts featuring compositions and arrangements of Celtic tunes, American Roots, Jazz, Delta blues, instrumental gems, and…
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Please join The Cascade Blues Association as we kick off a new year in a new venue for our membership meetings — The McMenamins Mission Theater. This is going to be the perfect way to begin 2019 since we’re bringing in some of the finest…
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David Lumsden and Friends – Hues Of Blues (Self Produced)
Delta Moon – Babylon Is Falling (Jumping Jack Records)
Diane Durrett & Soul Suga – Live (Blooming Tunes Music)
Fantastic Negrito – Please Don’t Be Dead (Cooking Vinyl)
Jim…
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Bad Mouthin’
Yep Roc Records
Tony Joe White may forever be embedded in our minds for his smash hit single “Polk Salad Annie,” but his final release just may be one of his finest ever. Bad Mouthin’ is an exploration into his past and…
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Greg Johnson, CBA President
Every year in December I devote my column to the blues recordings that have stood out to me overall during the last year. One thing it always shows is that my taste is not founded in just one aspect or direction of…
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Hold On
Self Produced
Just in case it might have slipped your mind for one reason or another, Kirk Fletcher is a bad ass guitarist. Listen to the opening track “Two Steps Forward” from his latest disc Hold On. That’s certainly going…
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A Conversation with Rosebud Cafe Owner Don Zerr
Missi Hasting Baker
On nearly any given evening, the drive on Highway 30 from Portland to Scappoose is easy and fine. It travels like a Sunday driving road: First, the rail yard and its colored…
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Tim “Too Slim“ Langford is a monster guitarist and unabashed blues rocker whose influences run the gamut from Lightnin’ Hopkins, Freddy King, Duane Allman, and Lynyrd Skynyrd to Robin Trower. Langford is a prolific singer/songwriter whose…
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Tom Gilberts Schedules Official Release Party For New Album Grit
Artichoke Café to Host American Guitar Masters Larry Pattis & Eric Skye
January’s General Membership Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday, January 2, 7:00 pm
Bluesnotes December 2018
New Music Of Note – December 2018
Tony Joe White
Ramblings On My Mind – December 2018
Kirk Fletcher
Settle Down Easy, Ramble On Rose
NW Blues Legends Too Slim & The Taildraggers Headed to Alberta Rose