20th Annual Pickathon

20th Annual Pickathon Festival

The Pickathon Festival, one of the country’s most popular music festivals with a variety of musical genres, takes place just outside of Portland, and will be celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Taking place August 3 – 5 at Pendarvis…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists

Journey To Memphis Winners Selected

The finals for this year’s Journey to Memphis competition were held on July 4 at the Waterfront Blues Festival. Four strong acts, who had won the right to participate out of a field of fifteen original acts at Mekong Bistro in mid-May, brought…
Ben Rice - Wish The World Away

Ben Rice

Wish The World Away Self Produced Is it possible for Ben Rice to get any better than he already is? Watching him from his early teens he continues to stun me with how much he seemingly improves with each and every performance I see him at. And…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021

Ramblings On My Mind – August 2018

Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President Summer time is always a favorite period during the year due to the number of music festivals taking place seemingly everywhere. The Waterfront Blues Festival is a definite highlight, not only…
Bandstand - Bandstand from Froggy - Bandstand - Lloyd Jones

Band Stand – August 2018

Mitch Kashmar I'm very excited about bringing the great (no exaggeration) Jr Watson to town for two shows and a workshop: Mekong Bistro, Friday, 8/31; a joint harmonica/guitar workshop Sunday, 9/2; and The Lake Theatre Monday, 9/3 . I've known…
13th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2018 Oregon Music Hall Of Fame

The Oregon Music Hall of Fame announced their 2018 inductees at a special party at Tony Starlight’s on July 10 and this year there are a number of blues and blues related individuals being honored: Andy Stokes, Dennis Carter, Dover Weinberg,…
The Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival

Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival Features Big Name Blues Musicians

The Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival returns for its 21st season the weekend of August 24 – 26 at Esther Short Park, 605 Esther Street in downtown Vancouver, Washington. Three days of exciting music that features blues headliners Marcia…
New Music to Note-September 2021

New Music To Note – July 2018

Here’s a list of new music received at the CBA office, purchased personally or listened to this past month. Blind Lemon Pledge – Evangeline (OFEH Records) Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen – Break It Down (Quad-D Records) Grand…
Michael Osborn - Hangin' On.

Michael Osborn

Hangin’ On Checkerboard Records Michael Osborn is certainly no stranger to the blues world. His guitar playing is impeccable. Not so hard to believe when you grow up with friends like the Ford Brothers (Robben, Mark, and Patrick), work with…
The Proven Ones - Wild Again

The Proven Ones

Wild Again Roseleaf Records The Proven Ones are the new blues super group. Super Group? Now that is definitely an understatement. This cast of music greatness has no less than 40 individual Blues Music Award nominations between them (not to…