10th Annual Blues Build Benefit

Curtis Salgado Wins At Blues Music Awards

The thirty-ninth annual Blues Music Awards honoring blues musicians and recordings in 26 categories were held in Memphis, TN, last month. Portland’s own Curtis Salgado was once again awarded the BMA for Soul Vocalist, his ninth BMA award and…
Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters

Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters and Lucinda Williams Schedule Show At Edgefield

McMenamin’s Edgefield Concert Series presents an amazing night with two amazing acts. Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters are joined by Lucinda Williams for a premier double header line-up on Tuesday, June 26, starting at 6:30…
St. Helens Blues & Folk Music Workshop

St. Helens Arts & Cultural Commission’s Blues & Folk Music Workshop

The St Helens Arts & Cultural Commission will be presenting a Blues & Folk Music Workshop with three 60-minute classes held over three consecutive days, Tuesday, June 26 through Thursday, June 28, at Columbia Center Auditorium 375 South…
William Schauer

Thank you William Schauer

The Cascade Blues Association would like to acknowledge an exceptionally generous gift from the estate of the late CBA member William Schauer. Bill’s unselfish support for the CBA will help us to continue our promotion of the blues and all…
Waterfront Blues Festival 2018

Sunshine Division Joins 31st Annual Waterfront Blues Festival to Fight Local Hunger

The Waterfront Blues Festival reaffirmed its 30-year commitment to fight hunger by acquiring a new local partner, the Sunshine Division, which has provided emergency food and clothing to those in need for 95 years. The addition of Sunshine Division…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021

Ramblings On My Mind – June 2018

Greg Johnson, CBA President It is too often lately that I have reflected on the loss of venues. So it is good news that it appears that two we thought may not be around anymore have discovered a potential new life. The Birk closed down at the…
J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters

J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters

Blue Eyed Soul Volume 1 Hunters Records If you want to listen to a true-dyed soulful recording, take a look at JT Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters’ Blue Eyed Soul Volume 1. If you’re unfamiliar with Lauritsen, this album is his eighth…
The California Honeydrops

The California Honeydrops

Call It Home: Vol. 1 & 2 Tubtone Records It has been ten years since vocalist, trumpet player and guitarist Lech Wierzinski moved to California and began busking in the subway tunnels of the Bay Area alongside drummer Ben Malament. The pair…
Cascade Blues Association

Wondering where to find the printed Blues Notes ?

Thanks to some of our wonderful volunteers these are the places where to find the printed Blues Notes. Catfish Lou's delivered at the Monthly meeting Ann Harcrow  Music Millennium Barley Mill Pub Laurelthurst Horse Brass Paulette Spud…
Band Bob Log III

One-Man Band Bob Log III Brings His Blues-Punk Back To Portland

Bob Log III is an American slide guitarist and one-man band. During performances, he plays old Silvertone Archtop guitars, wears a full body cannonball man suit, and a helmet wired to a telephone which allows him to devote his hands and feet…