The Sportin’ Lifers describe their music as a mixture of “jump blues,” “rhythm and blues,” “boogie woogie,” and “swing,” and the longer they perform as a unit the more their music fuses eras and bends genres. “As much as…
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Lisa Mann, Bre Gregg, and Mary Kadderly join forces to bring you a show at The Lake Theater & Café on Monday, May 21, complete with soulful performances, three-part harmonies, and powerful musical interpretations. Because these women emerge…
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The Sunbanks Festival is a four-day, semi-annual music festival located against the backdrop of Banks Lake near Grand Coulee Dam at the beautiful Sunbanks Lake Resort in Electric City, Washington. The prestigious event is a seven-time Washington…
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Madeleine Peyroux will showcase music from both her latest release, Secular Hymns and her upcoming album, Anthem, (due for release in August) at The Tower Theater, 835 NW Wall Street in Bend, on Sunday, May 15. Twenty years after her recording…
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Nina Simone was one of the most extraordinary artists of the twentieth century and an icon of American music. She was the consummate musical storyteller — a griot, as she would come to learn, who used her remarkable talent to create a legacy…
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Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association
The summer is about upon us and festival season is breaking out already. This year the Cascade Blues Association is planning on being a part of many different events to bring our brand back out to the…
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San Francisco’s Dennis Johnson is one of the virtuoso slide guitar players performing today. Guitar World Magazine calls him a "slide guitar master." A self-taught guitarist as a teen, he discovered the music of Robert Johnson, Roy Rogers,…
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Here’s a list of new music received at the CBA office, purchased personally, or listened to this past month of note:
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite – No Mercy In This Land (ANTI- Records)
Bettye LaVette – Things Have Changed (Verve)
Breezy…
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Brother Yusef has been described as a master solo guitarist, as well as a uniquely passionate vocalist. His performances are as raw and honest as the genre has ever aspired to be. Honing his style over thirty years, Yusef calls his multifaceted…
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Hunter & The Dirty Jacks play “California-Crafted Rock & Roll” – like smoky whiskey with phosphorescent ice cubes in a blues-tinted glass. Led by frontman Hunter Ackerman and flanked by guitar players Carmelo Bonaventura and Jon…
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The Sportin’ Lifers Bring Jump Blues to Local Venues
The Lake Theater Welcomes The Trifecta – Lisa Mann, Bre Gregg, and Mary Kadderly
Award-Winning Sunbanks Festival
Bend’s Tower Theatre Welcomes Vocalist Madeleine Peyroux
”Wild Is The Wind”: Musical Tribute for Nina Simone Scheduled for Lake Theatre.
Ramblings on My Mind – May 2018
Slide Master Dennis Johnson & The Mississippi Ramblers Slated for The White Eagle
New Music To Note – May 2018
Brother Yusef Plays Fattback Blues at Catfish Lou’s
Hunter & The Dirty Jacks Plays The White Eagle