David Vest

David Vest Cordova Bay Records When you look for the definition of cool you’re likely going to find a reference to David Vest. His approach to the piano is second to none. With stylings that can channel the likes of Mose Allison, Jerry Lee…
Bettye LaVette CD Things Have Changed

Bettye LaVette

Things Have Changed Verve Bettye LaVette has one of the most distinctive voices in music today. Anything she sings is going to come out sounding as if it’s dripping in pure soul. Now, you’d never think of the Bob Dylan’s music, with its…
Officer Job Descriptions

2018 CBA Board of Directors

Greg Johnson, President Wendy Schumer, Vice President Merry Larson, Treasurer Brenda Docken, Secretary Fred and JoAnn Morgan, Membership Secretaries James Kosek, Shelley Garrett and Randy Murphy, Board At-Large
Jonny Lang

Salem’s Elsinore Theatre Welcomes Jonny Lang

It is hard to believe that at 36 years old Jonny Lang has already enjoyed a two-decades long career. Since the release of his debut album, Lie To Me, at age 15, Grammy Award winning Jonny Lang has built a reputation as one of the best live performers…
Doug MacLeod

Beloved Acoustic Bluesman Doug MacLeod Returning to The Lake Theater

The Lake Theater & Café will present an intimate evening with Doug MacLeod, a true blues master and storyteller, on Monday, April 16. MacLeod is a perennial Blues Music Award nominee, having recently won the Acoustic Artist of the Year…
Turtle VanDemarr

Turtle’s Guitar Mafia Takes Up Residency At Al’s Den

Local music legend, Turtle VanDemarr, has performed in many influential bands over the years. As lead guitarist for Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, The Fly By Nite Jass Band, The Freak Mountain Ramblers, and Anita Margarita and the Rattlesnakes,…
Bettye LaVette

Legendary Soul Vocalist Bettye LaVette Slated for The Aladdin

Three time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is not a mere, songwriter, or "cover" artist. She is an musical interpreter of the highest order. Her gift is that ability to take a song, whether well-known or obscure, from any genre and making it completely…
One Man Band Scott Biram

Heavy-Pounding, One Man Band Scott Biram Invades Dante’s

Rock 'n' Roll ain't pretty and neither is Scott Biram. The self-proclaimed 'Dirty Old One Man Band' successfully and sometimes violently lashes together blues, hillbilly, country, raucous punk, and godless metal into a potent array that assaults…
Big Monti Amundson

Big Monti Amundson Returns for Show at Trails End Saloon.

Portland’s guitar legend Big Monti Amundson moved to Nashville a few months back and it’s always a pleasure to see him return to town for performances, no matter how rare they may be. He will be hooking up with his former bandmates Allen…
Inner City Blues Festival

7th Annual Inner City Blues Festival – “Healing the Healthcare Blues”

The 7th Annual Inner City Blues Festival, “Healing the Healthcare Blues,” returns April 21 to the North Portland Eagles Lodge, 7611 N. Exeter & Lombard. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and music runs until midnight.  The event is a fundraiser…