New Music of Note August 2020
August 2020 New Music Releases
There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, we recommend starting here.
CD Woodbury – World’s Gone Crazy (Self Release)
Dave Fields – Force Of Will…
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Mary Jo Curry Band
Front Porch
(Self Produced)
Review by John Taylor
People tell the damnedest stories out on the porch, and Mary Jo Curry’s got a few you’re gonna want to hear. So pull up a chair, grab a lemonade or a beer out of…
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Lockdown Sessions
- An International Down Home Blues Revue
Various Artists
CrossCut Records
Review by Greg Johnson
The idea wasn’t a hard one to come up with. Due to the Covid-19 virus music had pretty much come to a standstill…
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Jose Ramirez
Here I Come
Blind Racoon
Reviewed by John Taylor
Costa Rican native Jose Ramirez, the second-place finisher at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, has brewed a wicked concoction of straight-ahead…
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Johnny Burgin
No Border Blues
Delmark Records
Review by Greg Johnson
If you take a look at the touring itinerary that Johnny Burgin carries on a yearly basis it surely shows what a road dog he really is. Whether touring with well-known…
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2020 Journey to Memphis Postponed
This is a message that we were truly hoping that we wouldn’t have to announce, but for the first time in over twenty years, the Cascade Blues Association will be cancelling our Journey to Memphis competition…
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2021 Best Self-Produced CD Competition
Entries Now Being Accepted
Since 2005, The Blues Foundation has annually held a competition to recognize excellence in independent blues recordings. The Best Self-Produced CD competition is open to affiliated…
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General Membership Meeting Cancelled
August 2020
As we approach another month in this time of Covid-19, we do not seem any closer to being able to have a live membership meeting. Portland still sits in phase one, with phase two not allowing…
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Performance Venue Project
Progress Report 7/28/20
The shutdown of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected musicians and venues particularly hard. As we re-open the economy we can see independent music venues struggling; some…
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Ramblings on My Mind August 2020
Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President
It has been a strange long year with seemingly no end in sight at this point as to when we’ll be able to visit our favorite venues to enjoy live blues, or…
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New Music of Note August 2020
Mary Jo Curry Band – Front Porch
Lockdown Sessions – An International Down Home Blues Revue – Various Artists
Jose Ramirez – Here I Come
Johnny Burgin – No Border Blues
2020 Journey to Memphis Cancelled
2021 Best Self-Produced CD Competition Entries Now Being Accepted
General Membership Meeting Cancelled August 2020
Performance Venue Project – Progress Report
Ramblings On My Mind August 2020