Bluesmania

Bluesmania – Best of the Benefit Concert for “Uncle” Steve Pringle

Review by Greg Johnson On November 24th, the Portland blues community came together to celebrate the life of beloved DJ Steve Pringle. The show, titled Bluesmania, was a benefit to help Steve and his family defray the cost of the cancer treatment…
Ben Rice & RB Stone

Ben Rice & RB Stone

Out Of The Box Middle Mountain Music By Greg Johnson As the old adage goes, what’s more fun than a barrel full of monkeys? Why two barrels of course. And so what can be more fun on an album than a cigar guitar player. Well, you know where…
John Clifton

Harp Master John Clifton At Catfish Lou’s

Bluesman John Clifton has dedicated himself to the genre that wasn’t getting the respect it deserved. But when you’re a frontman who delivers the goods straight from the heart, soul and gut, the blues become relevant. From the first note…
Amanda Fish

Amanda Fish – Young Blues Star on the Rise

Amanda Fish began as a singer songwriter in late 2012, refining her original material as a solo act for 2 years before she formed her band in early 2014, a Roots Rock and Soul project featuring  Amanda's signature gritty lyrics belted out…
Benefit For Fenix Sanders

Benefit For Fenix Sanders

A benefit has been scheduled to help Fenix Sanders meet the expenses of a month-long hospital stay following surgery recently that also meant lost revenue due to missed work. The event will take place at The Blue Diamond on the Fenix Rising…
Watermelon Slim

Watermelon Slim

Traveling Man Northernblues Music By Greg Johnson Sometimes to truly capture a musician’s talent you need to witness them in their most vulnerable setting — on a stage, bare-bone solo, with nothing to back them but their voice and instrument.…
New Music to Note-September 2021

March New Music Releases

There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, here are our recommendations.   Ben Rice & RB Stone – Out of the Box (Middle Mountain Music) Dave Keller – Live At The Killer Guitar Thriller (Tastee Tone) Dave…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists

Applications Now Being Accepted For 2020 Journey To Memphis

The Journey To Memphis is the Cascade Blues Association’s regional competition to select the acts that will represent our organization and region in 2021’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Up to 250 acts from around the…
Mr Handy’s Blues

Mr Handy’s Blues – From Preacher’s Son to Father of the Blues

By Randy Murphy “History,” T. S. Eliot observed, “has many cunning passages, contrived corridors,” and effective biographical documentaries succeed in exploring those historical passages and corridors in a way that allow us not only…
Gary Moore - Live From London

Gary Moore – Live From London

Live From London Mascot Label Group / Provogue Records By Greg Johnson This recording comes from a December, 2009 show in London’s Islington Academy, a smaller theater that makes the performance truly an intimate setting. Sadly, it was…