Best Self-Produced CD 2023
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Cascade Blues Association Best Self-Produced CD 2023 competition now open!

Cascade Blues Association Best Self-Produced CD 2023 competition now open! Entries are now open for the best self-produced CD competition. The winner will represent the Cascade Blues Association in the International Blues Foundation Best…
July 2022 General Membership Meeting
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July 2022 General Membership Meeting

July 2022 General Membership Meeting Join us for the Cascade Blues Association member meeting at The Garages on July 6 at 6pm. After a huge festival weekend, we know you will need some more blues to help you recover. Please come and support…
Ramblings - May 2022
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Ramblings June 2022

Ramblings June 2022 Our Blues Notes and email blast this month are going to be very brief. So if you’re looking online, and asking yourself, where’s the content, don’t hold your breath. All our efforts have gone into the relaunch of the…
Bandstand - Bandstand from Froggy - Bandstand - Lloyd Jones
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Squrl Presents Shows in the Columbia Gorge!

Squrl Presents Shows in the Columbia Gorge! Saturday Aug 13th, Rick Estrin and Nightcats  ( benefit for the Rowena Wildlife Clinic) Best Western HR Inn, (on the water next to toll bridge) 7-10 show Tix $30 TBA Sun Aug 21st Henry Cooper's…
June 2022 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
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June 2022 General Membership Meeting

June 2022 General Membership Meeting WEDNESDAY June 1st, 6PM -7:30PM Join us at the Garages, Lake Oswego on June 1 for the next Cascade Blues Association member meeting beginning at 6pm. First up musical guests this month are The Chris Stone…
2023 Journey to Memphis Finalists

Journey to Memphis Youth Showcase Contest 2022 – Entries now open

Journey to Memphis Youth Showcase Contest 2022 Entries now open The Cascade Blues Association will appoint one youth showcase act to perform at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis 2023. Entries are now open and will close at…
Key Events - Save the Date! 2022 May
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Key Events – Save the Date! 2022 May

Key Events - Save the Date! 2022 May May 5/1 - Booker T. Jones Alberta Rose Theater 5/5 - St Paul & The Broken Bones, Crystal Ballroom 5/10—Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Roseland Theater 5/21 - David Bromberg Aladdin Theater 5/24…
Richard Wilkins - Life's For Livin'
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Richard Wilkins – Life’s For Livin’

Richard Wilkins Life's For Livin' Self release Review by Anni Piper Originally from sunny California, Richard Wilkins has made Portland his home and obviously rode the rails into the blues scene here in a big way. Wilkins is a vocalist, bassist,…
Keeping the Blues Alive by Kirk Andersen
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Keeping the Blues Alive

Keeping the Blues Alive by Kirk Andersen So many cities around the United States have been touched by the history of music and the musicians and businessmen and women who propelled it.  Unfortunately, either due to politics, commercial pressures/buyouts…
Keeping the Blues Alive by Kirk Andersen
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Gorge Blues and Brews 2022

Gorge Blues and Brews 2022 GORGE BLUES & BREWS FESTIVAL IN STEVENSON, WASHINGTON RETURNS FROM PANDEMIC! Mark your calendars now for Friday and Saturday, June 24-25, when Gorge Blues & Brews Festival hits the Skamania County Fairgrounds…