Alabama Shakes vocalist/guitarist Brittany Howard launched her new side-project with Becca Mancari and Jesse Lafser, Bermuda Triangle, last summer. Since then, the Nashville trio released two tracks and are heading out onto the road with their form of harmonious Americana music. The tour will be hitting Portland on Friday, February 9 at The Aladdin Theater. Mancari and Lafser are both highly-regarded Nashville musicians with recent CD releases under their own names.

Tickets for Bermuda Triangle are expected to sell out, but can be purchased through The Aladdin Theater’s Ticket Exchange powered by Lyte if unavailable through Ticketfly.com. Original price is $26.00 – $28.00 if not sold out, prices may differ through the exchange. The Aladdin Theater is located at 3017 SE Milwaukie Avenue. This is an all ages event. Show time is 8:00 pm.

Rolling Stone describes Tinsley Ellis as: “Feral blues guitar…non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor’s edge…his eloquence dazzles…he achieves pyrotechnics that rival early Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.”

Ellis has traveled a million miles, and through that journey he has become a man with clarity about where he stands today and his future destination. As a proud Georgia-based artist, with his new album Red Clay Soul he celebrates a legacy built on four decades of performing, recording and song writing. His vision for the future is to continue to release the type of albums that push the boundaries of Blues and to expand his touring radius.

He will be bringing his electrifying performance to Jack London Revue, 529 SW 4^th Avenue, on Friday, February 23 for a 9:00 pm show. This is a 21 and over event, with tickets available through Ticketweb.com for $15.00.

The guitar has been very good to Austin-based, Grammy Award winning musician Eric Johnson, earning him international renown as a player, composer, recording artist, and live entertainer as well as an ever-growing audience of admirers. And Eric Johnson has been very good to the guitar, spotlighting its myriad melodic, sonic and lyrical splendors, paying homage to its heroes and innovators, collaborating and playing with many of its finest contemporary talents, and fostering its continuing vibrancy as a primarily instrumental genre in popular music.

“He’s an extraordinary guitar player accessible to ordinary music fans,” notes the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “That’s because Eric Johnson plays music and not just the guitar.”

Johnson whose music blends the approaches of various musical styles including blues, rock and jazz is an avid admirer of fellow guitarists past and present. He has performed and worked with other notable players such as BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John McLaughlin, Steve Miller, Chet Atkins, James Burton, and many others, as well as being a part of the Experience Hendrix Tours.

Eric Johnson returns to Portland for a show at the Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Avenue, on Thursday, February 1 at 8:00 pm. Tickets can be purchased at Ticketfly.com or at the door day of show for $30.00. This is an all ages event. Joining Johnson will be members of his original band Tommy Taylor and Kyle Brock. Opening the show will be Nashville singer/guitarist Arielle.

“Gritty Chicago blues and rarefied classical chamber music might not seem like a match made in heaven — until you’ve heard Corky Siegel bring the two together … a crowning achievement.” – Chicago Tribune

Few can claim to have forged an entirely original genre of music, but in 1966, Corky Siegel did just that. Guiding the blues of Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters out of the smoky cavern of Big John’s and onto the stages of the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic and beyond, the harmonica-playing mad scientist had the tuxedo-and-gown crowd on its feet, clamoring for more of this blues-classical alchemy. These days, the harmonica virtuoso and composer is continent-hopping with Indian percussion and string quartet in Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues, continuing to bring classical and blues fans shoulder-to-shoulder…and obliterating musical categorization in the process.

It is a rare event when harmonica ace Corky Siegel makes it out to the Pacific Northwest. Even rarer when he is performing his Chamber Blues performance. For one night, for his only appearance in Oregon, Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues will be taking the stage at the Jaqua Concert Hall at The Shedd Institute for the Arts in Eugene, at E Broadway & High Street, on Saturday, February 3, at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $29.00 – $34.00 and can purchased at Theshedd.org.

Siegel will also be holding a workshop  focusing on the transformative power of dynamic expression by guiding and sharing performance secrets to artists enabling them to reach their full potential, and bring their music to life. Suitable for all ages from 8 to 80, this workshop will offer you a simple and easy to understand technique that will give students, teachers, and pros one single tool that will improve richness of tone and technique. Tickets are $25.00 and are also available at Theshedd.org. Held in Room 230 at The Shedd at 1:00 pm.