May 2021 New Music To Note AJ Fullerton – The Forgiver and The Runaway (VizzTone) Chris Cain – Raisin’ Cain (Alligator) Clarence Spady – Surrender (NOLA Records} Eddie Turner – Change In Me (7-14 Records) Gary Moore – How Blue Can You Get (Provogue) Great Republic South – Repbubilc […]
Ramblings On My Mind – May 2021 Greg Johnson, President, Cascade Blues Association The end of March truly saw a drastic change in my life. Going into Urgent Care due to a blockage in my bowels, it was discovered that I have cancer. The next few days and weeks were fast-paced with surgery, a hospital […]
Cascade Blues Association / Artichoke Music Present Livestream with King Louie & Renato Caranto The Cascade Blues Association in partnership with Artichoke Music, brings the May edition of our monthly blues meeting on Wednesday, May 5. This month’s meeting will be an evening of jazzy-flavored blues featuring Oregon Music Hall of Fame Louis “King Louie” Pain […]
CBA President Greg Johnson diagnosed with cancer Now for some sad news. If you aren’t on Facebook, you may not know that CBA President Greg Johnson was recently diagnosed with cancer. The blues community is stepping up to help Greg and his wife Cherie, please help if you can. Read below for the details from the GoFundMe […]
Sunday wilde’s Peace in Trouble, A West Coast Collaboration By Marie Walters & Sunday wilde Last month saw the launch of Sunday wilde’s ninth album, Peace in Trouble, featuring guest Harpdog Brown. And launch it most certainly did – to worldwide acclaim, hitting blues and roots charts across Canada, the U.S., the UK and Europe […]
The Blue Diamond presents – That’s Nasty Back by popular demand Dirty blues is a tradition that goes way back to the days of Jelly Roll Morton and Ma Rainey. It’s been kept alive over the years by Chitlin’ Circuit artists like Barbara Carr and Denise LaSalle. “That’s Nasty” continues this raunchy tradition by presenting dirty […]
Artur Menezes Fading Away VizzTone Review by John Taylor Go ahead. Call it rock if you like. But despite its raw edge, Artur Menezes’ fifth album, “Fading Away,” is authentic, bare-knuckled, indie blues at its core. The all-original album’s murky tones and dark themes are in the tradition of a long line of blues masters. […]
Curtis Salgado Damage Control Alligator Records Review by Randy Murphy When I first began to listen to Curtis Salgado’s new release, “Damage Control,” it only took a couple of bars from Jim Pugh’s stout piano and Mike Finnigan’s sparkling organ to hook me completely. I hear a lot of new music, but during the last […]
April 2021 New Music Releases There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, we recommend starting here. Alex Maryol – In The Meantime (Self Release) Artur Menezes — Fading Away (VizzTone) Cousin Harley – Let’s Go! (Little Pig Records) Curtis Salgado – Damage Control (Alligator) ElectroBluesSociety – ElectroBluesSociety featuring Boo […]
April 7th Member Drawings – How to WIN!!! If you are a current CBA member, we are offering you a chance to win prizes during the “Virtual CBA Membership Meeting/Livestream” This month, in addition to our usual CD give-a-way, you can also win a table for 4 for the Sonny Hess Trio show at Artichoke […]