PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT UPDATE The Summer Performance Project Committee has worked hard for the past several months to arrange for performances in various Portland parks, and are very pleased to announce that Part 1 of the project is complete! Portland Parks & Recreation hosted ten gigs for the CBA, and we were able to pay […]
Inaugural Village Blues Festival Eugene’s Rainy Day Blues Society presents the first Village Blues Festival to be held in Cottage Grove, Oregon, on Saturday, September 5 at The Village Green. Eugene is located in a county who have moved beyond phase one of the Covid-19 regulations, so they’re able to hold outdoor events that can allow larger crowds. This event […]
Blues in the Gorge Now An Online Camp Like so many other performances and events during the time of pandemic, the Menucha Blues In the Gorge has also had to adapt. But rather than cancelling or postponing as many have done, they’ll still be holding their acoustic guitar classes, but it’ll happen online. Since the class size for this camp has always […]
Dark Was the Night – Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey To The Stars By Gary Golio, illustrated by EB Lewis Nancy Paulson Books, 2020. 32 pages Review by Greg Johnson Dark Was The Night is the latest offering from Gary Golio, an award winning children’s book author who has penned several biographical titles, many involving musicians. Among his […]
2021 Best Self-Produced CD Competition UPDATE: The Blues Foundation has cancelled the 2021 International Blues Challenge and all the events, including the Best Self Produced CD competition, due to the pandemic crisis. They look forward to holding the event in 2022. Since 2005, The Blues Foundation has annually held a competition to recognize […]
September New Music Releases There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, we recommend starting here. Anthony Geraci – Daydreams In Blue (Shining Stone Records) Bai Kamara Jr – Salone (MIG) Cary Morin – Dockside Saints (Self Release) Crooked Eye Tommy – Hot Coffee And Pain (Blue Heart Records) Eric Johanson – Below Sea Level (Nola Blue Records) JD Taylor […]
Too Slim and the Tail Draggers The Remedy VizzTone/Underworld By John Taylor Sure, they favor cowboy hats, tuck their pants into their boots and called Tennessee home for a while. But Too Slim and the Tail Draggers aren’t all hat. They’ve been delivering genuine blues/rock with a distinct Northwest accent for more than three decades now. The band born in Spokane […]
September 2020 General Membership Meeting Please be advised that at this time all of our General Membership Meetings are on hold. They will continue once we’re able to safely gather in a location that can provide enough space for all with proper separation of social distancing. Most of all we want our members, musicians, volunteers, sound crew and venue […]
Bai Kamara Jr & The Voodoo Sniffers Salone M.I.G. Based in Belgium for the past couple decades, Bai Kamara jr was born in Sierra Leone in West Africa and grew up in England. Deeply influenced by the music of his homeland, he found a distinct connection with American blues that he fell in love with during his school days. The […]
Ramblings On My Mind – September 2020 Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President As we continue to push our way through these times of pandemic, some things seem so far away in the past or further into the future. Such is the feeling I have regarding the status of live music. Every one of us wants Covid […]