34th Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Virtual Festival Sunday, July 18, at 5 p.m. This free virtual festival is a gift to you, our beloved fans, and will feature amazing performances recorded especially for this year’s Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival. Artists include: The Mavericks The War and Treaty Larkin Poe Sugaray Rayford Methow Juke Joint […]
41st Annual Cathedral Park Jazz Festival July 16-18 Festival Line Up The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival lives on LIVE IN THE PARK for our 41st annual jazz festival. The festival kicks off at 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 16. Check out our 2021 lineup — see you there! Friday, July 16 – 4:30 p.m. kickoff (Blues […]
Jonn Del Toro Richardson July 1 at 7 p.m. Strum Guitars Please join Jonn Del Toro Richardson & Dean Mueller for a mix of low-down blues and country from Texas. Based out of Texas, Jonn is an internationally renowned guitar player with a Blues Music Award for Best New Artist Debut Award for his album […]
Mulino Blues Festival Benefit for Greg “Slim Lively” Johnson Saturday, July 17, 1-7 p.m. Minimum $10 donation requested BYOB and chair 1-2 p.m. — Young Guns of the Blues (Ben Rice, Tevis Hodge, Timothy James, Justus Reece, Kivett Bednar) 2:15-3:15 — Lisa Ma 3:30-4:30 — Josh Makosky Band 4:45-5:45 — Generation Headstrong 6-7 — All-Star […]
Paris Slim Super Trio with Tony Coleman, John Mazzocco July 4 at Double Mountain Brewery in Hood River Paris Slim Super Trio with Tony Colman-Drums and John Mazzocco-Bass will perform a free show from 5-8 p.m. outside (weather permitting). Paris Slim This is possibly the last chance to see him before he moves back to […]
Guy Davis Be Ready When I Call You M.C. Records Review By Randy Murphy List your favorite records, your musical top-10, regardless of genre, and ask yourself what they have in common. For most of us, I’d wager each recording has something we could call “authenticity,” the feeling that the music touches on some form […]
Cedric Burnside I Be Trying Single Lock Records Review by John Taylor Cedric Burnside’s latest take on North Mississippi Hill Country blues is one of the most refreshingly genuine, unpretentious and heartfelt albums we’ve run across in a while. Raw, plain spoken and honest at every turn, “I Be Trying” stands as a modern milepost […]
Ramblings on my Mind July 2021 by Shelley Garrett CBA Vice President July and the rest of the year are going to be BUSY! CBA members are sponsoring two acts at the 2021 Upriver Waterfront Blues Festival — Johnny Rawls, noon and 6 p.m. July 4, and the Tony Coleman 3 Kings Tribute, noon and […]
Greg “Slim Lively” Johnson CBA President health update July 1 2021 On May 27, Greg “Slim Lively” suffered a severe, massive stroke. This, as you can imagine, has caused catastrophic repercussions in addition to Greg’s planned lengthy cancer treatments. Since then, Greg has been moved to Marquis Vermont Hills, where he will be doing hard rehabilitation […]
Here’s a collection of new music releases for July. Christopher Dean Band — Songs from French Street Guy Davis — Be Ready When I Call You Gerald McClendon — Let’s Have a Party Debbie Bond — Blues Without Borders Mojo Holler — Root Adam Schultz — Soulful Distancing Tiffany Pollack & Co. — Bayou Liberty […]