Charley Crockett’s unique approach to American roots music — Texas blues, classic country, and Cajun soul — has earned him an audience on both sides of the Atlantic. Cutting his teeth as a street performer in both New York and New Orleans, Crockett learned how to project and hold a crowd’s attention as he performed […]
Jimi Hendrix may just be the most celebrated guitarist of all time and has been the subject of numerous studies by guitarists who have been woodshedding his music for more than fifty years. Tributes to the legend have always been popular and when pieced together by the right people fans request repeat performances. That is […]
If you’ve spent any time around the Northwest Music Scene, the name Hillstomp should sound familiar to you. They’ve been making music for the past seventeen years and touring across America and Europe. Hillstomp is a two-man band — Henry Hill Kammerer and John Johnson. Henry plays guitar and banjo like a hurricane, and if […]
Kansas City blues-rock band Trampled Under Foot’s founding member, lead singer, and bass player, Danielle Nicole, stepped out on her own in 2015 with her debut album Wolf Den. Nicole’s distinctive and inventive bass work resulted in her becoming the first woman to win The Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Award for Best Instrumentalist in 2014. […]
The incomparable Buddy Guy is arguably the most celebrated blues guitarist of his generation. Buddy possesses a sound and style that embodies the traditions of classic Chicago blues and embraces the fire and flash of vintage rock and roll. For over six decades, Buddy’s been responsible for preserving the blues genre while fostering its future […]
For over four decades Sonny “Smokin’” Hess has been an integral part of the Portland blues community while working with numerous top attractions both locally and nationally. Hess is a skilled guitarist and songwriter, not to mention a venue owner and promoter, and over the years she has released several well-received recordings and is about […]
The members of Portland’s King Louie Organ Trio are some of the most outstanding sidemen form the Rose City and are experts in the under-appreciated art of making other artists sound their best. Organist Louis Pain is in the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in the “Side Person” category, so too are saxophonist Renato […]
With an unaffected approach to vital American music and a voice that channels the spirit of Little Richard and James Brown, JD McPherson combines traditional R&B and rock & roll with fresh, exciting songwriting. McPherson is well versed in the process of working within clearly defined formal parameters and employs a similarly rigorous discipline with […]
From the South Carolina’s low country, where life is laced with African traditions, comes Ranky Tanky, a quintet with music rooted in Gullah culture. The Gullah way of life descended from enslaved Africans who were isolated on the southeastern Sea Islands, and is a unique mix of African and Anglo customs that has shaped American […]
If you want to participate in this year’s Journey To Memphis competition for the chance to represent the Cascade Blues Association and the region at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, you must submit your application packets no later than the end of the CBA monthly membership meeting on Wednesday, April 3. The meeting […]