The eighth annual Walla Walla Guitar Festival will bring twenty-five bands to ten venues in downtown Walla Walla, Washington over three days, March 8 – 10. Multiple events will take over the city, including an opening concert, a multi-venue kick-off party, an acoustic showcase, The Large Show, a guitar crawl, all-star jam, Sunday gospel brunch […]
Over the past ten years, Seth Walker has become recognized as one of the most revered modern roots artists in the United States; a three-dimensional talent who combines a gift for melody and lyric alongside a rich, Gospel-drenched, Southern-inflected voice with a true-blue knack for getting around on the guitar. He has released seven albums […]
Former Sugaray Rayford guitarist Gino Matteo is known for his extravagant playing and first-rate vocals. His current tour will bring him to the Northwest for several dates up and down the coast and includes a couple stops in the Portland metro area. He will be joined by his wife Jade Bennett, a highly-recognized vocalist in […]
Two-time International Blues Challenge semi-finalists and Muddy Award nominees Sister Mercy possess a high-energy, blues-driven sound. Lead singer April Brown is mesmerizing with her powerful stage presence and joyful, full-range vocals. Scott Garcia creates memorable licks on guitar and Roger Espinor (drums) John Webb(bass) and Debby Espinor (keyboards) hold down their tight rhythms. The band […]
Three months into 2019 and the Cascade Blues Association is making strong moves toward our future and it’s all coming quickly. We had envisioned a lot of these changes for some time, but they are all set to become reality in a short amount of time. As everybody knows, we have been seeking a permanent […]
Two of our area’s nationally known acoustic musicians join forces for their annual Portland program at Artichoke! Tom May has been a professional traveling singer/songwriter for more than forty-five years, and has shared the stage with Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Alabama, and Willie Nelson. He has released fourteen albums, produced the national public radio broadcast […]
The Journey To Memphis is the Cascade Blues Association’s regional competition to select the acts that will represent our organization and region at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Up to 250 acts from around the world converge on Beale Street to perform before the music industry searching for new talent, with the […]
March will find us again in our temporary home — The Mission Theater — for our monthly meetings. This is our next to last meeting here before we move in May into our permanent location at The East Eagles Lodge on Hawthorne. During our tenure at The Mission we wanted to showcase some of the […]
NiaSounds and Cascade Blues Association are pleased to present a record release concert by Terry Robb, Portland’s own finger-style blues guitar virtuoso. In his latest release, Confessin’ My Dues, Robb displays his mastery of acoustic and bottleneck guitar, drawing on his deep knowledge of Delta blues, ragtime, and swing in thirteen original compositions ranging from […]
Albert Castiglia made his professional debut in 1990 with Miami Blues Authority and was later named ‘Best Blues Guitarist’ by Miami’s alt-music magazine, New Times. A few years later he toured as guitarist in blues legend Junior Wells’ band. Then, following Wells’ death, Castiglia enjoyed a stint with Atlanta vocalist Sandra Hall. For a minor […]