On Saturday, January 12 Marina Crouse, a notable rising musician on the San Francisco/Bay Area music scene, will bring her talents to Catfish Lou’s. Her early classical training is reflected in her powerful and versatile vocal style that creates a genuine excitement in every performance. Blessed with an incredibly expressive voice early in life, Marina […]
New Orleans Songwriter Andrew Duhon Saturday, January 12 “Another world-class voice is heard from Louisiana, another soulful, mesmerizing singer who writes emotional songs with impact and heart. Andrew Duhon is a troubadour for the next generation, a story-teller for his generation. Measured in the blues with the gift of narrative, Andrew¹s songs will not only […]
Saturday, January 12, San Francisco’s blues rock outfit Howlin’ Rain will visit The Doug Fir Lounge in support of its latest release, Alligator Bride. This new album is characterized by stimulating contradictions and melodies with a folky, meandering Grateful Dead vibe that sends the band sailing off into a comfortable, blues-drenched ether. Instrumentally and rhythmically, […]
On Sunday, January 6, Guitarist Tom Gilberts will celebrate with an official Portland release party for his terrific recording Grit. Mostly an instrumental album, it features all original music showcasing Gilberts diversity at an array of guitar stylings. Joining him for this show will be Wade Kirtley on B3, Joe Aloia on bass, Steel Toe […]
On Saturday, January 5 The American Guitar Masters Touring Concert Series will visit Portland. This series offers group concerts featuring compositions and arrangements of Celtic tunes, American Roots, Jazz, Delta blues, instrumental gems, and folk-songs that reveal a devotion to great acoustic music. Often billed as an acoustic jazz guitarist, Eric Skye neatly occupies a […]
Please join The Cascade Blues Association as we kick off a new year in a new venue for our membership meetings — The McMenamins Mission Theater. This is going to be the perfect way to begin 2019 since we’re bringing in some of the finest blues musicians of the region for this first meeting at […]
Greg Johnson, CBA President Every year in December I devote my column to the blues recordings that have stood out to me overall during the last year. One thing it always shows is that my taste is not founded in just one aspect or direction of blues music. It’s all over the map. These ten […]
Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President As I reflect back on the past of my involvement with the Cascade Blues Association there have been a great deal of memories. The good friends that I have made and the musicians and friends that have been lost to untimely passings. The events that we have produced and […]
Blues Blues Blues, Live from The Bitter End, N.Y, N.Y. Double Dynamite Records Review by Jeff Levine Danny Draher is an accomplished international blues and jazz musician. Starting out in Chicago, at Chess studios, Danny has recorded and toured nationally and internationally with Dr. John, Etta James, Paul Butterfield and Allen Toussaint. Danny’s awards include: Nominee […]
Multi-instrumentalist and Tennessee native Valerie June performs a diverse collection of American roots music that encompasses traditional spirituals, Americana, classic blues, folk, soul, and bluegrass through stark acoustic rhythms and uncanny slide guitar, as she effortlessly shifts between eras and genres. She can be haunting and melancholy, singing of the ghostly darkness of loneliness, or […]