Event Calendar

200 years of experience and it shows! City and Country blues, New Orleans style 2nd line, and more!

This is a band of good friends having fun playing original music and relevant covers in a genre they call “electric roots”. If you’re not sure what that is think Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Tedeschi-Trucks with a splash of D'Angelo. Bre’s soulful vocals and Dan’s screaming guitar prowess front the band as they masterfully pass the lead back and forth in a musical communication that is both powerful and organic. Backed by groove masters Jeff Langston on bass and Charlie Dogett on drums, they create a sound you can’t help but feel.

Mary Flower, more

Norman Sylvester visits Catfish Lou's the first Saturday of every month to lay out the funkiest down home blues anywhere. Straight up southern menu, comfort food to the bone. Don't miss it!

Norman Sylvester “The Boogie Cat” was Inducted into the Oregon Music Hall Of Fame on October 8, 2011 at the Newmark Theater in Portland Oregon. This honor has given the Boogie Cat a new surge of energy. Norman has releases a new CD of 10 original songs “Blues Stains on my Hands”, a tribute to all the Pioneers of Blues who traveled the Chitlin’ Circuit keeping the Blues and It’s History alive.
Norman is one of the most engaging showmen around the Northwest. weddings, festivals, corporate parties and club venues all call on his band for spectacular music and entertainment!Influenced from his Southern Baptist early years and the Gospel Quartet his father, Mack Sylvester, toured with (they were as sharp with their fashion as they were in their harmonies), these examples show in Sylvester’s own performance. There is the work for the paycheck and the work for your passion. Norman’s music is most definitely his passion! The Boogie Cat has paid his dues and now he is living his dreams.
The new CD release “Blues Stains on my Hands” is making waves with music lovers in the USA and overseas. We are proud of the CD project and we hope you have a copy in your home.
The Norman Sylvester Band performs for clubs, corporate parties, wedding receptions, private parties and all types of music festivals.
Northwest Original Blues and R&B
Norman “The Boogie Cat” Sylvester was born in Bonita Louisiana September 16, 1945. He and his family boarded a Union Pacific Train for work in the Northwest in the Fall of 1957 when he was 12 years old, but his family’s Southern Traditions have never left him. The Boogie Cat totally dedicated to soul healing force of Music.
Norman is a “family and community first” musician. He has mentored many young talents in our area, Patrick Lamb, Gretchen Mitchell, Jolie Clausen, Joseph Konty, Alden Harris and Gunnar Roads to name a few. He teaches through grants and Ethos “A History of American Music” in our local schools. Sylvester and his band also use their power of music to perform for many benefits,charities and individuals in need.

Join harmonica player, singer, and author Kim Field and blues wizard and author Steve Cheseborough for an entertaining and informative harmonica workshop at Artichoke Music. The 90-minute workshop will include three segments:

· Kim Field, the author of "Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers"—the first and only book to tell the story of the evolution of the harmonica—will give a brief overview of the fascinating history of the world’s most popular instrument and its role in all styles of American music, from blues and country to jazz and classical music.
· Kim and Steve Cheseborough will then perform a variety of musical selections, demonstrating different harmonica styles and techniques.
· The workshop will conclude with a question-and-answer session with Kim and Steve designed to give attendees the opportunity to ask questions about the instrument and get technical tips.

Copies of Kim Field’s book as well as copies of the newly released fourth edition of Steve Cheseborough's book, "Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues," will be available for purchase and autographing.

Please join us for this unique event celebrating the fascinating story and the legendary music of the harmonica—the “people’s instrument.”

Rocking danceable blues party as the Bridge City Blues Band returns.

Gospel According to Al Green, following the path of the soul superstar who turned his back to fame to turn to gospel music.

The Sportin Lifers always bring the dance party, and this show features Hall of Fame's Jim Wallace.

5 time muddy award nominees for R&B act, the Ken DeRouchie Band will be playing their original blend of original Funk, Soul, R&B and Blues in the beautiful confines of the Jack London Revue

Great Classic R&B Horn Band