With a briefcase filled with awards, including three Maple Blues Awards naming him the best harmonica player in Canada, Vancouver’s Harpdog Brown has been called a blues evangelist — and that’s a very fitting moniker. He delivers his messages in…
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Sugar & Spice – A Holiday Treat
Every year around Christmas, Music Mondays presents a Holiday Showcase titled “Sugar & Spice – A Holiday Treat.” Two of the Portland area’s favorite vocalists, LaRhonda Steele and Julie Amici, have been honored with multiple Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award…
Harpdog Brown – Playing It Forward For United By Music
With a briefcase filled with awards, including three Maple Blues Awards naming him the best harmonica player in Canada, Vancouver’s Harpdog Brown has been called a blues evangelist — and that’s a very fitting moniker. He delivers his messages in…
2017 Muddy Award Nominees
And the 2017 Muddy Award Nominees are: Contemporary Blues Act Ben Rice Band Rae Gordon Band Sister Mercy Thunder Brothers Traditional Blues Act AC Porter & The Live Wires Ben Rice Band Norman Sylvester Band “Lloyd Jones” R&B Act Andy Stokes…
All Star Line-Up Gathers For John Pounds Benefit
Salem-based bassist John Pounds has long been a favorite on the Oregon music scene, so when he suffered a stroke in March 2016 a lot of his friends and fans stepped forward to help him out with a handful of…
What’s on Tap for July’s General Membership Meeting …
Melody Ballroom, 615 SE Alder Street, Portland Wednesday, July 12 – 7:00 pm Members always Free – Non-members $5.00 Opening Acoustic Set – Howard Wade Second Electric Set – Gary Burford Trio Following the Waterfront Blues Festival is quite the…
CBA 30 Concert A Success Because Of You!!
The Cascade Blues Association celebrated thirty years of supporting, promoting, and preserving the blues in the Northwest with a huge show at the historic McMenamins Crystal Ballroom on Sunday, May 21. Our members and blues lovers came out in force…
Band Stand July 2017
The Tornadoes (AKA – ‘A Selfless Act’) Hello Blues lovers! Just a note to say thank you to our loyal fans and blues jammers! Allen Markel and I (Don Shultz) have been holding down the fort along with our special…
Celebrate “30 years of Feeding the Human spirit” with Waterfront Blues June 30 – July 4
Join blues legends, up-and-comers, and local acts to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Federal Credit Union, June 30 – July 4, 2017 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. This year’s festival will…
Just This One: Muddy Winners to Shine at Paul deLay Tribute
It’s been ten years since the great Paul deLay passed away, but a room full of Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award winners will bring his songs and spirit back to the stage on Saturday evening, January 21, at the Alberta…
