Oregon Music News


Waterfront Blues Festival 2010

Watch Dave Kahl talk about why Honeyboy Edwards is important to you

Bassist Dave Kahl, fresh from winning Best Bass player at last week’s Cascade Blues Association’s Muddy Awards, will be performing along with most of Portland’s Blues all-stars at a “Tribute and Fundraiser Concert” for the late Honeyboy Edwards on Sunday, November 13 at Alberta Rose.



Waterfront Blues Festival 2011: 1:30pm – Lloyd Jones

Watch an OMN video interview and photo gallery of Lloyd Jones.


Waterfront Blues Festival 2011: Friday 9pm – Robert Cray Band
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Revisit last year’s Waterfront Blues Festival – all the stories and pictures

From Booker T to Delta Blues, from New Orleans to Oregon’s best and from Little Feat to Galactic. And then there was Bobby Rush (pictured). / Photo by Jon T. Cruz


Pinetop Perkins, Boogie-Woogie piano master, dead at 97

Blues fans were sure he would go on forever. He was among the last surviving members of the first generation of Delta bluesmen, he died at his home in Austin, Texas.


David Vest: Tall tales and true stories of real Rock n Roll

The stories behind the songs on Vest’s new album. CD release Friday at Duff’s Garage.


The year of Lisa Mann

A marriage on stage at the Blues Festival…winning a Muddy for Best Bassist and Vocalist…then coming back to the Blues Festival and winning the Journey to Memphis competition…pretty good year!


Waterfront Blues Festival: 2 reporters’ 5 favorites

Mark Nieman-Ross and Tom D’Antoni pick their faves.


Waterfront Blues Festival: 8pm — Oregon Food Bank

$622,670.33


Waterfront Blues Festival: Mon. 5:15 — Baskery

Yah – We raakin da Wooterfroont Bloos Fastival! (photography by Jamie Stewart)