Posted in General on Nov 21st, 2010
Get ready to rock in the holidays punk blues style in a Gulfsongs Benefit Concert with Hillstomp, Sassparilla, Cicada Omega on December 11 at 9:00pm at Ash Street Saloon. These 3 great Portland bands, along with the renowned DJ Highway 7 spinning from his extensive and amazing collection of vinyl gems will help put you [...]
Posted in General on Oct 20th, 2010
We’re excited to have received our first response from afar to our “Why Should We Save Coastal Louisiana?” photo project. Today’s submission comes to us from Jane-Clair of Oregon.
Read more of Jane-Clair’s message at the Bayou Grace site.
Posted in General on Oct 18th, 2010
Checks have been sent to Gulf Aid Acadiana ($1400) to forward on to Bayou Grace Community Services , and to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans & Acadiana ($600) ….
Thank you everyone for your support of the Gulfsongs efforts to raise money to help folks in southern Louisiana.
Posted in General on Sep 27th, 2010
A hundred fifty people attending an outstanding night of Louisiana music and fun at the Alberta Rose Theatre on Saturday night brought in over $1900 to Gulfsongs Oregon! Between ticket sales, the silent auction, additional donations, and half the proceeds from the Delta Music Experience merchandise for sale, over $1600 was collected or committed. Given [...]
Posted in General on Sep 24th, 2010
This first cycle of 11 Gulfsongs Oregon shows comes to a rousing finish on Saturday with an all-star celebration of the music of Louisiana and New Orleans at the Alberta Rose Theatre in NE Portland.
Performers includes Reggie Houston, Devin Phillips, Steve Kerin & Atomic Gumbo, the Too Loose Cajun/Zydeco Band, Turtle VanDemarr, Mac Potts, [...]
Posted in General on Sep 24th, 2010
KEEN Footwear has give Gulfsongs a generous matching donation of $300 for Saturday’s show at the Alberta Rose Theatre. Once we collect $300 in donations (admissions, etc), they will match it.
Big thanks to KEEN for helping the cause!
They have also donated a bike messenger bag and a pair of very cool socks to the silent [...]
Posted in General on Sep 18th, 2010
As we approach the show next Saturday at Alberta Rose Theater, we find ourselves being asked, and are asking ourselves,”What’s next?”. Rest assured, we are giving that important question some good thought.
We know for certain that the problems are NOT going away in the Gulf. We see that the media has turned it’s attention away [...]
Posted in General on Sep 14th, 2010
On Sunday Gulfsongs Oregon raised over $1300 at its ninth benefit show of the summer. This was an afternoon and evening of blues music produced by the Cascade Blues Association. Between admission donations and the silent auction, generous blues fans helped push the total amount raised by Gulfsongs in nine shows to date to over [...]
Posted in General on Sep 13th, 2010
This past weekend, Amanda Gresham’s Delta Music Experience contributed $300 to Gulfsongs Oregon. Every year Amanda chooses a cause and donates a percentage of the DME merchandise sales at the Waterfront Blues Festival. This year she also included sales from the DME Big Easy Express music train trip that happened on Saturday.
Gulfsongs is very grateful [...]
Posted in General on Sep 9th, 2010
Gulfsongs Oregon is extremely grateful to the Cascade Blues Association for producing am extraordinary day of music at the Trails End Saloon from a number of the Northwest’s best blues artists. There will also be a silent auction of some very cool items, including framed Gary Houston posters, and beautifully painted buckets (especially for Gulfsongs [...]
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