SOU’WESTER EVENTS!

Country music was not always about glitz, glamour and praising the red, white and blue. In its earliest inception, it was a means for communities and families to get together, quaff whiskey from jugs and[...]

  The Sou’wester is so excited to have these two ladies joining us! Rebecca Clay Cole is a musician from Great Crossing, KY. She has played a multitude of keyboards, drums, and/or percussion instruments in[...]

A swing group from Portland, OR inspired by 1920s-40s swing, hot jazz, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli, Les Paul and Mary Ford. From Brazilian to Bebop to Bach, to Parisian musette[...]

Sharing vocal and songwriting duties, Birger Olsen, Mike Elias and Tom Bevitori are the heart of Denver, while the rest of the line-up has long included several of Portland’s finest players. Currently, the band consists[...]

Tara Jane ONeil is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and visual artist.  She creates melodic and experimental music under her own name and in collaboration with her brilliant friends. Her recordings and live performances range from solo songing[...]

  Ponyghost is a duo consisting of songwriter Jason Paglia and upright bassist, Perry Pfister. The songs, stemming from Jason’s original compositions and lyrics, are constructed from elements of acoustic and electric guitar, upright bass,[...]

Bart Budwig doesn’t write the big songs. He writes the songs about the places between the hills, in the draws and hidden canyons where truth is a little more in focus, stories can take their[...]