Name: Artichoke Afternoons: Steve Cheseborough + Trio Acaí
Start: 2025-08-14T13:00:00-07:00
Location: 2007 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR, United States, Oregon 97202

$Artichoke Afternoons: Steve Cheseborough + Trio Aca\u00ed$

Doors - 12:30pm
Show - 1:00pm
Tickets: $5-$10 (sliding scale)
*FREE for those who show a SNAP/EBT/Oregon Trail card at the door, and for kids under 18
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STEVE CHESEBOROUGH--
(For fans of Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi John Hurt)
Steve Cheseborough is a cult figure among aficionados of 1920s-30s-style blues. His chilling re-creations of Bo Carter, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and other early blues masters turn any setting into a jook joint for the night.
Cheseborough also is a respected authority on the blues, as author of the acclaimed guidebook Blues Traveling: the Holy Sites of Delta Blues, and a contributor to Living Blues, Acoustic Guitar and other publications. He appeared in the documentary Last of the Mississippi Jukes, also featuring Morgan Freeman and Chris Thomas King, and was host and musical director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s nationally distributed “Blues Breaks.” He holds a master's in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi, and has lectured on blues topics at academic conferences. He has taught at Port Townsend Country Blues Workshop and Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, as well as at colleges and festivals. His performances on riverboats and at festivals, museums, schools, nightclubs, jook joints and private events combine stories, history and live performance.
“Sure, Ken Burns is good at research. But can he play guitar? Burns has made documentaries about jazz, but can he sing? Steve Cheseborough can, and does, in one-man shows that bring the Delta blues to life.” – Oregon Coast Today
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TRIO ACAÍ--
(For fans of João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Sérgio Mendes)
The second half of this show introduces Steve's bossa nova trio, with Tim Ennis and Lindsay Hess. Tim, a percussionist who splits his time between Portland and New Orleans, has a background in traditional jazz, country blues, and Brazilian batucada. Lindsay is a classically trained cellist who came to the Pacific NW by way of her native Las Vegas and then New Orleans. She has played folk-Americana and klezmer-string-band music, and now is dipping into the world of Brazilian music with this trio. Trio Açaí puts a fresh spin on the classic sounds of early-1960s Rio de Janeiro.