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What music means to LaRhonda Steele
LaRhonda Steele, the First Lady of Portland Blues, has been singing since she could talk. As a child, music was a bridge to acceptance. Now she helps others experience music as a bridge to fulfillment. “I want people to be able to express themselves . . . to find that joy, to find that purpose within themselves.”
Rae Gordon and Friends and a message of hope
When talented, compassionate Portland musicians gather in the studio to craft a song of hope, magic happens. Blues musician Rae Gordon got the idea – and her friends ran with it and made it their own. Read about the making of “It Will Not Last.”
The Every Artist Has a Story Project EP 004
LaRhonda Steele, a Blues and gospel singer and songwriter, is recognized as one the region's best rhythm and blues vocalists. She has been dubbed "The First Lady of Portland Blues”—a title of leadership that she lives up to as she shares songs that carry forth directly from her soul and spiritual life-force.