LaRhonda Steel
LaRhonda Steele, a blues and gospel singer and songwriter, is recognized as one of 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. D\She currently fronts the LaRhonda Steele band, is music director of the non-profit Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir, music director of Portland Center for Spiritual Living, 2021 recipient of Oregon Folklife Networks Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program award, Inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, the Cascade Blues Association Hall of Fame., and Cascade Blues Association Best Female Vocalist Muddy Award.
LaRhonda Steele, a blues and gospel singer and songwriter, is recognized as one of 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. D\She currently fronts the LaRhonda Steele band, is music director of the non-profit Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir, music director of Portland Center for Spiritual Living, 2021 recipient of Oregon Folklife Networks Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program award, Inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, the Cascade Blues Association Hall of Fame., and Cascade Blues Association Best Female Vocalist Muddy Award.
LaRhonda Steele, a blues and gospel singer and songwriter, is recognized as one of 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. D\She currently fronts the LaRhonda Steele band, is music director of the non-profit Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir, music director of Portland Center for Spiritual Living, 2021 recipient of Oregon Folklife Networks Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program award, Inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, the Cascade Blues Association Hall of Fame., and Cascade Blues Association Best Female Vocalist Muddy Award.