Ken DeRouchie Band

The Ken DeRouchie Band is a high energy, 8 piece Funk/Soul/R&B band out of Portland, OR. The release of their fourth full length CD “Muse” in 2013 has been heralded as “one of the finest mixture of soul, blues, funk, jazz and R&B material to come down the musical road for some time.” – Greg Johnson President of the Cascade Blues Association for Blues Notes publication.

Top players from the Northwest join DeRouchie, including Portland vocal legend Arietta Ward, long-time KDB bassist Rob Busey, Multi Muddy award winning guitarist Jeff Knudson, keyboardist Ben Turner, drummer Chris Lay, tenor sax player Pete Petersen and trumpet player David Chachere.

The band currently has four full length CD's released. They are currently working on their fifth CD to be titled "Beauty and Decay" to be released in 2017.

Stacy Jeffress for American Blues Scene Magazine writes “The instrumentation is beautifully layered on each track with the great horn punctuation you’d expect from a well-crafted record produced in the R&B tradition.”

Tom D’Antoni of Oregon Music News writes “It is not damning with faint praise to say that it’s about time this town took notice of Ken and his band. Muse is DeRouchie’s best album.”

Steve Pringle of KINK FM Portland writes “Ken and his band bring it each and every night. Horns that moan and wail, guitars that grind and soothe and a rhythm section tighter than a frogs ass. The KDB has a story to tell, pull up a chair.”

Jonathan "Oogie" Richards, Host of Oogie's Mighty Mouth Blues on NWCZ Radio writes "A refreshing approach to new music with the right blend of cool, hip & sex appeal! The Ken DeRouchie Band fuses Blues, Funk and R&B into a Soulful mix of music that satisfies even the savviest music aficionado."

Cleve Baker, host of the "Confessing the Blues" Radio Network writes: "The Ken DeRouchie Band is Solid Blues. Hot, Soulful, a more than Welcome addition to our playlists ... "

Hailed as "…one of the best live bands in the Northwest" (Andre Hagestadt, The Oregonian and Statesman Journal), The Ken DeRouchie Band has played hundreds of live shows since they started in 1997 -- from small club appearances to festivals and concert halls; live radio to TV appearances -- including shows with Cheap Trick, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Mary Wilson and the Supremes, Curtis Salgado and Leftover Salmon.