Visqueen’s new album, “Message to Garcia,” is as much about joy and inspiration and soaring over life’s hurtles as it is about sadness and grief.…
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Jay-Z, rap’s billion-dollar baby and husband of singer-actress Beyonce Knowles, makes his Seattle debut in concert Saturday night at KeyArena. The superstar rapper comes to…
Read Full ArticleEarshot Jazz Festival opens today
Celebrating its 21st year, Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival offers three weeks of traditional and cutting-edge jazz from here and abroad. Perhaps the most exotic is…
Read Full ArticleJoe Mallahan a no-show at music-industry forum
Seattle mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan abruptly canceled his appearance at a candidates’ forum Thursday at the Grammy MusicTech Summit ’09. Mallahan apparently gave no reason…
Read Full ArticleSeattle City of Music Awards makes its debut
In light of Seattle’s spotty history with music-awards shows, it’s impossible to predict how long the Seattle City of Music Awards will last. But Wednesday…
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The Seattle City of Music Awards show makes its debut tonight with a gala honoring Quincy Jones, Fleet Foxes and KEXP-FM. The program at Showbox…
Read Full ArticleAustin City Limits Festival: Music and Mayhem in Mudville
AUSTIN, Texas — The eighth annual Austin City Limits Festival came to a muddy, grungy close Sunday night with a powerful concert finale by Pearl…
Read Full ArticlePearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band celebrate ‘Austin City Limits’ 35th
AUSTIN, Texas — Though Pearl Jam has played thousands of venues in its nearly 20-year career, few have been as storied as the KLRU-TV studios…
Read Full ArticleAustin City Limits Festival: As wet and wild as Bumbershoot
AUSTIN, Texas — After a gloriously sunny and warm first day on Friday, the Austin City Limits Festival settled into a wet, Seattle groove Saturday…
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Pearl Jam and the Dave Matthews Band are among the Northwest groups scheduled to perform at the Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, Texas. Check…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: Brandi Carlile’s ‘Give Up the Ghost’
Northwest singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile’s last album, “The Story,” was recorded in about two weeks. But her latest album, due in stores Oct. 6, took more…
Read Full ArticleA sign of the times for Paramount Theatre
Beginning Oct. 6, the venerable Paramount Theatre will shed its iconic blue and gold, nearly 80-year-old sign for a new, energy-efficient replica. The photo above…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Alice in Chains at the Moore Theatre
On a busy week of homecoming shows by big Seattle bands — Pearl Jam, Heart and Alice in Chains — it was Alice that had…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Heart at the Puyallup Fair
For tireless troupers Ann and Nancy Wilson, the Puyallup Fair was close enough to call home. The Wilsons, of Seattle-based rock band Heart, have been…
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