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Posted on December 23, 2010December 23, 2010 By: genestout

CD REVIEW: ‘Ain’t Nothin’ Like Christmas’ with Shelby Lynne

With the launch this year of her own recording label, Everso Records, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne was finally free to release a first-time Christmas CD…

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Posted on December 15, 2010December 15, 2010 By: genestout

CD REVIEW: ‘Best Christmas Ever’ by bad girl Ronnie Spector

By MIKEL TOOMBS My favorite girl-group song isn’t The Crystals’ “He’s a Rebel” or The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” or anything else found on the…

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Posted on December 14, 2010December 14, 2010 By: genestout

PHOTO GALLERY: Roger Waters performs ‘The Wall’ at Tacoma Dome

Roger Waters brought his spectacular, pyrotechnics-infused production of “The Wall” to the Tacoma Dome Saturday night, Dec. 11, to the delight of thousands of longtime…

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Posted on December 9, 2010 By: genestout

Comedian Rich Vos headlines Bob Rivers’ ‘Twisted Christmas’ show

Comedian Rich Vos, a master at working a crowd, is the featured guest at Bob Rivers’ “Twisted Christmas” party Thursday, Dec. 9, at the Snoqualmie…

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Posted on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 By: genestout

CONCERT REVIEW: Deck the Hall Ball offers a raucous musical buffet

With surprise guests The Presidents of the United States of America, as well as such previously announced bands as Broken Bells, The Black Keys, Jimmy…

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Posted on November 19, 2010 By: genestout

New York City trio The Narrative benefits from a ‘feminine presence’

By MIKEL TOOMBS The Narrative adds a different storyline to the emo sound with the decidedly feminine presence of singer-keyboardist Suzie Zeldin (isn’t there a…

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Posted on November 15, 2010November 23, 2010 By: genestout

CONCERT REVIEW: Sold-out Wild Flag show makes a splash at High Dive

By MIKEL TOOMBS If you’d flagged the Friday night (Nov. 12) show at the High Dive as merely a two-thirds Sleater-Kinney reunion, you were wildly…

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Posted on November 10, 2010 By: genestout

Charlie Louvin and Seattle’s Mark Pickerel share musical roots

By MIKEL TOOMBS There are at least two United States of Americana events to note this week. Just in time for Veterans Day, Charlie Louvin,…

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Posted on November 4, 2010November 4, 2010 By: genestout

Seattle meets Iceland in free Seattle City of Music Festival concert

Sister cities Seattle and Reykjavik, Iceland, are coming together for a unique showcase of live music at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at the Crocodile…

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Posted on November 4, 2010 By: genestout

Pearl Jam kicks off its 20th anniversary with ‘Live on Ten Legs’ release

It’s hard to believe, but Pearl Jam will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2011. To kick off the year, the Seattle band will release a…

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Posted on November 3, 2010November 10, 2010 By: genestout

CONCERT PREVIEW: Auburn’s He Is We has a Taylor Swiftian ingenuousness

By MIKEL TOOMBS “Is this more than a crush?” He Is We singer Rachel Taylor asks on “Blame It on the Rain,” one (actually two)…

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Posted on November 3, 2010 By: genestout

Rising Texas singer-songwriter Sahara Smith has a really haunting sound

By MIKEL TOOMBS When Sahara Smith was introduced to me as a “222-year-old rising Texan artist,” I knew I had to check her out. Pretty…

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Posted on October 28, 2010 By: genestout

Soul Asylum headlines Lounge Acts 2010, a Kurt Cobain benefit concert

Grammy winners Soul Asylum and Seattle band Sweet Water headline Lounge Acts 2010, a fourth annual Kurt Cobain Memorial Foundation benefit concert Nov. 13 at…

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Posted on October 22, 2010 By: genestout

CD REVIEW: Shakira’s new album, ‘Sale el Sol’: ‘I’m crazy but you like it’

By MIKEL TOOMBS If Shakira hasn’t yet appeared in Seattle, maybe it’s because she hadn’t found the ideal venue. Judging by her largely Spanish-language new…

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