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Posted on April 30, 2011April 30, 2011 By: genestout

Lucinda Williams, Brandi Carlile, Go-Go’s and more at 2011 ZooTunes

The 2011 BECU ZooTunes concert series opens with Taj Mahal June 22 at the Woodland Park Zoo. Other performers in this year’s series include Lucinda…

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Posted on April 26, 2011April 26, 2011 By: genestout

Seattle’s Noise for the Needy Festival rocks for Real Change June 7-12

The 2011 Noise for the Needy festival was announced today by Campaign Shoutin’ Communications. Among the more than 80 artists performing June 7-12 at Seattle…

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Posted on April 26, 2011 By: genestout

British proto-punk Poly Styrene: 1957-2011

By MIKEL TOOMBS “Some people think little girls should be seen ‘n’ not heard, but I say,” Poly Styrene says at the start of X-Ray…

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Posted on April 25, 2011 By: genestout

CONCERT REVIEW: Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks show heart and soul at KeyArena

Rod Stewart may not be “Forever Young,” as one of his more famous songs suggests, but he could have fooled me. At 66, the veteran…

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Posted on April 23, 2011April 23, 2011 By: genestout

All-female AC/DC tribute band Hell’s Belles debuts new singer

If you like your tribute bands hot and sassy, Seattle all-female AC/DC tribute group Hell’s Belles is a pocketful of dynamite. New singer Amber Saxon,…

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Posted on April 20, 2011April 20, 2011 By: genestout

Nirvana legend rocks on with retrospective EMP|SFM exhibit

“When Nirvana hit it big, it was overwhelming because we were part of the counterculture. Nirvana didn’t go to the mainstream — the mainstream came…

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Posted on April 18, 2011April 18, 2011 By: genestout

CONCERT REVIEW: Paul Simon still vital after all these years

By JO ANN RIGGS It was a true Kodachrome moment. Paul Simon, who’d played WaMu Theater in Seattle on April 15, debuted the club portion…

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Posted on April 17, 2011 By: genestout

Peter Frampton, Jeff Bridges, B-52s heading to Chateau Ste. Michelle

The 2011 summer concert series at Chateau Ste. Michelle features a lot of top musicians and one movie star — Jeff Bridges — who performs…

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Posted on April 16, 2011 By: genestout

Songwriter Sam Phillips to receive prestigious Denise Levertov Award

By MIKEL TOOMBS She’s been nominated for two Grammys, under both her Christian name Leslie and her self-adopted one, but Sam Phillips has never won…

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Posted on April 14, 2011 By: genestout

Yellowcard brings ‘violin induced pop-punk’ to Showbox SoDo

By MIKEL TOOMBS You’re far more likely to find violence than violins inspiring rock music. Oh, back in the day there was hippie-dippy It’s a…

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Posted on April 14, 2011April 23, 2011 By: genestout

Holy Ghost! is more than an apparition at Showbox SoDo

New York disco-pop revivalists Holy Ghost! made a stop at Showbox SoDo Tuesday, April 12, the very day their self-titled debut album hit stores. Sharing…

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Posted on April 14, 2011 By: genestout

CD REVIEW: Paul Simon returns with ever-graceful ‘So Beautiful’

By MIKEL TOOMBS As he has since at least 1956, when Simon and Garfunkel first became a duo, Paul Simon ponders the mysteries of the…

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Posted on April 1, 2011 By: genestout

New HD downloads of four vintage Stones albums lack grit of originals

By MIKEL TOOMBS The Rolling Stones, now in HD. A few years after the fact, I obtained a very scratched vinyl LP (in mono!) of…

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Posted on April 1, 2011 By: genestout

Paul Simon returns to Seattle with new album ‘So Beautiful Or So What’

By MIKEL TOOMBS There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only two to see Paul Simon live in Seattle. You…

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