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By GENE STOUT Two Seattle radio legends of different eras – Marco Collins and Pat O’Day – team up at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28,…
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By GENE STOUT The rollout of lavish rock ‘n’ roll books for the holiday shopping season begins with “Rock ‘n’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset…
Read Full ArticlePhoto gallery: Singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche at the Crocodile Cafe
By GENE STOUT Norwegian-bred singer-songwriter and guitarist Sondre Lerche played the Crocodile Café Tuesday, and Seattle photographer Jim Bennett was there to capture a few…
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By GENE STOUT Born in 1975 in Madrid, Spain, to Julio Iglesias and Isabel Preysler, Enrique Iglesias is today the biggest Latin recording star in…
Read Full Article‘Rock stars’ on four wheels gather at Tacoma’s LeMay museum
By GENE STOUT Most of us drive what we drive. There are plenty of modern-day transportation modules to get us from point A to point…
Read Full ArticleAlessandra Rose celebrates release of ‘You Are Gold’ Saturday at Tractor
The phrase “You Are Gold” could easily apply to Seattle singer-songwriter Alessandra Rose, whose tender, melancholy vocals distinguish her impressive debut solo album. In fact,…
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Seattle photographer Alex Crick is a frequent contributor to GeneStout.com. His specialty is music photography, and he has a flair for capturing the essence of…
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By GENE STOUT The musical and cultural smorgasbord we call Bumbershoot is about to begin. Three big days of music, arts, comedy and performance art…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Eilen Jewell shakes the Treehouse with ‘Shakin’ All Over’
By MIKEL TOOMBS Now, even though Dave Matthews is (kinda) my Seattle neighbor, I’m not journeying all the way to the Gorge to see him…
Read Full ArticleBoyd Tinsley of the Dave Matthews Band premieres new film in Seattle
Boyd Tinsley, violinist and mandolin player for the Dave Matthews Band, will premiere his first film, “Faces in the Mirror,” at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug.…
Read Full ArticleDave Matthews says he feels ‘comfortably middle class’ in Seattle
By GENE STOUT Are Dave Matthews and his family comfortably settled into life in Seattle for the foreseeable future? I asked Matthews that question in…
Read Full ArticleKristen Ward’s new single, ‘I Wanna Be,’ will be on her next album due Oct. 9
By GENE STOUT Kristen Ward’s new single is a winner. “I Wanna Be” is from the Seattle singer-songwriter’s upcoming full-length album, “Last Night on Division,…
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