By GENE STOUT It’s a perfect fit: Seattle country-rock band Massy Ferguson (named for the company that makes tractors and farm equipment, but with a…
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By GENE STOUT Those who go out on New Year’s Eve are always looking for something different. The fabulously fun-loving Three Crowns Ball at the…
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By MIKEL TOOMBS Tuesday is the traditional day to release new CDs. However, the album dominating my player this Tuesday is not new, although it’s…
Read Full ArticleX and the Blasters celebrate a rockin’ ‘Family X-Mas’ at El Corazon
By MIKEL TOOMBS The first time I saw X and the Blasters perform together was in, wait for it, 1980. That show, at the North…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Rosie Flores shreds the holidays with a ‘Mex-mas’ show
By MIKEL TOOMBS There’s a flyer on a local lamppost advertising Girls That Shred, a benefit concert for Skate Like a Girl that will take…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Pearl Jam ‘comes home’ at KeyArena
By GENE STOUT It was a Pearl Jam homecoming concert like no other. A buoyant Eddie Vedder led the iconic Seattle rock group in a…
Read Full ArticleSallie Ford brings her ‘bluesy, sweaty, badass’ rock ‘n’ roll to The Crocodile
By GENE STOUT The queen of brash, lusty rockabilly tunes returns to Seattle for a show Dec. 19 at The Crocodile. Sallie Ford & The…
Read Full ArticlePearl Jam receiving great reviews as sold-out Seattle show approaches
By GENE STOUT David Greenwald’s very positive review of Pearl Jam’s Portland concert in The Oregonian is typical of the kind of press the Seattle…
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