Congratulations to Friends of KEXP, which has received an award of $1 million for a new facility at Seattle Center, thanks to King County and…
Read Full ArticleLegendary Seattle radio DJ Marco Collins hosts a MusicCares benefit
By GENE STOUT Seattle DJ Marco Collins, who was the subject of the SIFF film “The Glamour and the Squalor,” is putting his energy and…
Read Full Article18-year-old L.A. singer-songwriter Soren Bryce brings her EP tour to Seattle
Currently on a short West Coast tour in support of her new EP, 18-year-old Los Angeles singer-songwriter Soren Bryce performs Wednesday at The Crocodile in…
Read Full ArticleDuran Duran, Chic offer a blue-ribbon concert at the Washington State Fair
By GENE STOUT If ’80s New Wave band Duran Duran had any misgivings about adding a state fair date to their current tour, they must…
Read Full Article‘I’m Glad I’m Not Me’: Born Cages performs its new album at Barboza
By GENE STOUT Born Cages whips up a potent brew of EDM and 1980s-style synth rock on its debut full-length album, “I’m Glad I’m Not…
Read Full ArticleLynn Anderson RIP: ’95 interview revealed down-to-earth country star
By GENE STOUT Lynn Anderson, who died Thursday, July 30, in Nashville, was a down-to-earth country star with a great sense of humor and many…
Read Full ArticleChris Cornell announces solo album and tour for ‘Higher Truth’
Grammy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated singer songwriter Chris Cornell of Soundgarden fame has announced plans to release a new solo studio album, “Higher Truth.” Due Sept.…
Read Full ArticleSea-Tac Airport and EMP Museum unveil Pearl Jam poster exhibit
As part of the Experience the City of Music program at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Port of Seattle, EMP Museum, Pearl Jam, and poster artists…
Read Full ArticleFormer Pipettes singer Gwenno Saunders debuts ‘political concept album’
By MIKEL TOOMBS Gwenno Saunders, once lead singer of British girl-band Pipettes (the delightful if slight 2007 “We Are the Pipettes”), soon will be debuting…
Read Full ArticleSeattle native Dylan Jakobsen premieres new video on ‘Taste of Country’
By GENE STOUT Country music is extremely popular in Seattle, despite the city’s reputation as a mecca for grunge and alternative rock. Now along comes…
Read Full ArticleBilly Corgan has new ‘Impact’ on TV wrestling
By MIKEL TOOMBS If you’re a pro wrestling fan, Monday, April 27, was the greatest day you’ve ever known. Yes, Billy Corgan, “Smashing Pumpkins mastermind…
Read Full ArticlePREVIEW: Singer Dana Fuchs brings her powerhouse show to the Northwest
By GENE STOUT Powerhouse blues-rock singer Dana Fuchs and her band bring their current tour to the Northwest, with shows March 17 and 18 at…
Read Full ArticleBelieve it or not: a campaign to fund a Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan museum
By MIKEL TOOMBS The URL of the Washington Post story says it all: Because Brooklyn, indeed. Comedians Viviana Olen and Matt Harkins have launched a…
Read Full ArticleCrystal Bowersox moves beyond ‘American Idol’ with current show
By MIKEL TOOMBS Crystal Bowersox is no longer someone to dread. That is, the dreadlocks that so unnerved Simon Cowell (always a good thing, in…
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