By GENE STOUT In an interview last week, Northwest singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile revealed that she has left Columbia Records, her longtime label, to chart a…
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By GENE STOUT In the ’70s and ’80s, singer-songwriter Ginny Reilly was one half of the popular acoustic duo Reilly and Maloney, which divided its…
Read Full Article‘Voice’ star featured at beach concert
By GENE STOUT Singer-songwriter Vicci Martinez, who competed on the NBC-TV talent show “The Voice” in 2011, will perform songs from her new album, “Vicci,”…
Read Full ArticleStar Anna launches new concert series at Salish Lodge & Spa
By GENE STOUT The Seattle area has no shortage of outdoor concerts. But here’s something a little different: The Salish Lodge & Spa at Snoqualmie…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: ‘It’s Magic,’ Steve Tyrell’s tribute to Sammy Cahn
By GENE STOUT Ever since singing “The Way You Look Tonight” in “Father of the Bride,” the 1991 movie starring Steve Martin, Steve Tyrell has…
Read Full ArticleSeattle musical forecast: Storm Large brewing at Benaroya Hall
By MIKEL TOOMBS Our Doppler radar shows that a Storm Large will hit Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3.…
Read Full ArticleSeattle singer V. Contreras celebrates ‘Lush’ video and upcoming album
By GENE STOUT Seattle singer V. Contreras (a.k.a. Victoria Wimer Contreras) is known to local music fans as a vocalist with the Seattle Rock Orchestra,…
Read Full ArticleSinger-songwriter Courtney Jaye adopts a country-pop vibe on her new CD
By GENE STOUT Singer-songwriter Courtney Jaye has made many journeys in her musical life, beginning in her hometown of Pittsburgh and later in Georgia, Texas,…
Read Full ArticleJustin Timberlake releases arty video of his second single, ‘Mirrors’
By GENE STOUT Justin Timberlake’s new video for “Mirrors” spans decades, tracing a couple’s lifelong relationship with a sweeping, cinematic storyline. There’s also a lot…
Read Full ArticleMolly Ringwald pays homage to the Great American Songbook
By MIKEL TOOMBS Molly Ringwald became famous, of course, as the late film writer-director John Hughes’ muse, starring in “Sixteen Candles” (1984), which explored the…
Read Full ArticleCanada’s Steph Macpherson opens her West Coast tour in Seattle
By GENE STOUT Up-and-coming Canadian singer-songwriter Steph Macpherson, who made an appearance at the 2010 Lilith Fair and has opened concerts for such artists as…
Read Full ArticleThe Beach Boys’ 50th anniversary DVD is just in time for Christmas
By GENE STOUT For the Beach Boys fan in your household, don’t forget to add the new DVD “The Beach Boys: Live in Concert –…
Read Full ArticleVocal group that inspired Brian Wilson performs two Seattle-area shows
By GENE STOUT The Beach Boys’ vocal harmonies were inspired in part by one of the most popular male vocal groups of the ‘50s, The…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Seattle harpist Anna Cate gets in tune with ‘This Old Radio’
By MIKEL TOOMBS “It was difficult writing indie rock on the harp,” Anna Cate begins. It is a truth universally acknowledged, you nod, and then,…
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