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Posted on February 3, 2014 By: genestout

Kongos launch U.S. tour with alternative-rock hit ‘Come With Me Now’

By GENE STOUT Kongos, a Phoenix, Arizona-based band of brothers (by way of London and South Africa), is making waves on the alternative-rock charts with…

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Posted on August 30, 2012 By: genestout

Bumbershoot is a musical feast, from Tony Bennett to Skrillex

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…

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Posted on July 21, 2012 By: genestout

Photos from Day One of Seattle’s 2012 Capitol Hill Block Party

The Capitol Hill Block Party, the city’s biggest indie music festival, began Friday, July 20, in the Capitol Hill business district. Seattle photographers Jim Bennett…

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Posted on July 20, 2012 By: genestout

CONCERT PREVIEW: Leni Stern’s musical journey took her to ‘source of the blues’

By MIKEL TOOMBS She was born in Munich, studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston and now lives in New York City. But that’s…

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

Second annual City Arts Fest brings a hefty harvest of music and culture

By GENE STOUT Sometimes it pays to think big. Organizers of the 2011 Heineken City Arts Fest opening today, Oct. 20, and continuing through Saturday,…

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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 23, 2010April 23, 2010 By: genestout

ZooTunes summer concert series opens June 27 with Jewel

The 2010 ZooTunes summer concert series kicks off June 27 with Jewel and Radney Foster. Among the other performers: Steve Earle with Joe Ely June…

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Posted on February 22, 2010 By: genestout

The sounds of the southern Sahara drift through The Triple Door

By MIKEL TOOMBS “Is Tinariwen the greatest band on earth?” The online magazine Slate posed that question a couple years back, and the latest release…

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Posted on November 3, 2009November 3, 2009 By: genestout

Sub Pop Records gets ‘The Best Ambiance’

Seattle’s Sub Pop Records and KEXP 90.3 FM radio host Jon Kertzer have formed a new world-music label, Next Ambiance. Kertzer, creator and longtime host…

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Posted on September 8, 2009 By: genestout

Bumbershoot is a wrap: the photographic evidence

The 2009 Bumbershoot festival came to a close with the last wailing guitar riffs from Modest Mouse Monday night at the Bumbershoot Mainstage. It may…

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Posted on September 4, 2009September 8, 2009 By: genestout

PREVIEW: From Sheryl Crow to Bumbershoot-A-Go-Go!

The cultural smorgasbord is about to begin. The 39th annual Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival opens Saturday and continues through Labor with hundreds of…

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Posted on July 17, 2009July 17, 2009 By: genestout

REVIEW: Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Woodland Park Zoo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo Elvis Presley surely would have loved Ladysmith Black Mambazo — and not because of the group’s habit of greeting applause with the words, “Thank…

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