By GENE STOUT During the holidays, while I was growing up, my mom used to pull out her timeworn LP of Bach and Handel favorites…
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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 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 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 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…
Read Full ArticleNorthwest garage-rock band The Sonics release first new album since 1967
By GENE STOUT Exciting news for fans of classic Northwest rock: legendary band The Sonics will release its first new studio album since 1967 on…
Read Full ArticleActor Vincent D’Onofrio records eccentric ‘punk spoken word’ album
By MIKEL TOOMBS As William Shakespeare, were he alive today (he’d be 450), might have tweeted, “Though this be Method (acting), yet there be madness…
Read Full ArticleAussie boy band 5 Seconds of Summer releases its first live album
By MIKEL TOOMBS 5 Seconds of Summer, just named New Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards, is extending its five seconds of…
Read Full ArticleSeattle’s Jessica Domingo shares her chill pop-soul sounds at The Crocodile
By GENE STOUT Seattle-based singer-songwriter Jessica Domingo pays a visit to the Crocodile Café Sunday, Nov. 23, for a showcase of her latest music. Domingo…
Read Full ArticleEsme Patterson answers a Beach Boys classic in ‘The Glow’
By MIKEL TOOMBS In “Surf City,” the Beach Boys’ ultimate ‘60s fantasy land, cars and girls were both justly celebrated via their glorious music. What…
Read Full ArticleCollaborative Android Amaker project promises to be a ‘Singular’ event
“Android Amaker,” a unique, collaborative, music and arts project led by Seattle vocalist and co-creator Brent Amaker, will be performed Friday, Nov. 7, at Neumos.…
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