Singer Steve Tyrell may have picked the hottest week of the year to play Seattle, but don’t let a heat wave keep you away from…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Steve Tyrell salutes Burt Bacharach at Jazz Alley
With one of the most exquisite voices on the national nightclub circuit, vocalist Steve Tyrell returns to Seattle for a six-night run tonight (July 6)…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Alt-country band The Old 97’s at Showbox at the Market
Dallas-based alt-country band The Old 97’s played last Wednesday (June 30) at Showbox at the Market. Along with Uncle Tupelo, The Jayhawks, Whiskeytown and other…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Bluesman Sid Selvidge will be ‘at home’ in Seattle
By MIKEL TOOMBS When we talk Memphis blues and soul, Sid Selvidge’s name rarely comes up. And yet the singer-songwriter, a native of Greenville, Miss.,…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Singer Bobby Long is emerging from the ‘Twilight’ zone
British singer-songwriter Bobby Long, who got a phenomenal boost when a song he co-wrote was featured in a scene in the 2008 hit movie “Twilight,”…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Texas troubadours Steve Earle and Joe Ely at ZooTunes
By MIKEL TOOMBS Wednesday (June 30) was the evening of the Texas troubadour at ZooTunes, the Woodland Park Zoo’s summer concert series whose 2010 season…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Iron Maiden, Dream Theater beat the devil at White River
Seattle rock photographer “Iron Mike” Savoia shot these photos of last week’s (June 22) explosive concert by Iron Maiden and Dream Theater at White River…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Ethereal banjo player Abigail Washburn at Chateau
Performing in a spare, ethereal style that might be dubbed “back porch noir,” singer-songwriter and claw-hammer banjo player Abigail Washburn is the best reason to…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Sarah Jaffe taps her ‘Suburban Nature’ on new CD
BY MIKEL TOOMBS Hailed by Paste magazine as a “Best of What’s Next” for her “beautiful, raw songs” that play like “wise, witty diary entries…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Imogen Heap brings ‘techno romanticism’ to Paramount
Seattle photographer Kam Martin, a regular contributor to this Web site, snapped these images at the Monday (June 14) Imogen Heap concert at the Paramount…
Read Full Article‘Ghost Bikes’ roll at Jim Page CD release party at Fremont Abbey
Jim Page began his singing and songwriting career in the 1970s on the streets of Seattle, creating topical, sometimes satirical songs that provoke thought and…
Read Full Article‘Fortune Smiles’ on local roots-Americana band The Halyards
Most local music fans know Eric Tingstad as one half of Grammy-winning, Northwest acoustic duo Tingstad and Rumbel (with Nancy Rumbel). But last year, Tingstad…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Seattle’s Minus the Bear raises its profile at Sasquatch!
Minus the Bear is moving to a bigger stage, literally and figuratively. This weekend, the Seattle rock band will make its third appearance at the…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: Bing Crosby’s ‘Return to Paradise Islands’ one of six new CDs
Bing Crosby was a Northwest icon long before Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder sang their first tunes. And though he may seem about…
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