Here are my recommendations for weekend concerts. But as they say, tickets are going fast! Brandi Carlile: The Maple Valley singer, songwriter and guitarist is…
Read Full ArticleA Moment With: Rachel Flotard of Seattle band Visqueen
Visqueen’s new album, “Message to Garcia,” is as much about joy and inspiration and soaring over life’s hurtles as it is about sadness and grief.…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: Brandi Carlile’s ‘Give Up the Ghost’
Northwest singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile’s last album, “The Story,” was recorded in about two weeks. But her latest album, due in stores Oct. 6, took more…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Alice in Chains at the Moore Theatre
On a busy week of homecoming shows by big Seattle bands — Pearl Jam, Heart and Alice in Chains — it was Alice that had…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Pearl Jam and Ben Harper and Relentless7 at KeyArena
Though Pearl Jam can now call itself an indie band after releasing a new album on its own label, the Seattle group is still playing…
Read Full ArticlePREVIEW: Dead Confederate and Meat Puppets at Chop Suey
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a guest post by music writer Mikel Toombs: It’s not hard to spot the Northwest Connection here: Meat Puppets and…
Read Full ArticleRolling Stone reviews Pearl Jam’s ‘Backspacer’; tour opens Monday
Rolling Stone has posted one of the first national reviews of Pearl Jam’s ninth studio album, “Backspacer,” due Sunday from the band’s own MonkeyWrench Records.…
Read Full ArticleREVIEW: Katy Perry at Bumbershoot
Katy Perry kissed a girl — and the world didn’t come to an end. The perky, sassy MTV star opened the Bumbershoot mainstage at Memorial…
Read Full ArticleNickelback, Hinder, Papa Roach and Saving Abel at The Gorge
Weather forecast at The Gorge on Saturday: a chance of thunderstorms and precipitation. Forecast on stage: 100 percent chance of thunder and lightning. Hard-rock fans…
Read Full ArticlePrivate party for Alice in Chains fans
It was the hottest ticket in town, but it didn’t cost a dime. Seattle rock band Alice in Chains celebrated the upcoming release of “Black…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Elvis Costello at Chateau Ste. Michelle
Has Elvis Costello “gone country”? Not quite. But there’s definitely a twang in his sound these days. His current album, “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane,” explores…
Read Full ArticleVintage Elvis Costello plays the winery
Though he has a new album to promote, Elvis Costello will surely offer a generous tasting of his vintage songs Sunday night at the Chateau…
Read Full ArticleSusan Tedeschi rocks the zoo
Susan Tedeschi celebrated the summertime blues at Woodland Park Zoo. Wednesday night’s Zootunes concert, which included an opening set my fellow Floridians JJ Grey &…
Read Full ArticleStanley Jordan: four nights at Jazz Alley
On tour following the release of his first major album (as a bandleader) in more than a dozen years, jazz guitarist and “touch virtuoso” Stanley…
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