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Posted on May 26, 2012 By: genestout

Musical worlds collide with Hilary Hahn & Hauschka and Leland Sundries

By MIKEL TOOMBS May Day events in Seattle created quite a “ruckus,” as a certain local publication put it. And now one May night, Tuesday…

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Posted on May 17, 2012 By: genestout

Actor-musician Will Oldham brings his road show to Wolf Haven

By MIKEL TOOMBS Will Oldham, best known as iconoclast indie musician Bonnie “Prince” Billy (bonus points for the superfluous quote marks), established his Pacific Northwest…

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Posted on April 18, 2012 By: genestout

Record Store Day/Seattle features live sets by Dierks Bentley and others

By MIKEL TOOMBS Happy Record Store Day, lower Queen Anne! OK, the Seattle neighborhood isn’t the only one to enjoy the benefits of the annual…

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Posted on March 8, 2012 By: genestout

CONCERT PREVIEW: New Multitudes pay tribute to Woody Guthrie

By MIKEL TOOMBS If you like Woody Guthrie (and isn’t it un-American not to?), this band is your band. Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket front…

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Posted on November 23, 2011 By: genestout

CONCERT PREVIEW: The Deep Dark Woods are gloriously gloomy

By MIKEL TOOMBS “I’ve got these blues that I just can’t lose.” Welcome to the gloriously gloomy Americana of the aptly named The Deep Dark…

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Posted on September 2, 2011September 3, 2011 By: genestout

BUMBERSHOOT: Five best bets for a fabulous festival weekend

by GENE STOUT Think of Bumbershoot as a treasure hunt. The three-day festival beginning Saturday, Sept. 3, and concluding Monday, Sept. 5, is a cultural…

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Posted on August 29, 2011 By: genestout

CONCERT REVIEW: Jeff Bridges plays Bad Blake at Chateau Ste. Michelle

By GENE STOUT The real Bad Blake drinks wine, not whiskey. Movie star and musician Jeff Bridges, who portrayed down-and-out, whiskey-swilling country singer Bad Blake…

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Posted on August 2, 2011 By: genestout

Singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell is the retro queen of the minor key

By MIKEL TOOMBS Eilen Jewell earns another retro grade “A” with her new album, “Queen of the Minor Key.” Eilen fans (rhymes with “ceilin’ fans”)…

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Posted on July 13, 2011 By: genestout

CD REVIEW: New Star Anna album is ‘a raw, rockin’ experience’

By MIKEL TOOMBS Star Anna looks more than a bit like Brandi Carlile in her recent photos, but don’t let that fool you. Apart from…

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Posted on June 20, 2011 By: genestout

Seattle’s Out to Lunch series boasts a stellar lineup — for free

By MIKEL TOOMBS Rodney Crowell, The Paperboys, Wheedle’s Groove, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Star Anna & the Laughing Dogs, Portland Cello Project, Pearl…

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Posted on June 17, 2011June 17, 2011 By: genestout

Brett Dennen kicks off West Coast tour in earth-loving style

Performing songs from his hot-selling fourth studio album, “Loverboy,” singer-songwriter Brett Dennen kicked off the West Coast leg of his current tour with a show…

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Posted on June 17, 2011 By: genestout

A ‘repurposed’ Neptune Theatre reopens June 17 with Mark Lanegan

By MIKEL TOOMBS If you attended any of the Seattle International Film Festival screenings at the Neptune Theatre, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was…

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Posted on June 8, 2011June 8, 2011 By: genestout

Texas-bred songwriter Sarah Jarosz renews her Northwest connection

By MIKEL TOOMBS I once had the distinct pleasure of witnessing Jewel get kicked out of a bar at which she would soon perform. No,…

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Posted on May 1, 2011May 2, 2011 By: genestout

Q&A: Brandi Carlile rocks the symphony with ‘Live at Benaroya’

By GENE STOUT Seattle singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, whose voice is among the most powerful and stirring in the Northwest, calls her new CD “a rock…

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