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

CONCERT REVIEW: Chris Cornell rocks the rafters at Moore Theatre

By GENE STOUT Even without the crazy news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces, the crowd at Chris Cornell’s hometown solo…

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Posted on April 30, 2011April 30, 2011 By: genestout

Lucinda Williams, Brandi Carlile, Go-Go’s and more at 2011 ZooTunes

The 2011 BECU ZooTunes concert series opens with Taj Mahal June 22 at the Woodland Park Zoo. Other performers in this year’s series include Lucinda…

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Posted on February 7, 2011February 7, 2011 By: genestout

CONCERT PREVIEW: Peter Himmelman bares his soul on a riveting new CD

Singer-songwriter Peter Himmelman received his first round of applause on the day he was born. His mother had chosen to have a natural childbirth without…

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Posted on January 23, 2011January 24, 2011 By: genestout

CD REVIEW: Seattle’s Barbara Ireland turns back time on delicious new disc

Seattle singer-songwriter Barbara Ireland’s new album is a world apart from the glam-punk she once performed as a member of The Fags and other bands.…

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Posted on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 By: genestout

CONCERT REVIEW: Deck the Hall Ball offers a raucous musical buffet

With surprise guests The Presidents of the United States of America, as well as such previously announced bands as Broken Bells, The Black Keys, Jimmy…

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Posted on November 15, 2010November 23, 2010 By: genestout

CONCERT REVIEW: Sold-out Wild Flag show makes a splash at High Dive

By MIKEL TOOMBS If you’d flagged the Friday night (Nov. 12) show at the High Dive as merely a two-thirds Sleater-Kinney reunion, you were wildly…

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Posted on November 3, 2010 By: genestout

Rising Texas singer-songwriter Sahara Smith has a really haunting sound

By MIKEL TOOMBS When Sahara Smith was introduced to me as a “222-year-old rising Texan artist,” I knew I had to check her out. Pretty…

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Posted on September 5, 2010September 6, 2010 By: genestout

CONCERT REVIEW: Star Anna and her all-star band at Bumbershoot

By MIKEL TOOMBS Bumbershoot 2010 got off to a rousing start Saturday, in part because of a surprising set by local favorite Star Anna that…

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Posted on July 5, 2010July 5, 2010 By: genestout

CONCERT 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.,…

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Posted on June 23, 2010 By: genestout

Top Seattle singer-songwriters uncork an evening of wine tasting and music

Wine, Women & Song. Sounds like a perfect evening, doesn’t it? A half dozen or more of the Seattle area’s top female singer-songwriters and rising…

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Posted on June 3, 2010 By: genestout

Wine rocks — and so does the music at the Seattle Hard Rock Cafe

Food and wine pairs naturally, but when you add live music, you’ve got a “wine experience” of a different order. Especially when one of the…

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Posted on May 18, 2010 By: genestout

2010 Austin City Limits Festival: The Eagles, Muse, Norah Jones and more

The Eagles, Muse, Phish, The Strokes, M.I.A., Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, Vampire Weekend, and Norah Jones top the list of 130 acts announced for…

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Posted on May 2, 2010May 2, 2010 By: genestout

CONCERT REVIEW: Magic Carpet Ride rocks Seattle’s Hard Rock Cafe

The Hard Rock Cafe lived up to its name Friday (April 30) with a hard-rocking lineup of local bands led by The Magic Carpet Ride,…

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Posted on March 16, 2010 By: genestout

2010 SXSW music conference: ‘Tomorrow Happens Here’

With more than 2,000 musical acts from across the country and around the world performing on more than 80 stages in downtown Austin, Texas, the…

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