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With the launch this year of her own recording label, Everso Records, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne was finally free to release a first-time Christmas CD…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: Thursday is Jennifer Knapp time in Seattle, after all. After cancelling her Town Hall gig, which was speculated about here, the newly “out”…
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The Winter Wonder Slam tour featuring Toby Mac, Relient K, Kutless (continuing with the car themes), Stephanie Smith and B. Reith rolls into the Seattle…
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