By GENE STOUT If ’80s New Wave band Duran Duran had any misgivings about adding a state fair date to their current tour, they must…
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By GENE STOUT Still witty and engaging after decades of performing, 80-year-old Frankie Valli led his storied vocal group on a baby boomer nostalgia trip…
Read Full ArticleGet ready to groove on Motown legend Smokey Robinson’s new duets CD
By GENE STOUT The release date for “Smokey & Friends,” a new Verve Records album of duets by the Grammy-winning Detroit singer-songwriter and Motown icon…
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By GENE STOUT Those who go out on New Year’s Eve are always looking for something different. The fabulously fun-loving Three Crowns Ball at the…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: ‘It’s Magic,’ Steve Tyrell’s tribute to Sammy Cahn
By GENE STOUT Ever since singing “The Way You Look Tonight” in “Father of the Bride,” the 1991 movie starring Steve Martin, Steve Tyrell has…
Read Full Article‘Shakespearean’ Molly Ringwald adds second show at Jazz Alley
By MIKEL TOOMBS “Tony Randall. Mary Tyler Moore. Molly Ringwald.” “Molly Ringwald, Cordelia, King Lear, Godard.” The first reference is to Bikini Kill’s great riot-grrrl…
Read Full ArticleMolly Ringwald pays homage to the Great American Songbook
By MIKEL TOOMBS Molly Ringwald became famous, of course, as the late film writer-director John Hughes’ muse, starring in “Sixteen Candles” (1984), which explored the…
Read Full ArticleThe Beach Boys’ 50th anniversary DVD is just in time for Christmas
By GENE STOUT For the Beach Boys fan in your household, don’t forget to add the new DVD “The Beach Boys: Live in Concert –…
Read Full ArticleVocal group that inspired Brian Wilson performs two Seattle-area shows
By GENE STOUT The Beach Boys’ vocal harmonies were inspired in part by one of the most popular male vocal groups of the ‘50s, The…
Read Full ArticleMadonna returns to Seattle — the city where it all began 27 years ago
By GENE STOUT Twenty-seven years after opening her first concert tour in Seattle, Madonna thrilled fans with two hours of music and spectacle Tuesday night,…
Read Full ArticleLove him or hate him, pop icon Neil Diamond is still going strong at 71
By GENE STOUT You may have little use for Neil Diamond and his schmaltzy, can’t-get-’em-out-of-your-head pop and rock tunes. But at 71, the man is…
Read Full ArticleKenny G dreams of putting his saxophones in the hands of students
By GENE STOUT Saxophonist Kenny G begins a four-night, eight-show engagement Thursday night (April 26) at Jazz Alley. It’s a rare Seattle club appearance for…
Read Full ArticleMeat Loaf kicks off summer concert series at Snoqualmie Casino
The Snoqualmie Casino’s 2012 summer concert series at the Mountain View Plaza kicks off with Meat Loaf June 30. Also performing are Joan Jett, Smokey…
Read Full Article‘Hot Talk’ radio guy Tom Leykis returns in April with new webcast
Longtime Seattle radio fans will recall the “Hot Talk” thrill ride of edgy, syndicated host Tom Leykis, whose syndicated show moved to KISW in 2005…
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