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 ArticleSeattle not-for-profit launches live music therapy for hospitalized kids
By GENE STOUT Imagine a live, personalized concert for a sick child – a very direct form of music therapy — delivered right to the…
Read Full ArticlePREVIEW: Anais Mitchell stages her ‘Hadestown’ folk opera in Ballard
By MIKEL TOOMBS Seattle’s Tractor Tavern is going to Hades this week. Fortunately, or perhaps not, it’s just for one night (Thursday, March 29). That’s…
Read Full ArticleMarina and the Diamonds will join Coldplay tour, release new album
By GENE STOUT Marina and the Diamonds – a solo, uptempo alternative-pop act featuring Welsh singer Marina Lambrini Diamandis — will join Coldplay’s worldwide tour,…
Read Full ArticleLady Antebellum review kicks off news partnership with the Seattle Times
By GENE STOUT My popular music and lifestyle blog, GeneStout.com, will be officially “introduced” to Seattle Times readers today with a review of country stars…
Read Full ArticleEighties new wave artist Thomas Dolby takes his Time Capsule on tour
Synth-pop artist Thomas Dolby, who has long had a reputation as pop music’s mad professor, will have something other than a band “in tow” for…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT 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…
Read Full ArticleHeavy rockers The Melvins go ‘lite’ for their June release, ‘Freak Puke’
By GENE STOUT The Melvins — one of the heaviest bands to come out of the Northwest rock scene — is going “lite” with its…
Read Full ArticleMomentum builds for new single and album by Denver group The Fray
Will the success of “Heartbeat” give The Fray’s new album a strong pulse? “Scars & Stories” makes its debut at No. 4 on The Billboard…
Read Full ArticleSpring Fair in Puyallup celebrates the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll
Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news: The Spring Fair in Puyallup is preparing to spread a little rockin’ pneumonia this year. The 23rd…
Read Full ArticleGene Stout makes his debut at the Seattle Times with Paisley review
By GENE STOUT With my review of Brad Paisley’s concert Feb. 11 at the Tacoma Dome, I begin writing occasional music reviews and features for…
Read Full ArticleLive at ShoWare Center: ‘Love on Ice’ promises to be unforgettable
By GENE STOUT You might expect to travel to Los Angeles or New York to attend a live taping of a musical on ice featuring…
Read Full ArticleRESTAURANT REVIEW: Bahama Breeze feels great on a wintry Seattle day
By GENE STOUT Don’t have time or money for a trip to the Caribbean? You can at least pretend at Bahama Breeze Island Grille, a…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Hell’s Belles will shake Seattle all night long
By GENE STOUT Guitarist Adrian Conner, who portrays feisty Angus Young in the all-woman AC/DC tribute band Hell’s Belles, recalls being “thunderstruck” the first time…
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