By GENE STOUT The former Yugoslavia might seem like an unusual place to begin a blues career. But Ana Popovic, born in 1976 in Belgrade…
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By GENE STOUT I’m thrilled to report that GeneStout.com has reached its highest readership since the website’s debut in 2009. In the month of December…
Read Full ArticleSeattle bands are gearing up for Moe’s | Neumos anniversary shows
By GENE STOUT Country-rock band Brent Amaker and the Rodeo are among a slew of Seattle area bands playing this week’s anniversary shows for Moe’s…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Massy Ferguson plows into the new year at Tractor Tavern
By GENE STOUT It’s a perfect fit: Seattle country-rock band Massy Ferguson (named for the company that makes tractors and farm equipment, but with a…
Read Full ArticleNew Year’s Eve at the Swedish Club is served with a pancake ‘toast’
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 ArticleX and the Blasters celebrate a rockin’ ‘Family X-Mas’ at El Corazon
By MIKEL TOOMBS The first time I saw X and the Blasters perform together was in, wait for it, 1980. That show, at the North…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Rosie Flores shreds the holidays with a ‘Mex-mas’ show
By MIKEL TOOMBS There’s a flyer on a local lamppost advertising Girls That Shred, a benefit concert for Skate Like a Girl that will take…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Pearl Jam ‘comes home’ at KeyArena
By GENE STOUT It was a Pearl Jam homecoming concert like no other. A buoyant Eddie Vedder led the iconic Seattle rock group in a…
Read Full ArticleSallie Ford brings her ‘bluesy, sweaty, badass’ rock ‘n’ roll to The Crocodile
By GENE STOUT The queen of brash, lusty rockabilly tunes returns to Seattle for a show Dec. 19 at The Crocodile. Sallie Ford & The…
Read Full ArticlePearl Jam receiving great reviews as sold-out Seattle show approaches
By GENE STOUT David Greenwald’s very positive review of Pearl Jam’s Portland concert in The Oregonian is typical of the kind of press the Seattle…
Read Full ArticleSnoqualmie Casino lineup boasts Burt Bacharach, Stars of Saturday Night Live
By GENE STOUT Snoqualmie Casino, located off I-90 exit 27 near North Bend about 30 minutes east of Seattle, has announced a surprisingly diverse January-February…
Read Full ArticleThe Head and the Heart will represent Seattle at Deck the Hall Ball
By GENE STOUT In what may be the most international lineup in the history of 107.7 The End’s Deck the Hall Ball, Seattle’s The Head…
Read Full ArticleAlice in Chains kicks off U.K. tour at London’s Alexandra Palace
By GENE STOUT Seattle’s Alice in Chains kicked off a tour of the United Kingdom last weekend with the biggest British show in its 25-year…
Read Full ArticleFormer R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck announces third Baja music festival
By GENE STOUT Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, a longtime Seattle resident, has announced the dates and lineup for the third annual Todos Santos Music…
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