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: Tacoma’s Eliot Lipp inspired by ‘turntable treasures’
By MIKEL TOOMBS Do you think Eliot Lipp, the electronica performer hailed by Urb.com as being on “the cutting edge of beatwork,” remembers his old…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Victoria Wimer Contreras puts the ‘V’ in VIP series
By GENE STOUT If Victoria Wimer Contreras feels like flashing the “Victory” sign, she’s certainly entitled to do so. The Seattle singer and pianist known…
Read Full ArticleSecond annual City Arts Fest brings a hefty harvest of music and culture
By GENE STOUT Sometimes it pays to think big. Organizers of the 2011 Heineken City Arts Fest opening today, Oct. 20, and continuing through Saturday,…
Read Full ArticleI’ll drink to that: Heineken City Arts Festival returns for 2011
By GENE STOUT Pass the beer and put me on the guest list for the 2011 Heineken City Arts Festival. The second annual city-wide Seattle…
Read Full ArticleTractor Tavern celebrates spring with ‘engagingly quirky’ Olof Arnalds
By MIKEL TOOMBS Bumper sticker recently spotted in Seattle’s Phinney Ridge neighborhood: “FLEE BALLARD.” (That car hadn’t gotten far.) No matter how trendy it’s become,…
Read Full ArticleComedian Rich Vos headlines Bob Rivers’ ‘Twisted Christmas’ show
Comedian Rich Vos, a master at working a crowd, is the featured guest at Bob Rivers’ “Twisted Christmas” party Thursday, Dec. 9, at the Snoqualmie…
Read Full ArticleSoul Asylum headlines Lounge Acts 2010, a Kurt Cobain benefit concert
Grammy winners Soul Asylum and Seattle band Sweet Water headline Lounge Acts 2010, a fourth annual Kurt Cobain Memorial Foundation benefit concert Nov. 13 at…
Read Full ArticleThe 22nd annual Earshot Jazz Festival announces adventurous lineup
Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival returns Oct. 15 and continues through Nov. 7 with more than 50 performances throughout Seattle. The renowned jazz festival, now in…
Read Full ArticleCapitol Hill Block Party offers an edgy, intense weekend of live music
The operative word in Capitol Hill Block Party is “party.” There’s nothing laid-back about this annual music festival in the heart of Seattle’s Capitol Hill…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Alt-country band The Old 97’s at Showbox at the Market
Dallas-based alt-country band The Old 97’s played last Wednesday (June 30) at Showbox at the Market. Along with Uncle Tupelo, The Jayhawks, Whiskeytown and other…
Read Full Article‘Fortune Smiles’ on local roots-Americana band The Halyards
Most local music fans know Eric Tingstad as one half of Grammy-winning, Northwest acoustic duo Tingstad and Rumbel (with Nancy Rumbel). But last year, Tingstad…
Read Full ArticleWine 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…
Read Full Article‘Wine, Women and Song’ pairs local songwriters with women winemakers
Singer-songwriters Kim Virant, Sera Cahoone, Star Anna, Victoria Wimer Contreras, Barbara Ireland, Betsy Olson and others — an impeccable array of artists — are performing…
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