By GENE STOUT Here’s something a little different for Jazz Alley: Ricky Skaggs, the reigning king of contemporary bluegrass, performs June 13 at the downtown…
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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 ArticleSeattle musical forecast: Storm Large brewing at Benaroya Hall
By MIKEL TOOMBS Our Doppler radar shows that a Storm Large will hit Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3.…
Read Full ArticleSeattle singer V. Contreras celebrates ‘Lush’ video and upcoming album
By GENE STOUT Seattle singer V. Contreras (a.k.a. Victoria Wimer Contreras) is known to local music fans as a vocalist with the Seattle Rock Orchestra,…
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By GENE STOUT The initial lineup for the 2013 Noise for the Needy festival June 20-23 features Said the Whale, Polyrhythmics, Smokey Brights, River Giant,…
Read Full ArticleAmericana/alt-country singer Star Anna throws a ‘benefit’ for her new album
By MIKEL TOOMBS Think globally, buy locally. That seems to be the current philosophy of West Seattle’s Star Anna, who last October headlined the Seattle…
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 ArticleSeattle rock photographers honored in two exhibits opening this week
By GENE STOUT Twenty Seattle concert photographers – many of them regular contributors to GeneStout.com – are featured in a special exhibit in April at…
Read Full ArticleSinger-songwriter Courtney Jaye adopts a country-pop vibe on her new CD
By GENE STOUT Singer-songwriter Courtney Jaye has made many journeys in her musical life, beginning in her hometown of Pittsburgh and later in Georgia, Texas,…
Read Full ArticleFormer ‘American Idol’ runner-up Crystal Bowersox tours behind her 2nd CD
By MIKEL TOOMBS The late, great rock critic Lester Bangs, portrayed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous,” once dubbed an LP by…
Read Full ArticleEye on Austin: Macklemore, Iggy Pop, Reignwolf and other images of SXSW
Seattle photographer Jim Bennett captured a slew of images from the recent SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Check out Bennett’s images of Seattle rapper Macklemore…
Read Full ArticleJustin Timberlake releases arty video of his second single, ‘Mirrors’
By GENE STOUT Justin Timberlake’s new video for “Mirrors” spans decades, tracing a couple’s lifelong relationship with a sweeping, cinematic storyline. There’s also a lot…
Read Full ArticleBuenos Aires’ 34 Puñaladas quintet draws from tango’s dark past
By MIKEL TOOMBS Seattleites know that there’s much more to Argentina than the new pope. Notably, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra rang out 2012 with a…
Read Full Article‘No Show (George) Jones’ plans one final show in Nashville
By MIKEL TOOMBS Make your travel plans now. On Nov. 22 George Jones, 81, will perform his final concert, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Jones is…
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