By GENE STOUT During the holidays, while I was growing up, my mom used to pull out her timeworn LP of Bach and Handel favorites…
Read Full ArticleChris Cornell announces solo album and tour for ‘Higher Truth’
Grammy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated singer songwriter Chris Cornell of Soundgarden fame has announced plans to release a new solo studio album, “Higher Truth.” Due Sept.…
Read Full ArticleNorthwest garage-rock band The Sonics release first new album since 1967
By GENE STOUT Exciting news for fans of classic Northwest rock: legendary band The Sonics will release its first new studio album since 1967 on…
Read Full ArticleActor Vincent D’Onofrio records eccentric ‘punk spoken word’ album
By MIKEL TOOMBS As William Shakespeare, were he alive today (he’d be 450), might have tweeted, “Though this be Method (acting), yet there be madness…
Read Full ArticleSoCal’s Calico trio brings its sweet alt-country to Darrell’s Tavern
By GENE STOUT Calico could be catnip for alt-country fans. The Southern California trio featuring Kirsten Proffit, Manda Mosher and Aubrey Richmond has a sound…
Read Full ArticleGuitarist Tim Reynolds brings his red-hot TR3 to the Tractor Tavern
By GENE STOUT Dave Matthews guitarist Tim Reynolds is back on the road with his group, TR3, featuring Reynolds, bassist Mick Vaughn and drummer Dan…
Read Full ArticleAll-star band gathers at Bumbershoot to perform Big Star’s iconic third album
By MIKEL TOOMBS “Never traveled far,” Replacements singer-guitarist Paul Westerberg sang in the set-closer “Alex Chilton” Sunday at Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival, “without a little Big…
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…
Read Full ArticleKellee Bradley rides life’s ups and downs with new ‘Milestones’ CD
By GENE STOUT It’s been nine years since Northwest singer-songwriter Kellee Bradley has released an album. Her new “Milestones” CD reflects the journeys she has…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Sugar Stems offer ‘wonderfully saccharine’ power pop
By MIKEL TOOMBS With a name like Sugar Stems, the Milwaukee power-pop quintet invites such descriptions as “strawberry-sweet” and “wonderfully saccharine.” How “wonderfully saccharine” are…
Read Full ArticleFormer Seattle singer-songwriter Susan Ruth (Robkin) releases new album
By GENE STOUT Longtime fans will know Susan Ruth as Susan Robkin, a Seattle singer-songwriter with an unforgettable voice and open-hearted spirit. Her songs come…
Read Full ArticleRoots-rocker Chuck Prophet performs five Northwest shows before new album
By GENE STOUT Singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet, formerly of the celebrated roots-rock band Green on Red, will release his 13th studio album, “Night Surfer,” Sept. 23…
Read Full ArticleUpcoming ‘For Pops’ album will pay tribute to blues legend Muddy Waters
“For Pops (A Tribute to Muddy Waters),” celebrating the 100th anniversary of the blues legend’s birth, is due Aug. 19 on Severn Records. The album…
Read Full ArticleSinger-songwriter Rachel Taylor explores ‘darker side of pop’ on new EP
By MIKEL TOOMBS Remember He Is We, the onetime Tacoma-livin’ and then MySpace-driven pop duo? (Remember MySpace?) Well, He Is We is no longer around,…
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