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 ArticleBook passage on the Forest Sun cruise aboard the historic schooner Zodiac
By GENE STOUT Chances are you’ve never been on a cruise quite like this. San Francisco singer-songwriter Forest Sun and his wife, chanteuse Ingrid Serban,…
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,…
Read Full ArticleEminem, Pearl Jam, Outkast, Skrillex headline Austin City Limits Music Festival
The Austin City Limits Music Festival returns for its 13th year Austin’s Zilker Park with an energetic lineup featuring headliner Eminem in his only performance…
Read Full ArticleAn excerpt from the life of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain
By GENE STOUT Kurt Cobain was a mess. Sitting motionless on a tiny stool in a dressing room at the Paramount Theatre on Halloween night…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Linda Perhacs, ‘a most unlikely rock star’
By MIKEL TOOMBS As a dental hygenist, a trade she still plies at age 70, Linda Perhacs has cleaned the teeth of “Cary Grant, Paul…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Amos Lee brings ‘Mountains of Sorrow’ to Paramount
By GENE STOUT Singer-songwriter Amos Lee, who just began a 29-city tour, performs Monday, Feb. 17, at the Paramount Theatre. The show features songs from…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Dave Ellis, Hopeless Sinners and The Halyards at Royal Room
By GENE STOUT Seattle singer-songwriter Dave Ellis and his group, the Hopeless Sinners, join The Halyards for a double header of local bands with strong…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Strong coffee a way of life for these diverse music duos
By MIKEL TOOMBS “Coffee.” It’s not just a way of life. It’s also the new single by Sylvan Esso, the folk/EDM (!) pairing of Mountain…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Marissa Nadler returns with ‘blackest-ever black’ album
By MIKEL TOOMBS How much more black can Marissa Nadler’s new album, “July,” be? It’s “Nadler’s blackest-ever black album,” NPR reports. “This is true that…
Read Full ArticleKongos launch U.S. tour with alternative-rock hit ‘Come With Me Now’
By GENE STOUT Kongos, a Phoenix, Arizona-based band of brothers (by way of London and South Africa), is making waves on the alternative-rock charts with…
Read Full ArticleWith Macklemore & Lewis, a record year for local Grammy nominations
By GENE STOUT With seven award nominations for Seattle rap duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, tonight’s 56th annual Grammy Awards could be a year of…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: A year of milestones leaves Shelby Earl ‘in the pink’
By GENE STOUT On Saturday night, Jan. 25, Seattle singer-songwriter Shelby Earl celebrates the vinyl release of her 2013 album, “Swift Arrows,” with a show…
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