By GENE STOUT Among those I interviewed for my recent Seattle Times story on local rock band Queensryche and its legal woes was rock journalist…
Read Full ArticleLeon Hendrix and Randy Hansen featured at Jimi Hendrix charity gala
The Jimi Hendrix 70th Birthday Charity Gala and Art Show will feature performances by brother Leon Hendrix, as well as Hendrix tribute musician Randy Hansen.…
Read Full ArticleTickets and wristbands are now on sale for 2012 Heineken City Arts Fest
Individual tickets and all-access wristbands for the 2012 Heineken City Arts Fest Oct. 17-20 are now on sale at the official website. City Arts Fest…
Read Full ArticleCarson Henley celebrates his marathon ‘100 Hours’ with a CD release party
By GENE STOUT Seattle singer-songwriter Carson Henley compares the marathon recording session for his newly released album to “pulling an all-nighter before the big test.”…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Hearth-warming shows for the holidays
By GENE STOUT ‘Tis the season for little morsels of holiday music. Or, more appropriately, big bites. Between now and Christmas, the largest shows of…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Seattle’s Jim Page supports Veterans for Peace
By GENE STOUT Iconic Seattle folk musician and activist Jim Page will perform a benefit for Veterans for Peace at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19,…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: Camille Bloom inspires with ‘Never Out of Time’
Endorsed by Gibson Guitars, Seattle singer-songwriter Camille Bloom may be an international star in the making. In fact, over the last six years, she has…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: deadmau5 perks ears at Paramount Theatre
By GENE STOUT Seattle photographer Jim Bennett shot these photos of Toronto, Canada, progressive electronic artist and house producer deadmau5 (the stage name for Joel…
Read Full ArticleA ‘repurposed’ Neptune Theatre reopens June 17 with Mark Lanegan
By MIKEL TOOMBS If you attended any of the Seattle International Film Festival screenings at the Neptune Theatre, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: Paul Simon returns with ever-graceful ‘So Beautiful’
By MIKEL TOOMBS As he has since at least 1956, when Simon and Garfunkel first became a duo, Paul Simon ponders the mysteries of the…
Read Full ArticlePaul Simon returns to Seattle with new album ‘So Beautiful Or So What’
By MIKEL TOOMBS There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only two to see Paul Simon live in Seattle. You…
Read Full ArticleSeattle rap duo Blue Scholars kick off inaugural City Arts Fest with big beats
Seattle’s Blue Scholars, reportedly the first local rap duo to headline the Paramount Theatre, kicked off the first City Arts Fest Wednesday night. The lineup…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Imogen Heap brings ‘techno romanticism’ to Paramount
Seattle photographer Kam Martin, a regular contributor to this Web site, snapped these images at the Monday (June 14) Imogen Heap concert at the Paramount…
Read Full ArticleFormer members of Heart perform at Synergia Northwest 2010 concert
A phalanx of Northwest rock stars, including Alan White of Yes and four former members of Heart, will join a 46-piece orchestra for Synergia Northwest…
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