By GENE STOUT There is perhaps no better way to celebrate the Year of the Horse than by attending a performance of “Odysseo,” the $30…
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By GENE STOUT Manuela Horn, dubbed the “Austrian Amazon,” is the headliner of the 2013 Oktoberfest celebration Friday through Sunday, Sept. 20-22, at the Evergreen…
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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 ArticleLeni Stern’s new CD, ‘Smoke, No Fire,’ was recorded in war-torn Mali
By MIKEL TOOMBS “My last album before this one, ‘Sabani,’ was a really happy album. Times were good in Mali,” Leni Stern explained in a…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: World music star M.I.A. live at Showbox at the Market
Seattle photographer Christopher Nelson snapped these photos of avant-garde British singer-songwriter M.I.A., who performed a colorful blend of hip-hop, dance, electronica and world music Sunday…
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 ArticleBumbershoot celebrates its 40th with a diverse lineup, from Drake to Dylan
Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary this weekend with a diverse Mainstage lineup, from Bob Dylan and Hole to The Decemberists,…
Read Full Article2010 Austin City Limits Festival: The Eagles, Muse, Norah Jones and more
The Eagles, Muse, Phish, The Strokes, M.I.A., Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, Vampire Weekend, and Norah Jones top the list of 130 acts announced for…
Read Full ArticleZooTunes summer concert series opens June 27 with Jewel
The 2010 ZooTunes summer concert series kicks off June 27 with Jewel and Radney Foster. Among the other performers: Steve Earle with Joe Ely June…
Read Full ArticleChateau Ste. Michelle Winery announces summer concert series
Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery has announced its 2010 concert series, which is packed with familiar names as well as a few surprises. Among the surprises:…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Charlotte Gainsbourg opens first tour in Seattle
By MIKEL TOOMBS Last night the Crocodile Café turned into Seattle’s French Quarter, with plenty of conversations en français and a soupçon of striped shirts…
Read Full ArticleThe sounds of the southern Sahara drift through The Triple Door
By MIKEL TOOMBS “Is Tinariwen the greatest band on earth?” The online magazine Slate posed that question a couple years back, and the latest release…
Read Full ArticleA holiday music feast with Magical Strings
Singing, dancing, caroling, juggling, storytelling and then some. That’s what you get at a typical Magical Strings Celtic yuletide concert. Now celebrating its 31st year…
Read Full Article‘Cut Loose for Laos’ with Visqueen’s Rachel Flotard and friends
Singer-guitarist Rachel Flotard of Visqueen, whose new album, “Message to Garcia” (Local 638 Records), has received a tsunami of favorable reviews, is throwing a benefit…
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