By GENE STOUT Country music is extremely popular in Seattle, despite the city’s reputation as a mecca for grunge and alternative rock. Now along comes…
Read Full ArticleBilly Corgan has new ‘Impact’ on TV wrestling
By MIKEL TOOMBS If you’re a pro wrestling fan, Monday, April 27, was the greatest day you’ve ever known. Yes, Billy Corgan, “Smashing Pumpkins mastermind…
Read Full ArticlePREVIEW: Singer Dana Fuchs brings her powerhouse show to the Northwest
By GENE STOUT Powerhouse blues-rock singer Dana Fuchs and her band bring their current tour to the Northwest, with shows March 17 and 18 at…
Read Full ArticleBelieve it or not: a campaign to fund a Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan museum
By MIKEL TOOMBS The URL of the Washington Post story says it all: Because Brooklyn, indeed. Comedians Viviana Olen and Matt Harkins have launched a…
Read Full ArticleCrystal Bowersox moves beyond ‘American Idol’ with current show
By MIKEL TOOMBS Crystal Bowersox is no longer someone to dread. That is, the dreadlocks that so unnerved Simon Cowell (always a good thing, in…
Read Full ArticleMaroon 5 kicks off huge tour, heads to Seattle after Academy Awards
This year’s highly anticipated Maroon 5 World Tour will kick off Monday, Feb. 16, when the rock band takes the stage at the American Airlines…
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 ArticleClimate change is no joke for ‘stand-up economist’ Yoram Bauman
By MIKEL TOOMBS A global meltdown may be on the horizon but: tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight! That would be the night of Jan. 28, when…
Read Full ArticleChateau Ste. Michelle launches its 2015 ‘Sessions’ concert series
‘Sessions’ — the intimate, wintertime version of Chateau Ste. Michelle winery’s popular summer concert series — kicks off with a sold-out show by Seattle’s Sunshine…
Read Full ArticleKEXP reveals plans for new location and increased public engagement
By GENE STOUT In the coming year, beloved Seattle nonprofit radio station KEXP will move from its cramped headquarters on Dexter Avenue to a spacious…
Read Full ArticleGladys Knight, Martina McBride and Estelle grace inaugural ‘Skyville Live’
By GENE STOUT On Wednesday, Jan. 14, a new concept in Internet entertainment – “Skyville Live” – will make its debut at 5 p.m. PT…
Read Full ArticleElvis Invitationals competition celebrates 20 years of ‘Burning Love’
By GENE STOUT The Seattle (Elvis) Invitationals contest returns Jan. 23 to the club where it all began 20 years ago — The Crocodile. The…
Read Full ArticleBeloved Northwest band Sleater-Kinney finishes its tour in Seattle
By MIKEL TOOMBS “Where is the love?” Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway famously asked in 1972. “Here,” riot-grrrl survivors Sleater-Kinney answer in 2014. “Right here…
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…
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