By GENE STOUT We’ve got a winner in the “Pop Up Live” competition you read about last week: Seattle’s Ramona the Band, featuring singer Dion…
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By GENE STOUT If Victoria Wimer Contreras feels like flashing the “Victory” sign, she’s certainly entitled to do so. The Seattle singer and pianist known…
Read Full ArticleSeattle’s Ramona the Band is ‘caught up’ in a national music competition
Seattle’s Ramona the Band has a shot at becoming Ramona the Winner at the 2012 SXSW music, film and interactive conference in Austin, Texas. The…
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 ArticleMudhoney closes cutting-edge Seattle Interactive Conference with edgy set
For a true Mudhoney fan, what could be more tantalizing than an exclusive show at a Seattle nightclub? The veteran grunge band closed the inaugural…
Read Full ArticleSecond annual City Arts Fest brings a hefty harvest of music and culture
By GENE STOUT Sometimes it pays to think big. Organizers of the 2011 Heineken City Arts Fest opening today, Oct. 20, and continuing through Saturday,…
Read Full ArticleBe true to your school; enter NAMM’s third annual SchoolJam competition
By GENE STOUT Here’s a back-to-school gift for high school bands in a competitive mood. The third annual SchoolJam USA program – sponsored by the…
Read Full ArticleWine tourism has added a new dimension to sunny Lake Chelan
By GENE STOUT Lake Chelan isn’t just for summer vacations anymore. Sun-tanning by the pool, boating, waterskiing, jet-skiing, golfing, cruising the main drag in your…
Read Full ArticlePearl Jam’s wondrous one-night stand in Vancouver, B.C.
Seattle photographer Jim Bennett traveled to Vancouver, B.C., to catch Pearl Jam’s concert Sunday, Sept. 25, at Pacific Coliseum. Opening the show was Mudhoney. “They…
Read Full ArticleSeattle music community celebrates 20th anniversary of ‘Nevermind’
By GENE STOUT Many of Seattle’s grunge-era luminaries gathered Tuesday night, Sept. 20, at the Experience Music Project to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Sammy Hagar and the Wabos rock the Puyallup Fair
By GENE STOUT Redheads love Sammy Hager, even if they’re bald, blond, brunette or silvery gray. Like Jimmy Buffett’s Parrotheads, Hagar’s fans (dubbed Redheads) are…
Read Full Article‘Make Your Escape’ to the 2011 Puyallup Fair
By GENE STOUT The theme for this year’s Puyallup Fair, one of the biggest of its kind in the United States, is “Make Your Escape.”…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Hall and Oates close Bumbershoot with rockin’ soul
By GENE STOUT No music fan was too young or too old for Daryl Hall and John Oates’ Bumbershoot weekend finale Monday night, Sept. 5,…
Read Full ArticleBUMBERSHOOT: A few images from Day One of the festival
Seattle’s 2011 Bumbershoot festival opened Saturday, Sept. 3, with dozens of musical performances on more than a half dozen stages (and a lot of sidewalks…
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