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Laura Cash had the good fortune to become the wife of John Carter Cash and daughter-in-law of the late Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. But her career as a singer and fiddler began at the opposite side of the country in her native Corvallis, Ore., long before she ever dreamed of being a part of one of Nashville’s legendary families....
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From former P-I music critic Gene Stout's blog:
No Jackson Browne concert would be complete without such signature songs as “Rock Me on the Water,” “Running on Empty,” “Doctor My Eyes” and “For Everyman.”
Browne, backed by a four-piece band that featured longtime friend David Lindley, delivered...
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The operative word in Capitol Hill Block Party is “party.”
There’s nothing laid-back about this annual music festival in the heart of Seattle’s Capitol Hill nightclub district Friday through Sunday (July 23-25). It’s urban, edgy, intense and demographically focused on a young audience passionate about emerging talent....
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Neil Young (photo: Jim Bennett)
Neil Young brought his solo, “Twisted Road” tour to Seattle this week, performing Tuesday (July 20) at...
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Are you satisfied that oil-eating microbes will tidy up the Gulf of Mexico after this year’s mammoth oil spill? Or would you prefer to do something about it yourself — and have fun at the same time?
“Hootenanny for a Healthy Gulf” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Moore Theatre is the latest musical fundraiser for a good cause — and it boasts a lineup of local rock luminaries that includes Mike McCready and Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam), Duff McKagan (Guns ‘N Roses) and Kim Warnick (The Fastbacks). Warnick will lead a Fastbacks reunion at the show.
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: The photo of McCready was incorrectly attributed in a previous version of this story. The photo was taken by Anna Knowlden.)
Seattle artist Jesse Higman, recipient of a 2009 Mayor’s Arts Award, has designed the album cover for Heart’s new disc, “Red Velvet Car.” The band’s first studio album in six years is due Aug. 31.
Higman, who was paralyzed at 15 by a car accident and wheel-chair-bound ever since, received a degree from Eastern Washington University, where he studied art, English and philosophy.
Higman used hand sketches and 3-D modeling software to create the classic-car grill motif for the Heart album.
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Lady Gaga has come a long, long way since her first performance at the Tacoma Dome in 2008 as opening act for New Kids on the Block.
During her overwrought set, she kept shouting, “Hello, Seattle,” apparently unaware of where she was.
But in her triumphant return to the Tacoma Dome Saturday night (Aug. 21), Gaga was keenly aware of her location — and of its significance to her career. Just weeks after performing with NKOTB, Gaga was a pop star with her first hit.
“There must be something magic about this room,” the singer told a capacity crowd dressed in wild costumes (yellow caution tape and spike heels were popular accessories).
Singer-songwriter Joe Pug, who opens Wednesday (Aug. 11) for the remarkable Levon Helm Band at the Woodland Park Zoo, has earned quite the reputation for “Messenger,” the follow-up to his EP “Nation of Heat.”
“Unless your surname is Dylan, Waits, Ritter or Prine,” a Paste Magazine writer opined, “you could face-palm yourself to death trying to pen songs half as inspired as the 10 tracks on Joe Pug’s debut full-length.” (more)
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Laura Cash had the good fortune to become the wife of John Carter Cash and daughter-in-law of the late Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. But her career as a singer and fiddler began at the opposite side of the country in her native Corvallis, Ore., long before she ever dreamed of being a part of one of Nashville’s legendary families.
In 1999, she was invited to play fiddle with June Carter Cash during a tour supporting the album “Press On.” It was on that tour that Laura Cash met her future husband. She later played on two Johnny Cash albums, “American III” and “American IV,” as well as June Carter Cash’s “Wildwood Flower.”
The big news this summer is the release of Laura Cash’s second solo album, “Awake But Dreaming” (Cash House Records), recorded at the family’s Cash Cabin Studio (her first album, “Among My Souvenirs,” came out in 2003). The self-produced album is a mix of bluegrass, swing and traditional...
From former P-I music critic Gene Stout's blog:
No Jackson Browne concert would be complete without such signature songs as “Rock Me on the Water,” “Running on Empty,” “Doctor My Eyes” and “For Everyman.”
Browne, backed by a four-piece band that featured longtime friend David Lindley, delivered them with the energy, flair and passion that fans have come to expect Friday night (July 30) at Chateau Ste. Michelle.
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Texas country singer, novelist, humorist, cigar peddler and former gubernatorial candidate Richard S. “Kinky” Friedman hasn’t written a new song in at least 20 years. But such tunes as “The Ballard of Charles Whitman” (the Texas tower sniper), “Ride ‘Em Jewboy” and his cover of Chinga Chavin’s “A**hole from El Paso” have brought him a cult following that extends as far away as Europe.
“This European tour we did last year was really something,” Friedman, 65, said by phone from his Texas ranch. “It was all sold out and we went to seven different countries. And the audiences were very young and they knew every lyric and they’d read every book."
Friedman, a Chicago native who grew up in central Texas with parents who founded a children’s camp, rose to fame in the 1970s, along with a lot of other “outlaw country” musicians. His outrageous (and to some, offensive) songs and eccentric stage persona...
The operative word in Capitol Hill Block Party is “party.”
There’s nothing laid-back about this annual music festival in the heart of Seattle’s Capitol Hill nightclub district Friday through Sunday (July 23-25). It’s urban, edgy, intense and demographically focused on a young audience passionate about emerging talent.
From big headliners such as MGMT, Atmosphere, Yeasayer, Jaguar Love and The Dead Weather (Jack White’s gothic-rock band) to local artists THEESatisfaction, Macklemore and The Maldives, CHBP is a candy store of urban hipster sounds. (more)
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Neil Young (photo: Jim Bennett)
Neil Young brought his solo, “Twisted Road” tour to Seattle this week, performing Tuesday (July 20) at the Paramount Theatre. (Bert Jansch opened the concert.)
Young didn’t provide review tickets to the sold-out show, but I was able to arrange a photo pass for Seattle photographer Jim Bennett, who captured these images near the beginning of a concert that included such songs as “My, My, Hey, Hey (Out of the Blue)” and “Tell Me Why.”
Josiah Leming, one of the stars of season seven of “American Idol,” will release his much-anticipated debut album, “Come on Kid,” Aug. 10 on Warner Bros. Records.
Seattle fans will get a chance to hear such songs as “Maybe,” “Arctic Outcry Wind,” “Body and Mind” and the title tune when Leming performs Thursday at Chop Suey. Headliner is Alex Band of The Calling and Fight the Current. All ages are welcome. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 In advance, $18 at the door.
“Music is in my blood,” he says. “It’s the only thing I want to do. I’d rather die in a ditch somewhere than not be able to make music. There are no other options for me. Music is my way of getting things out. It has saved my life many times.”
From former P-I pop music critic Gene Stout's blog:
U2’s 360° tour dates in the U.S., which were postponed because of Bono’s emergency back surgery, have all been rescheduled for the spring and summer of 2011. All tickets corresponding to previous dates will be honored at the rescheduled performances.
The rescheduled Seattle concert will be June 4, 2011, at Qwest Field.
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From former Seattle P-I critic Gene Stout's blog:
Walla Walla got its name from a Native American phrase meaning “place of many waters.” Today, it’s a place of many wines.
The Walla Walla Valley, home to more than 100 wineries, is one of the biggest wine-producing areas of Washington State, which is among the top five states for U.S. wine production.
So it was no surprise that the town in the southeastern corner of the state was chosen (by the bloggers themselves) as the destination for the 2010 North American Wine Bloggers Conference, a new media gathering that drew more than 300 wine buffs — myself among them — from around the country and around the world. The conference was June 25-27 at the historic Marcus Whitman Hotel.
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From former P-I pop music critic Gene Stout's blog:
Singer Steve Tyrell may have picked the hottest week of the year to play Seattle, but don’t let a heat wave keep you away from one of his wonderful shows.
Backed by a five-piece band, Tyrell is rolling out his Burt Bacharach tribute at Jazz Alley, with shows scheduled through Sunday (July 11). And he’s throwing in a great selection of other standards for people who love music with a rich history.
Tuesday night, Tyrell and company opened a six-night run with such classic tunes as “It Had to Be You,” “The Look of Love” and “Isn’t It Romantic?” — all sung in a warm, slightly raspy baritone that makes every song sound romantic. His style is so laid-back that he makes complicated songs sound effortless.
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Today’s blogging culture represents a multitude of interests, from music and movies to wine and food — actually, just about anything.
This weekend, more than 300 wine bloggers from around the state and around the country will gather in Walla Walla — dubbed “the city so nice, they named it twice” — for the 2010 Wine Bloggers Conference/ North America at the Marcus Whitman Hotel.
The bloggers conference is like a South by Southwest (SXSW) for wine bloggers. It’s a mix of academic sessions, keynote speakers, winery excursions, great food, and, of course, wine tasting (including a taco truck tasting). And it’s completely sold out.
Among the events are two “live wine blogging” sessions, one for white wines and one for reds. (more)
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The Psychedelic Furs’ latest tour kicked off May 27 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando, Fla., and included a show Saturday (June 19) at Seattle’s Showbox SoDo.
Seattle photographer Kam Martin snapped the accompanying photos of the band in Seattle. Founded in England in 1977 during the height of the punk-rock scene, the group is led by singer Richard Butler and his brother, Tim Butler, on bass. (more)
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Talk about pickin’ and grinnin’.
In a concert Saturday night (June 19) at Chateau Ste. Michelle, Steve Martin (yes, the comedian) and the Steep Canyon Rangers, a bluegrass band from Asheville, N.C., offered just the right combination of expert playing and delightful goofiness.
Even Wally, Martin’s yellow lab, got into the act by sniffing around the stage, unimpressed by his master’s prowess on banjo and his running comedic commentary.
This was a fun concert. And Martin was a funny guy, hamming it up with jokes and commentary about his second career as a banjo player with a bluegrass band.
“In Hollywood, I tell people I met them in rehab,” Martin quipped about the Rangers, whom he actually met in North Carolina, where no rehab was involved.
Dressed in a white jacket, black slacks and a bright-green tie, Martin led the band through a wonderful set of original songs, beginning with “Pitkin County Turnaround,” “Daddy Played the Banjo” (featuring...
The West Seattle Summer Fest, now in its 28th year, is shaping up to be a great party.
The all-ages, absolutely free outdoor festival is July 9-11 at the West Seattle Junction at the intersection of California Avenue S.W. and S.W. Alaska Street.
Organizers are promising a big-name surprise band, but won’t announce it just yet. And Saturday closes with a “Family Street Dance.”
The lineup is a Who’s Who of local indie-rock, alt-country, Americana and tribute acts, as well as some interesting newcomers.
Among the performers: Hell’s Belles (the all-woman AC/DC tribute), singer-songwriters Kim Virant, Kristen Ward, Marc Olsen and others; Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Memphis Radio Kings, Billie Joe and the Dusty 45’s and The School Of Rock All Stars (performing “Live Aid Remade,” with songs by David Bowie, Queen, Judas Priest, U2 and more).
Virant will also be featured at the “Wine, Women & Song” concert June 25 at Tom Douglas’...
In the mid- ’60s, the Supremes rose from Detroit’s housing projects to become the queens of Motown Records.
At the height of their fame in 1968, the singing group led by Diana Ross played a command performance for the Queen Mother.
Over time, their costumes became progressively more flamboyant, thanks to big budgets and celebrity designers such as Bob Mackie.
But in the beginning, original Supremes Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard shopped at Woolworth’s.
“We would buy pearls for $5 to $10, and $10 was over the top. So we tried to get them for $6.50 each,” Mary Wilson recalled with a laugh during a media tour of “Reflections: The Mary Wilson Supreme Legacy Collection,” an eye-popping exhibit of Supremes costumes on display through Sept. 6 at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
“Pearls were the thing,” Wilson continued. “And we used to wear little white gloves. And basically a nice dress.
“We...
The 5 Spot on Queen Anne is serving a Seattle P-I Memorial Salmon Burger this month. "While some wouldn't use the P-I as a fish wrapper, we miss having that second voice in our daily dialogue," reads the menu. "The wrapper here is a grilled brioche bun with a strictly Seattle burger of fresh salmon, peppadew peppers, panko and lemon-caper aioli. Served with Jo-Jo's." It's not exactly recession-priced at $12.50. (The menu found via this link is worded a little differently and prices the salmon burger higher -- at $14.50.)
The stars aligned for the Crosby, Stills & Nash concert at Chateau Ste. Michelle. And so did the sun.
Sporting sunglasses and perhaps smarting from the bright sun in their eyes, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash kicked off their sold-out concert Saturday (June 12) with the folk-rock anthem, “Woodstock.”
“What’s that big yellow thing in the sky?” Nash said, joking about Seattle’s reputation for gray skies and rain.
Great weather — after weeks of clouds and drizzle — and a first-rate concert made the season opener at the winery in Woodinville a stellar event.
The main field to the west of the stage was packed with picnicking concertgoers, wine glasses in hand.
And though CS&N have performed dozens of shows in the Northwest over the decades, this one just seemed to hit all the right notes. At least most of the time.
“We’re ba-ack!” Nash shouted as the group continued with old favorites “Military Madness” and...
The music lineup for the 40th annual Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival features Bob Dylan, Mary J. Blige, Weezer, Hole, Rise Against, Neko Case, The Decemberists, J. Cole, Seattle rock band Visqueen and others.
Music icon Dylan, a frequent visitor to the Northwest who has even performed at the Puyallup Fair, makes his first appearance at Bumbershoot. The booking has generated a lot of excitement since it was announced in the back pages of Rolling Stone magazine.
Cole, the first artist signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label, is also making his first visit to the festival. The lineup has a great deal of diversity, with performers that appeal to a wide array of interests and demographic groups.
New this year is the Bumbershoot Standard Ticket ($40 advance/ $50 gate), which includes guaranteed access to Mainstage performances. This replaces the previous system of waiting in line upon arrival at the festival for a separate pass. (more)
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Minus the Bear is moving to a bigger stage, literally and figuratively.
This weekend, the Seattle rock band will make its third appearance at the Sasquatch! Music Festival at The Gorge. But the group will play the sprawling main stage instead of one of the smaller side stages.
The group even has lights and video for its latest tour, though the production may be hard to appreciate in full daylight when the band takes the stage at 2:15 p.m. Saturday (May 29) on the opening day of the three-day festival. [Tickets are sold out.]
The timing of the band’s main stage debut couldn’t be better. Minus the Bear’s fourth full-length album, “Omni,” is the highest-charting recording in the group’s nearly 10-year history. And it features a big, expansive sound that blends the group’s signature, progressive-rock sound with soul, funk, R&B and hip-hop in such songs as “My Time,” “Summer Angel” and “Secret Country.” (more)
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The first big disappointment of the spring-and-summer concert season is the postponement of the U2 360° North American concert tour, which included a June 20 concert at Qwest Field.
The North American tour will resume next year, with dates to be announced soon by Live Nation. Ticketholders are encouraged to hold onto their tickets.
Lead singer Bono has been discharged from Ludwig Maximilians-University (LMU) Hospital in Munich... (more)
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Singer-songwriters Kim Virant, Sera Cahoone, Star Anna, Victoria Wimer Contreras, Barbara Ireland, Betsy Olson and others — an impeccable array of artists — are performing at the inaugural “Wine, Women & Song” concert at 7 p.m. June 25 at Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom.
Still to be announced is the lineup of women winemakers from Washington State wineries. The event includes wine tasting, cocktails, appetizers and live music. (more)
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 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (May 15) at the Temple Theatre in Tacoma.
The lineup includes White and former Heart band members Howard Leese, Steve Fossen, Roger Fisher and Michael Derosier, as well as singer Somar Macek, violinist Geoffrey Castle, singer-guitarist Tracy Bonham and the Seahawks’ Blue Thunder drum troupe.
Leese, Fossen, Fisher and Derosier are performing together for the first time in three decades, with Macek on vocals.
The concert honors Native American Beaverchief, also known as Fred Jamison, who was from a long line of “Indian doctoring” people. (more)
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