On this page the following entries were made in the “July, 2009” time-frame.
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Stanley Jordan: four nights at Jazz Alley
On tour following the release of his first major album (as a bandleader) in more than a dozen years, jazz guitarist and “touch virtuoso” Stanley Jordan is playing Aug. 27-30 at Jazz Alley, for a total of five shows. Tickets: $23.50 at Jazzalley.com or 206-441-9729.
Jordan’s new album is “State of Nature” from Mac Avenue Records; [...]
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Indigo Soul, Lions Ambition win ‘Battle of the Tech Bands’ showdown
Techflash: The results are in from Thursday night’s “Battle of the Tech Bands” contest at Pyramid Alehouse.
Lions Ambition, a local hip-hop band with ties to Boeing, was the winner of the “most innovative band” honors. Indigo Soul, a classic-rock group, was chosen “audience favorite.”
The “Summer Celebration” event was sponsored by Xconomy.com and the Washington Technology [...]
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Battle of the Tech Bands
Can geeks rock?
Find out tonight (July 30) at 6 p.m. at the “Battle of the Tech Bands” at Pyramid Alehouse, 1201 First Ave. S., across from Safeco Field.
Finalists include Afraid of Figs, Between These Lines, Indigo Soul, Juda’s Wake and Lions Ambition. You can listen to samples of their music here.
The “summer celebration” [...]
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CONCERT PREVIEW: Sarah Rudinoff, Gretta Harley are ‘Golden’
Seattle musicians Sarah Rudinoff and Gretta Harley, who collaborate as We Are Golden, have such eclectic interests in music and art that the duo has dubbed its upcoming three-part concert “This Is Me Sometimes. . . ”
The show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (July 29) at The Triple Door features a cabaret/ theatrical set by Rudinoff, [...]
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Colbie Caillat launches tour
Singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat, whose career exploded two summers ago on Myspace.com with the release of the song “Bubbly,” is launching a tour Sept. 17 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif.
The summer and fall tour includes a concert Sept. 23 at Seattle’s Showbox SoDo.
Caillat’s breezy, romantic pop songs have become summer staples on pop [...]
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Alice in Chains sets Seattle date
Seattle rock band Alice in Chains, key players in the Seattle rock explosion of the early ’90s, performs Sept. 24 at the Moore Theatre.
Tickets, $25, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, July 31, at Tickets.com, at the Paramount Theatre box office, at 24-hour kiosks outside the Moore and Paramount theaters, online at STGPresents.org and [...]
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Capitol Hill Block Party
Here’s a guest post by Seattle music blogger Jen Stippich, who attended both days of the 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party:
“The Capitol Hill nightclub district was again ground zero for one of the most entertaining and successful summer music festivals in Seattle.
“More than 50 bands and artists packed multiple stages at the Capitol Hill Block [...]
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New ‘Resources’ page at Genestout.com
We’ve added a new page titled “Resources” for links to concerts and festivals at major Seattle-area venues.
You’ll also find an “Artist of the Week” as well as links to music, food, automotive, travel and other Web sites. Much of it will be useful, some merely whimsical.
Just click on “Resources” in the directory to the left.
Bookmark [...]
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Capitol Hill Block Party
Two days, three stages and more than 50 bands.
Seattle’s premier indie music festival, the Capitol Hill Block Party, begins today and continues through Saturday just east of Broadway between East Pine Street and East Union Street. Most of the action takes place on 10th and 11th Avenues and East Pike Street. The main stage is [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Cowboy Junkies, Son Volt at the Woodland Park Zoo
Singer Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies has always been a reluctant star.
Sauntering on stage in a flowery dress last night at the Woodland Park Zoo, Timmins seemed more like an old friend sharing a song at a backyard party than one of the queens of alternative rock and country.
The five-member band that formed in Toronto [...]
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