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CONCERT PREVIEW: ‘Kinky’ Friedman saddles up for a West Coast tour
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 [...]
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Capitol Hill Block Party offers an edgy, intense weekend of live music
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 [...]
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PHOTO GALLERY: Neil Young takes a ‘Twisted Road’ to Seattle
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 [...]
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CONCERT PREVIEW: Mary Gauthier finds ‘emotional center’ on new CD
By MIKEL TOOMBS
Mary Gauthier, who appears Wednesday (July 21) at the Tractor Tavern, continues to do what she does best, crafting songs that resonate widely out of her own travails.
“I think the most personal things about us, those are the most universal things. What I look at as the artist’s job is to reveal those [...]
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CONCERT PREVIEW: ‘American Idol’ hopeful Josiah Leming debuts new CD
Josiah Leming, one of the stars of season seven of “American Idol,” will release his much-anticipated debut album, “Come on Kid,” Sept. 14 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. [...]
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