On this page the following entries were made in the “April, 2011” time-frame.
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Nirvana legend rocks on with retrospective EMP|SFM exhibit
“When Nirvana hit it big, it was overwhelming because we were part of the counterculture. Nirvana didn’t go to the mainstream — the mainstream came to Nirvana.” — bassist Krist Novoselic
By GENE STOUT
“Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses” opened last weekend at the Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum with the excitement and anticipation one would [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Paul Simon still vital after all these years
By JO ANN RIGGS
It was a true Kodachrome moment.
Paul Simon, who’d played WaMu Theater in Seattle on April 15, debuted the club portion of his new U.S. tour here Sunday night, April 17, at the Showbox at the Market.
This was in many ways a snapshot of an earlier time, when the not-yet-headinin’ Simon haunted the [...]
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Peter Frampton, Jeff Bridges, B-52s heading to Chateau Ste. Michelle
The 2011 summer concert series at Chateau Ste. Michelle features a lot of top musicians and one movie star — Jeff Bridges — who performs songs from the movie “Crazy Heart” with his band Aug. 28 at the winery’s amphitheater in Woodinville.
The series opens with two previously announced shows — The Moody Blues June 4 [...]
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Songwriter Sam Phillips to receive prestigious Denise Levertov Award
By MIKEL TOOMBS
She’s been nominated for two Grammys, under both her Christian name Leslie and her self-adopted one, but Sam Phillips has never won the award.
Now, in a ceremony to take place May 5 at Seattle’s 415 Westlake (maybe you held your wedding reception there), Phillips will be the recipient of the eighth annual Denise [...]
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Yellowcard brings ‘violin induced pop-punk’ to Showbox SoDo
By MIKEL TOOMBS
You’re far more likely to find violence than violins inspiring rock music.
Oh, back in the day there was hippie-dippy It’s a Beautiful Day, featuring David LaFlamme. And not all that long ago I chanced upon Guarneri Underground, outside Bellevue Square, playing an electric-violin-based version of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” (duh duh duhnt, duh duh [...]
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