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CONCERT PREVIEW: The Deep Dark Woods are gloriously gloomy
By MIKEL TOOMBS
“I’ve got these blues that I just can’t lose.”
Welcome to the gloriously gloomy Americana of the aptly named The Deep Dark Woods, a Canadian quintet (and who would know more about Americana than five guys from Saskatoon?) that features not just one, but two pedal-steel guitarists (misery loves company).
The Deep Dark Woods, which [...]
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BUMBERSHOOT: Five best bets for a fabulous festival weekend
by GENE STOUT
Think of Bumbershoot as a treasure hunt.
The three-day festival beginning Saturday, Sept. 3, and concluding Monday, Sept. 5, is a cultural smorgasbord offering tasty morsels of music, comedy, dance, visual arts, food and arts and crafts. (By the way, the weather forecast calls for lots of sunshine.)
Attend Bumbershoot with a detailed plan — [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Jeff Bridges plays Bad Blake at Chateau Ste. Michelle
By GENE STOUT
The real Bad Blake drinks wine, not whiskey.
Movie star and musician Jeff Bridges, who portrayed down-and-out, whiskey-swilling country singer Bad Blake in the 2009 movie “Crazy Heart,” was sipping Chateau Ste. Michelle’s finest when he took the stage Sunday night, Aug. 28, at the winery in Woodinville.
Backing him was his five-piece band, the [...]
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Singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell is the retro queen of the minor key
By MIKEL TOOMBS
Eilen Jewell earns another retro grade “A” with her new album, “Queen of the Minor Key.”
Eilen fans (rhymes with “ceilin’ fans”) — and there are enough of them to earn the Boise-bred, Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter the headlining spot Friday, Aug, 5, at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern — should be delighted at the high-shelf blues here.
Meanwhile, [...]
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CD REVIEW: New Star Anna album is ‘a raw, rockin’ experience’
By MIKEL TOOMBS
Star Anna looks more than a bit like Brandi Carlile in her recent photos, but don’t let that fool you.
Apart from the tumbleweed connection to Elton John in some of the piano stylings of Ty Bailie, Star Anna & the Laughing Dogs’ new album, “Alone in This Together” (out now on Local 638 [...]
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