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CD REVIEW: Laura Cash’s second solo album, ‘Awake But Dreaming’
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 [...]
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CONCERT PREVIEW: Randy Rogers Band brings ’straight-up country’ to Ballard
By MIKEL TOOMBS
It’s not often that the Tractor Tavern hosts an evening of “straight-up country.”
The old-Ballard club leans to more off-center offerings, like country-tinged songstress Tift Merritt, who bowed out of her scheduled show there Saturday (Aug. 7) in order to liven up the David Gray and Ray LaMontagne tour. (That trio will appear Sept. [...]
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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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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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PHOTO GALLERY: Alt-country band The Old 97’s at Showbox at the Market
Dallas-based alt-country band The Old 97’s played last Wednesday (June 30) at Showbox at the Market.
Along with Uncle Tupelo, The Jayhawks, Whiskeytown and other bands, The Old 97’s are pioneers of the alternative country movement of the 1990s. The group formed in 1993.
Seattle photographer Kam Martin shot these photos of the set, which included songs [...]
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