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‘A Hootenanny for Haiti’ is a happening
An all-star cast of Seattle-based musicians are teaming up for “A Hootenanny for Haiti” Sunday at the Showbox at the Market.
The stellar group includes Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses, Loaded), Star Anna, Gary Westlake, Jeff Rouse, Kim Virant, Mark Pickerel, Kim Warnick, Ty Bailie and others.
Audience participation is encouraged at [...]
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Seattle musicians offer a helping hand to Haiti
So many bands and musicians offered to play the “Seattle Helping Haiti” benefit concert and auction Thursday night (Jan. 28) that organizers have put together a second show at another venue.
The first event starts at 8 p.m. at the Moore Theatre. The lineup includes Sweet Water, Vince Mira, Mike Herrera of MxPx, The Maldives, The [...]
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Battle of the Tech Bands: Boston vs. Seattle (in Boston)
If you’re planning to be in Boston in early February, mark you calendar for Xconomy’s Battle of the Tech Bands 3: Seattle vs. Boston.
For the last two years, bands from innovative New England companies have been battling for supremacy. But now the competition is going cross-country. (Read my review of last year’s battle of the [...]
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Seattle rock luminaries help raise $70K in salute to Lakewood police officers
Seattle rock band Queensryche, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and Duff McKagan’s Loaded were the musical guests for “KISW Salutes the Shield,” a benefit for the Lakewood Police Independent Guild last Saturday (Dec. 19) at the Snoqualmie Casino.
The event sponsored by KISW, 99.9 FM, raised more than $70,000 for the LPIG’s charitable fund in the [...]
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Rachel Flotard will soon be “foot Laos” in Southeast Asia.
Seattle singer-guitarist Rachel Flotard is en route to Laos to deliver aid to local school children in need of a paved floor in their muddy classroom, as well as school and medical supplies.
Read about Flotard’s mission in a previous story.
Flotard and her band, Visqueen, have had a winning year with the hit album, “Message to [...]
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Queensryche, Duff McKagan join KISW’s Lakewood police benefit
Members of Queensryche, as well as Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses and Loaded, are offering their support to the “KISW Salutes the Shield” benefit Dec. 19 at the Snoqualmie Casino.
Queensryche performs an acoustic set and Duff McKagan and Loaded play a plugged-in set with guest performers. Doors open at 7 p.m., and music starts [...]
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Hip-hop duo Fresh Espresso’s debut video is “Big Or Small”
Seattle hip-hop duo Fresh Espresso has released its first video, the first “cinematic” offering from its debut album, “Glamour.” Fresh Espresso represents a new wave of talented Seattle hip-hop acts.
The video was shot in two days last August and features cameos by members of Mad Rad, They Live! and the crew from Winner’s Circle. Making [...]
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‘Cut Loose for Laos’ with Visqueen’s Rachel Flotard and friends
Singer-guitarist Rachel Flotard of Visqueen, whose new album, “Message to Garcia” (Local 638 Records), has received a tsunami of favorable reviews, is throwing a benefit Dec. 1 to raise money for an elementary school in southern Laos.
Flotard and friend Justin Nonthaveth traveled to Laos a year ago, a trip that changed her life. Read her [...]
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Soul survivor Steve Cropper grooves to his Founders Award
All four Beatles once bowed from the waist in the presence of the man honored Thursday night with a Founders Award at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum.
Steve Cropper — singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer and legendary soul man — was a founding member of the Mar-Keys (the house band for Stax Records) and [...]
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Seattle musicians ‘Give Back’ to Arts Corps and local food banks
Ben Gibbard, The Moondoggies, D.Black, The Lonely Forest, The Cave Singers and more than 30 other artists or bands are featured on the upcoming GIVE compilation.
The $7 digital music and video compilation, which can be downloaded at Giveseattle.org beginning Nov. 17, will benefit Arts Corps and Seattle food banks. The collection can also be purchased [...]
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