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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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Martina McBride brings her ‘country club’ to Chateau Ste. Michelle winery
As part of her summer tour, country star Martina McBride brought her current show to Chateau Ste. Michelle winery Thursday (July 29).
The tour continues this week with a concert Aug. 6 in New Cumberland, W.V.
Read a story about McBride in US Magazine by following this link. McBride talks about Kid Rock, her charity project with [...]
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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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CONCERT REVIEW: Steve Martin and band show their pluck at Chateau
Talk about pickin’ and grinnin’.
In a concert Saturday night (June 19) at Chateau Ste. Michelle, Steve Martin (yes, the comedian) and the Steep Canyon Rangers, a bluegrass band from Asheville, N.C., offered just the right combination of expert playing and delightful goofiness.
Even Wally, Martin’s yellow lab, got into the act by sniffing around the stage, [...]
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