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NPR brings Rosanne Cash to Seattle for intimate evening of music, Q&A
Wanna get up-close-and-personal with Rosanne Cash?
National Public Radio will bring the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and keeper of the Cash family legacy to Seattle for “NPR On Location with Rosanne Cash,” an evening of music and conversation at 8 p.m. May 1 at the Paramount Theatre.
Cash, the eldest daughter of the late Johnny Cash, will perform a [...]
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Rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson performs tonight at Tractor Tavern
Rockabilly pioneer Wanda Jackson, who once dated Elvis Presley, performs tonight (Nov. 27) at the Tractor Tavern with the Marshall Scott Warner Band. Petunia and Vipers open at 9 p.m. Tickets: $18.
On Sept. 30, Oklahoma City dedicated a street to the Oklahoma native: Wanda Jackson Way. Read the story and watch a video of the [...]
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REVIEW: Jason Aldean at the Puyallup Fair
After two-and-a-half hours of PRCA rodeo competition, country star Jason Aldean opened the Puyallup Fair with a brawny, boisterous concert that was big on hits and low on bull.
It was the first show in this year’s grandstand lineup, and the Macon, Georgia, native was the perfect opener for a day that began with a traditional [...]
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REVIEW: ‘Sweet Dreams’ of Patsy Cline
What began last winter as a heartfelt tribute to country icon Patsy Cline has grown into something that could one day play the Paramount Theatre.
“Sweet Dreams,” featuring more than a dozen of Cline’s best-loved songs, made its debut last March at the Columbia City Theater. The show was such a success — and so much [...]
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PREVIEW: Tractor man Jason Aldean kicks off Puyallup Fair
Even if you don’t usually listen to country radio, you’ve probably heard such Jason Aldean hits as “She’s Country,” “Hicktown,” “Why” and the current “Big Green Tractor,” a gritty, romantic tune about a John Deere tractor. (the video is like a TV ad).
Aldean — who opens the Puyallup Fair grandstand concert lineup Friday, Sept. 11, [...]
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‘Sweet Dreams’: the music of Patsy Cline returns
“Sweet Dreams,” the amazing Patsy Cline tribute that made its debut last March, returns on what would have been Cline’s 77th birthday.
At 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Triple Door, Northwest singer-songwriters Star Anna, Rachel Flotard, Kristen Ward, Kim Virant, Victoria Wimer-Contreras and others pay tribute to the Nashville icon with “Sweet [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Elvis Costello at Chateau Ste. Michelle
Has Elvis Costello “gone country”?
Not quite. But there’s definitely a twang in his sound these days.
His current album, “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane,” explores American roots music — country, folk and bluegrass — with a deep respect for old-time styles.
Costello and his touring band, the Sugarcanes, a blue-ribbon, six-member group of Nashville studio musicians featured on [...]
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Ray Charles’ ‘Genius Hits the Road’
“The Genius Hits the Road,” the 1960 album that gave Ray Charles his first No. 1 hit, a soulful version of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia On My Mind,” will be reissued on Concord Records.
The milestone album about U.S. locales, recorded after Ray left Atlantic Records and joined ABC-Paramount, features such road songs as “Alabamy Bound,” “California, [...]
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Patsy Cline tribute returns
The folks who brought you the Patsy Cline tribute in March at the Columbia City Theatre have organized another tribute show coinciding with what would have been Cline’s 77th birthday.
The “Sweet Dreams” show is Sept. 8 at the Triple Door. Back by popular demand are Northwest singer-songwriters Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs, Rachel Flotard [...]
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Summer music ‘print and save’
Summer always brings a glut of shows to the Seattle area, rain or shine.
Here’s a list of upcoming concerts at the Woodland Park Zoo, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Marymoor Park, The Gorge and other outdoor venues, as well as the arenas, big theaters and even a few clubs.
The summer is packed with concerts, fairs and festivals, [...]
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