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‘Make Your Escape’ to the 2011 Puyallup Fair
By GENE STOUT
The theme for this year’s Puyallup Fair, one of the biggest of its kind in the United States, is “Make Your Escape.”
That’s the equivalent of saying, “Get out of town and head for the country.”
The Fair marks the end of summer and the start of fall, opening Friday, Sept. 9, and closing Sept. [...]
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Seattle’s Out to Lunch series boasts a stellar lineup — for free
By MIKEL TOOMBS
Rodney Crowell, The Paperboys, Wheedle’s Groove, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Star Anna & the Laughing Dogs, Portland Cello Project, Pearl Django with Greta Matassa.
Is that, you ask, a partial lineup for Bumbershoot, whose theme this year is “The Great Mundane”? (Oh, wait: The Great Mundane is the name of one of [...]
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CD REVIEW: Diane Schuur’s new album takes her down a country road
Jazz singer Diane Schuur, a Northwest native who has won two Grammy Awards, has fulfilled a longtime dream of recording her first country album, “The Gathering.” The CD is due June 7 on Vanguard Records.
The collection of 10 classic country songs from the so-called golden age of the 1960s features tunes by such artists as [...]
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Peter Frampton, Jeff Bridges, B-52s heading to Chateau Ste. Michelle
The 2011 summer concert series at Chateau Ste. Michelle features a lot of top musicians and one movie star — Jeff Bridges — who performs songs from the movie “Crazy Heart” with his band Aug. 28 at the winery’s amphitheater in Woodinville.
The series opens with two previously announced shows — The Moody Blues June 4 [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Billy Currington, Uncle Kracker shake up Puyallup Fair
Hatless cowboys ruled the grandstand at the Puyallup Fair Friday night (Sept. 24), drawing a noisy, foot-stomping crowd for a double bill featuring Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker.
Though not really cowboys at all, the two Nashville stars represent the new guard in mainstream country music in the past decade — rocking, raucous and without the [...]
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