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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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CONCERT REVIEW: Hall and Oates close Bumbershoot with rockin’ soul
By GENE STOUT
No music fan was too young or too old for Daryl Hall and John Oates’ Bumbershoot weekend finale Monday night, Sept. 5, at KeyArena.
The veteran rock and soul duo known for such hits as “Private Eyes” and “Kiss on My List” played to a packed house of concertgoers that spanned multiple generations.
This has [...]
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BUMBERSHOOT: A few images from Day One of the festival
Seattle’s 2011 Bumbershoot festival opened Saturday, Sept. 3, with dozens of musical performances on more than a half dozen stages (and a lot of sidewalks and open spaces).
The annual festival at Seattle Center drew large crowds on the first day of what has been forecast as a blazingly sunny weekend.
Among the bands and musicians highlighted [...]
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BUMBERSHOOT PREVIEW: Fitz and the Tantrums pack a lot of soul
By GENE STOUT
Fitz and the Tantrums may be the best band you’ll see this weekend at Bumbershoot.
The indie/neo-soul band from Los Angeles has been on a rocket-ship ride since the release of its explosive hit single, “MoneyGrabber,” a tune that often leads to love at first listen.
Fitz and the Tantrums, led by singer-organist Michael Fitzpatrick [...]
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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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