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Quirky, communal Doe Bay Fest announces its 2010 band lineup
What began in 2008 as a communal neo-hippie party has grown into an impressive annual music event on Orcas Island.
The Doe Bay Fest Aug. 13-14 at Doe Bay Resort and Retreat on the southeastern corner of Orcas has announced a first-rate lineup for 2010: Fruit Bats, Grand Hallway, THEESatisfaction, Portland Cello Project, Drew Grow & [...]
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City Arts’ ‘Song Show’ kicks off 2010 at the Triple Door
City Arts magazine (formerly Sound magazine) is offering its first 2010 installment of “The Song Show,” an intimate singer-songwriter showcase combining live music and interviews, Wednesday (Jan. 6) at the Triple Door.
The intimate evening features solo performances by top Northwest singer-songwriters Jesse Sykes, Damien Jurado, Macklemore and Tomo Nakayama of Grand Hallway, who will share [...]
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A holiday music feast with Magical Strings
Singing, dancing, caroling, juggling, storytelling and then some. That’s what you get at a typical Magical Strings Celtic yuletide concert.
Now celebrating its 31st year of holiday concerts, Magical Strings is a family tradition started three decades ago by Phillip and Pam Boulding. The couple’s entire family has been along for the ride, creating a [...]
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Local bands can Sound Off! this winter at EMP/SFM
Sound Off! 2010, the Northwest’s biggest underage battle of the bands, begins Feb. 13 at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum.
The Sound Off! series has given a great boost to the underage music community — and has even helped launched careers.
Over the last decade, Sound Off! winners have included such bands as [...]
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New seven-inch from Northwest songwriter J. Tillman
Singer-songwriter J. (Josh) Tillman, a member of Fleet Foxes, is releasing limited-edition, seven-inch vinyl record featuring Bill Patton on Western Vinyl Records.
The recording features “Wild Honey Never Stolen” and “Borne Away On A Black Barge,” described as “little stories about a post-apocalypse landscape and a reworking of the last stand of King Arthur, respectively.”
If you [...]
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Bill Champlin leaves Chicago and heads to Seattle
Singer-guitarist Bill Champlin, who recently went rogue after nearly three decades with jazz-rock band Chicago, is currently on tour with his new album, “No Place Left to Fall” (Dream Makers), his first solo CD in more than 10 years.
The album includes a 70-minute bonus DVD that includes a documentary on the making of the album [...]
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Singer Bobby Long rides the ‘Twilight’ wave to fame
Since nearly everything associated with the blockbuster vampire movie “Twilight” is insanely popular, British singer-songwriter Bobby Long is getting a rock-star welcome in the U.S. this fall.
Long’s “Let Me Sign” (written by Long and Marcus Foster) was featured in the original “Twilight” movie, even though Long’s friend, “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson, sang the tune. (Long [...]
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Tradition-bending Po’Girl cycles its rootsy music through Seattle
BY MIKEL TOOMBS
The members of Po’Girl might like to bike to their two Seattle shows, Thursday (Nov. 12) at the Crocodile Cafe and Friday (Nov. 13) at the Columbia City Theater.
Alas, the tradition-bending Po’Girls — multi-instrumentalists (and I do mean “multi-”) Allison Russell, Awna Texeira and Benny Sidelinger, plus drummer JJ Jones — have migrated [...]
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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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Laura Love ‘dreams big’ for Women in Trades
Seattle singer-songwriter Laura Love and her band are the featured performers at the third annual Women in Trades “Dream Big Dinner” Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Lake City Elks, 14540 Bothell Way N.E.
The event celebrates the 30th anniversary of Washington Women in Trades, a community-based nonprofit seeking to improve the economic equity and self-sufficiency of [...]
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