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Seattle artist Jesse Higman finds the ‘grille’ of his dreams in new Heart CD
Seattle artist Jesse Higman, recipient of a 2009 Mayor’s Arts Award, has designed the album cover for Heart’s new disc, “Red Velvet Car.” The band’s first studio album in six years is due Aug. 31.
A video showing the evolution of Higman’s artwork’s for the album is featured on YouTube.
Higman, who was paralyzed at 15 by [...]
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‘Fortune Smiles’ on local roots-Americana band The Halyards
Most local music fans know Eric Tingstad as one half of Grammy-winning, Northwest acoustic duo Tingstad and Rumbel (with Nancy Rumbel).
But last year, Tingstad got together with high school rock buddies (and Northwest rock veterans Carl Funk and Larry Mason) to produce a new album for Funk and Mason. Soon, the duo became a threesome [...]
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Former members of Heart gather for a rock star dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe
Guitarist Howard Leese and fellow Heart alumni Roger Fisher and Steve Fossen got together for a festive dinner last Friday (May 7) at the Seattle Hard Rock Cafe — and not just because they like the barbecue ribs and shots of Jagermeister.
The Heart guys and their wives, girlfriends and colleagues gathered to check out the [...]
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Jake Shimabukuro: While his (ukulele) gently weeps
Despite its diminutive size, the ukulele is a beloved instrument. Among the celebrity musicians who have had a great affection for the uke was Beatle George Harrison.
A contemporary master of the ukulele, Jake Shimabukuro, has done a terrific version of Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” In fact, it made him a YouTube legend.
The Hawaiian [...]
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Four Northwest bands compete at Sound Off! finals Saturday at EMP/SFM
One of four young Northwest bands — Candysound (Bellingham and Burlington), Great Waves (Sammamish), Hooves and Beak (Seattle) and SEACATS (Kelso) — will become the first-place winner of the 2010 Sound Off! competition Saturday (March 6) at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum.
Prizes will also be awarded the second- and third-place winners.
The 2010 [...]
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