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Brett Dennen kicks off West Coast tour in earth-loving style
Performing songs from his hot-selling fourth studio album, “Loverboy,” singer-songwriter Brett Dennen kicked off the West Coast leg of his current tour with a show June 14 at the Moore Theatre.
Seattle photographer Jim Bennett was at the show to capture a few images of Dennen and opening act Dawes, a country-tinged L.A. group led by [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Chris Cornell rocks the rafters at Moore Theatre
By GENE STOUT
Even without the crazy news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces, the crowd at Chris Cornell’s hometown solo acoustic show Sunday night at the Moore Theatre was thoroughly pumped up, if not a bit crazed. And a few were well-lubricated for the occasion.
Cornell, flanked by an array of guitars [...]
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Fleet Foxes hit the road this spring with a sophomore CD: ‘Helplessness Blues’
Seattle’s Fleet Foxes, which wowed us with its ethereal, self-titled debut album in 2008, will release its second album, “Helplessness Blues,” May 3 on the Sub Pop/Bella Union label.
The release of the 12-song album coincides with the band’s first North American tour since 2009. European dates will follow.
The tour kicks off April 30 at the [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: X braves the cold to usher in a punkish new year
By MIKEL TOOMBS
How cold was it Friday night in Seattle?
It was so cold that X guitarist Billy Zoom (he was the one with “BILLY ZOOM” emblazoned on his guitar strap) had to blow on his fingers to keep them nimble. So cold that singer Exene Cervenka kept moving her arms between songs (although that may [...]
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Musicians create sense of community at ‘Hootenanny for Healthy Gulf’
Singer-songwriter Rachel Flotard’s soaring version of “Blue Bayou” easily could have been the theme song of last night’s “Hootenanny for a Healthy Gulf” at the Moore Theatre.
With its lyric about “looking forward to happier times,” it struck a chord for the benefit to support efforts of the Gulf Restoration Network, the only nonprofit exclusively focused [...]
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