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CONCERT PREVIEW: Hell’s Belles will shake Seattle all night long
By GENE STOUT
Guitarist Adrian Conner, who portrays feisty Angus Young in the all-woman AC/DC tribute band Hell’s Belles, recalls being “thunderstruck” the first time she heard one of the Australian band’s raucous songs.
“I heard ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ at a high school assembly and immediately got goose bumps,” Conner said in a phone [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Tony Bennett celebrates ‘the good life’ in song
By GENE STOUT
What could be a better Christmas gift for a classic-pop fan than a Tony Bennett concert at Christmastime?
The age-defying, 85-year-old crooner rolled into Seattle for a typically classy — and classic — performance Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Paramount Theatre.
Though the concert was short on Christmas songs — he performed such chestnuts as [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Guns N’ Roses, Loaded set KeyArena on fire
By GENE STOUT
It was classic arena rock: Axl Rose and Guns N’ Roses — plus former bandmate Duff McKagan and Loaded — on stage Friday, Dec. 16, at Seatle’s KeyArena.
Face-melting pyrotechnics, numerous spotlight solos, five video screens and a split-level stage with a “grille” of LED lights – all done in a red, white and [...]
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CONCERT PREVIEW: The Deep Dark Woods are gloriously gloomy
By MIKEL TOOMBS
“I’ve got these blues that I just can’t lose.”
Welcome to the gloriously gloomy Americana of the aptly named The Deep Dark Woods, a Canadian quintet (and who would know more about Americana than five guys from Saskatoon?) that features not just one, but two pedal-steel guitarists (misery loves company).
The Deep Dark Woods, which [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Victoria Wimer Contreras puts the ‘V’ in VIP series
By GENE STOUT
If Victoria Wimer Contreras feels like flashing the “Victory” sign, she’s certainly entitled to do so.
The Seattle singer and pianist known simply as “V” took the stage Sunday night, Nov. 13, at the Feedback Lounge with her new four-piece band, officially billed as V + the Noise, for a powerful set of songs [...]
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