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CONCERT REVIEW: Steve Martin and band show their pluck at Chateau
Talk about pickin’ and grinnin’.
In a concert Saturday night (June 19) at Chateau Ste. Michelle, Steve Martin (yes, the comedian) and the Steep Canyon Rangers, a bluegrass band from Asheville, N.C., offered just the right combination of expert playing and delightful goofiness.
Even Wally, Martin’s yellow lab, got into the act by sniffing around the stage, [...]
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CONCERT PREVIEW: Ethereal banjo player Abigail Washburn at Chateau
Performing in a spare, ethereal style that might be dubbed “back porch noir,” singer-songwriter and claw-hammer banjo player Abigail Washburn is the best reason to arrive early for Saturday’s (June 19) performance by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in Woodinville. Washburn and her band take the stage at [...]
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West Seattle Summer Fest will rock the Junction with Hell’s Belles and more
The West Seattle Summer Fest, now in its 28th year, is shaping up to be a great party.
The all-ages, absolutely free outdoor festival is July 9-11 at the West Seattle Junction at the intersection of California Avenue S.W. and S.W. Alaska Street.
Organizers are promising a big-name surprise band, but won’t announce it just yet. And [...]
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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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2010 Austin City Limits Festival: The Eagles, Muse, Norah Jones and more
The Eagles, Muse, Phish, The Strokes, M.I.A., Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, Vampire Weekend, and Norah Jones top the list of 130 acts announced for the 2010 Austin City Limits Festival Oct. 8-10 at Austin’s Zilker Park.
The ninth ACL festival also features Band of Horses, Monsters of Folk, Deadmau5, Sonic Youth, Gogol Bordello, The National, [...]
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