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CD REVIEW: Paul Simon returns with ever-graceful ‘So Beautiful’
By MIKEL TOOMBS
As he has since at least 1956, when Simon and Garfunkel first became a duo, Paul Simon ponders the mysteries of the music that enthralls him: “Lord, is it Be Bop a Lula,” he asks at one point on his new album, “or ooh Papa Doo?”
In fact, the wonderful “So Beautiful or So [...]
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This Mountain Man doesn’t sport facial hair but plays ’simply good folk’
By MIKEL TOOMBS
You’d probably expect an act called Mountain Man to be a bearded guy in a flannel shirt.
Well, the first thing you’ll notice about Vermont’s Mountain Man, which opens for The Decemberists Friday night (Feb. 18) at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, is that there is (er, are) three of them and, happily, none [...]
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Visqueen, Raveonettes, Decemberists, Neko Case rock Bumbershoot
The 40th annual Bumbershoot festival opened Saturday (Sept. 4) with a raucous lineup of performers, from 69-year-old Bob Dylan to hot Seattle band Visqueen.
Among the many acts that rocked stages throughout Seattle Center were Neko Case (opening for the craggy Dylan), Solomon Burke, Wheedle’s Groove, The Maldives, Star Anna & the Laughing Dogs, The Decemberists, [...]
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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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