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SXSW: Chill winds but warm vibes on final day of festival
AUSTIN, Texas — Despite near-freezing temperatures that made fingers numb, hordes of music fans descended on Austin’s downtown streets and nightclubs for the final day and night of live performances Saturday (March 20) at the 2010 South by Southwest music conference and festival.
“Didn’t know it got that cold here,” said a bundled-up festivalgoer from Los [...]
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Seattle rock luminaries help raise $70K in salute to Lakewood police officers
Seattle rock band Queensryche, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and Duff McKagan’s Loaded were the musical guests for “KISW Salutes the Shield,” a benefit for the Lakewood Police Independent Guild last Saturday (Dec. 19) at the Snoqualmie Casino.
The event sponsored by KISW, 99.9 FM, raised more than $70,000 for the LPIG’s charitable fund in the [...]
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Queensryche, Duff McKagan join KISW’s Lakewood police benefit
Members of Queensryche, as well as Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses and Loaded, are offering their support to the “KISW Salutes the Shield” benefit Dec. 19 at the Snoqualmie Casino.
Queensryche performs an acoustic set and Duff McKagan and Loaded play a plugged-in set with guest performers. Doors open at 7 p.m., and music starts [...]
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EMP honors a music-industry legend: Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper, the man who co-founded Booker T. & the MGs and helped pen the classic “In the Midnight Hour” will be the recipient of a 2009 Founders Award from the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum.
The third annual Founders Award Celebration is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the museum. Joining Cropper [...]
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REVIEW: ‘Sweet Dreams’ of Patsy Cline
What began last winter as a heartfelt tribute to country icon Patsy Cline has grown into something that could one day play the Paramount Theatre.
“Sweet Dreams,” featuring more than a dozen of Cline’s best-loved songs, made its debut last March at the Columbia City Theater. The show was such a success — and so much [...]
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