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Posted September 6th, 2010 by genestout
By MIKEL TOOMBS
“Train wreck!”
A random guy, quoting the conventional wisdom, shouted that at regular intervals during Hole’s performance Sunday (Sept. 5) at the Bumbershoot festival’s Mainstage (Memorial Stadium).
He was roundly ignored, probably because Hole’s whole reason to exist, tabloid-baiting frontwoman Courtney Love, was inimitably witty and even lucid throughout her band’s hour-plus set. And, just [...]
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Posted September 6th, 2010 by genestout
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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Posted September 5th, 2010 by genestout
By MIKEL TOOMBS
Bumbershoot 2010 got off to a rousing start Saturday, in part because of a surprising set by local favorite Star Anna that wasn’t so much all Star as it was all-star.
The ascendant Ellensburg singer-songwriter was joined onstage at the Starbucks Stage (that is, the Mural Amphitheater) by vocalist Carrie Akre (pure, gritty goodness) [...]
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Posted September 3rd, 2010 by genestout
Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary this weekend with a diverse Mainstage lineup, from Bob Dylan and Hole to The Decemberists, Neko Case, Weezer, Rise Against, Mary J. Blige and Drake.
Look beyond the Mainstage for some sure-to-be-rewarding performances by The Moondoggies, Solomon Burke, Wheedle’s Groove, The Maldives, Booker T. and School [...]
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Posted September 3rd, 2010 by genestout
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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