Another Rainy Saturday

Last week I posted about the always-excellent benefit show coming up, Dancing on the Valentine, which is now in its seventh year of raising thousands of dollars for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. It’s always one of the most fun evenings of the year (which I would say even if I didn’t have my own [...]

In early 2012, one of the shows I’m most excited for is this tribute at Columbia City Theater to the legendary ladies of country music (think Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, etc…) on Saturday, January 14. It stars some of my favorite local singer-songwriters like Zoe Muth and Rachel Mae, plus The Brambles and [...]

After being off and on vacation last week, we have another great show coming up that we’d love to send one of our lucky readers to. Cass McCombs is a highly-acclaimed singer-songwriter who just released his latest album, Humor Risk, last month on Domino Records. It’s quite good, and he’ll be playing some of those [...]

The Seattle Folk Festival kicks off on Friday with great shows all weekend long. It’s a showcase of some of the best in folk music from the Northwest and beyond. The show I’m most excited for is the daytime concert at Columbia City Theater, which is a showcase of some of my favorite local folk [...]

The Polaris Prize-nominated Canadian band Austra are coming to play at the Crocodile on Tuesday (November 15) for one of the shows I’m most excited about next week. Its set in the way-packed Neumos at Capitol Hill Block Party was one of my favorites of the festival, mostly because of Katie Stelmanis, its captivating frontwoman. We [...]