Concert Preview: Anderson East
Preview: Anderson East Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA 03.04.16 Nashville's Anderson East is a hybrid of sorts with roots in delta blues and Wilson Pickett R&B soul. His voice has a dynamic range of back alley raw to tender and romantic, a trait that is certain to...
Interview: Grace Mitchell
Interview: Grace Mitchell 02.27.15 A powerful voice with impressive vocal control and only at the age of 18. We can expect big things from this native Portland artists, Grace Mitchell, as she embarks on her second tour of her career. Having opened previously for 2016...
Joywave and Metric: Dance, Dance, Get Loud
Joywave w/ Metric Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA 02.21.16 Rochester, New York’s boys wonder Joywave always put on a fantastically good show, witness their slot at 107.7 The End’s 2015 Summer Camp, where they had the crowd dancing right along with them for their entire...
Kurt Elling: A Modern Classic
Kurt Elling Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA 02.20.16 I have spent many evenings at Seattle’s amazing and iconic “Jazz Alley,” and going to Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley means one is in for a night of stellar music. They book the best national and international acts from...
Melanie Martinez Bridges The Nursery Rhyme Gap
Melanie Martinez w/ the Alvarez Kings Showbox, Seattle, WA 02.20.16 The night opened with Alvarez Kings who played some spirited rock. They played their entire newly released four-song EP Fear to Feel and the response was phenomenal. Each song elicited screaming from...
Matisyahu: Live At Stubb…..The Neptune
Matisyahu Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA 02.19.16 I was living in Redmond back in '05 when my friend Shawn told me, "Dude, you have to watch the music video for a song called, 'King Without A Crown' by a musician named Matisyahu." So I went to a little known site...