Interview & Show Preview: The Chapin Sisters @ the Vera Project, Sat. 12/4

The Chapin Sisters are a Los Angeles-based duo of sisters Abigail and Lily Chapin. The band was formerly a trio, including their sister Jessica Craven, who has taken some time away from performing music for motherhood. The CD Two is their latest release, which came out in 2010 on their label Lake Bottom Records, and […]

Interview: Jade Esteban Estrada

I had the gracious opportunity to interview comedian/singer Jade Esteban Estrada while he was on tour through the pacific northwest. A little backstory; while I was a theatre/communications student at Yakima Valley Community College, I had taken one of his acting workshops, and learned a great deal from him. Jade had made a stop in […]

Interview & Show Preview: Natalia Kills @ Neumos, Sun. 11/21

British artist Natalia Kills will be in Seattle on Sunday, November 21st at Neumos. She’ll open for Robyn, and there’s so much great buzz about Kills that I decided I needed to check out her music. I am glad I did, as her songs are wonderfully tasty confections that embrace all aspects of human feeling. […]

Interview: Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold is a genius. I saw this genius for myself recently at his sold out show at the King Cat in Seattle, a venue that I think he might have liked, as he mentioned in my interview with him that he likes “underground, cutting edge places”. Oakenfold’s music is often called trance – you […]

Interview & Show Preview: AM Taxi @ the Gorge, Sat. 8/14

Chicago’s AM Taxi released their debut CD, We Don’t Stand A Chance this year. It’s been such a great year for new CDs and I have definitely added this one to my list of top CDs of 2010 (another one, Hey Champ’s Star, comes from Chicago as well). AM Taxi is unaffected rock and you […]