I do the bulk of my concert going and music photography in and around Seattle but had the opportunity to attend Jason Isbell’s ‘Shoalsfest’ in Florence, Alabama in mid October. This year’s festival included performances by Jackson Browne, Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman, Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Garrison Starr, Patterson Hood, Chris Tompkins, and Isbell, both solo […]
I’m not a huge fan of ranking musical performances or other forms of art and entertainment. Identifying a show to be the best of the year or ‘in my top 5′ leaves me with the uncomfortable feeling that I’ve neglected other worthy artists and memorable performances. There are so many disparate genres and so many […]
The term ‘southern rock’ typically brings to mind classic rock stalwarts like Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers, and the Marshall Tucker Band and perhaps slightly lesser lights such as 38 Special, the Outlaws, and Molly Hatchet. But, as any good (or, at least, ‘well informed’) southerner knows, there’s a lot more going on south of […]
Newcastle upon Tyne stoner metal behemoth Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (henceforth referred to as ‘Pigs x7’) partnered with lo-fi fuzz pop garagesters The Paranoyds for an evening of good loud fun at Ballard’s venerable Tractor Tavern earlier this week. The somewhat unlikely English metal act took the stage to the made to […]
Five time Grammy award winner (with sixteen nominations!) and Grand Old Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame member Marty Stuart and his remarkable band played a sold out and highly anticipated show at the Edmonds Arts Center last week. Stuart is a veteran of both Johnny Cash’s and Lester Flatt’s bands as well as […]