Stella Cole @ Jazz Alley – 1/27/2026Photos by Kirk Stauffer Jazz Alley was the perfect setting for returning singer Stella Cole during a two-night stop on her It’s Magic tour. Drawing from the Great American Songbook, the audience was transported back to the previous century with her beautiful voice and stage presence. On one of the song […]
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit played the Paramount Theater Friday evening, his first visit to Washington State since the summer of 2024. Isbell released his 10th post Drive By Truckers album in 2025, ‘Foxes in the Snow’. The release is his first solo acoustic album and it has been nominated for 3 Grammy awards, […]
Guitarists JD Simo and Luther Dickinson, drummer Adam Abrash, and vocalist Datrian Johnson played what will likely prove to be (for me) one of the musical highlights of 2026 at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard this week. Simo and Dickinson are touring in support of their first collaboration, ‘Do the Rump’ (released in late 2024), with […]
The Neptune Theatre hosted a raucous and well-attended New Year’s Eve show last night featuring a pair of the Pacific Northwest’s most enduring and historically significant rock bands, Mudhoney and Student Nurse. The evening’s headliners were preceded by a short and enthusiastically received performance by folk/punk acoustic guitarist Barton Carroll. Seattle’s Mudhoney is celebrating their […]
Alex Baird @ Royal Room – 12/22/2025Photos by Kirk Stauffer In what was an apparent sold-out show, jazz singer Alex Baird packed the Royal Room for the second time in 18 months. Originally from Seattle, now attending grad school in California, Baird treated friends, family, and fans to holiday favorites and standards, plus songs from her debut […]