Freya Skye @ Paramount Theater – 2/7/2026Photos by Kirk Stauffer In her first headlining tour, English pop star and actress Freya Skye thrilled the adoring and screaming crowd at the Paramount Theater. This was the second stop on her Stars Align Tour, with all 19 shows already sold out! Backed by Donnie Laudicina (guitar), Anna Bettendorf (bass/keys), […]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ the Showbox – 9/24/25Photos by Alex Crick Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – photo by Alex Crick There’s an epitome of cool, and that is San Francisco’s Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. The quartet visited Seattle in September ’25, in moody black and blue vibes, surrounded by some fog, flashing lights, and […]
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 […]