Jacob Banks @ the Crocodile, 11/7/17 Photos by Kirk Stauffer Jacob Banks Nigerian-English Jacob Banks (that’s Mr. Jacobs, to us), is a soul singer. He came to Seattle to charm, and check him out, he does that easily. A man who said, about himself, in GQ, can be found on a Friday night, “in my […]
Upstream @ Various Locations, 5/13/17 Photos by Monica Martinez Memory Lane Series, part 33 Gazebos‘ Shannon Perry For day two of its inaugural event, Upstream 2017 brought out another variety-filled lineup, including Dinosaur Jr., Sundries, J GRGRY, Helms Alee, Gazebos and the Soft Offs. Punk, hard rock and pop got attention from photographer Monica Martinez […]
Upstream 2017 @ Various Locations, 5/12/17 Photos by Monica Martinez Memory Lane Series, part 32 Before you tuck into this, alert: Upstream 2018 tickets are on sale now! Everything was so awesome last year, they’re doing it again. In 2017, photographer Monica Martinez attended, and her first group of photos are from day 1. Brent […]
Soulful British singer-songwriter Jorja Smith played a sold-out show at Neumos. Backed by a four-member band, she’s on tour across North America until mid-May. Looking forward to her debut studio album, Lost & Found, to be released in June. Fellow Brit Ama Lou opened. Jorja Smith Ama Lou
Kelsea Ballerini and her four-member band played a sold-out show at Showbox SoDo. It was the second to the last stop on her Unapologetically Tour, supporting her new album of the same name. She began the show by playing the album start to finish, then followed up with songs from her previous record. The evening […]