Grammy nominated this year for Outstanding New Artist, Andra Day recently played at Showbox at the Market. Her tour made a stop in Seattle in support of her Grammy-nominated Best R&B Album, Cheers to the Fall. Surrounded by a four-member band plus two backup singers, Day played a long set filled with soul, jazz, R&B […]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Showbox SoDo, 10/20/16 ~Review & Photos by Dagmar Black Rebel Motorcycle’s first and second releases, B.R.M.C. and Take Them On, On Your Own brought excellent psychedelic music into the 21st century. Those two albums were my introductions to the band, who, with their ability to create psychedelic and bluesy music, […]
Singer and former child star JoJo (Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque), all grown up and now on the Atlantic label, was another wonderful artist Bumbershoot on its 2016 lineup. Her new album, Mad Love – her first in ten years – is out now. Texas’ loud instrumentalists Explosions in the Sky and Black Joe Lewis represented […]
Spanish band Hinds returned to Seattle this summer for a very welcome visit. And who got them? Bumbershoot, of course! Also great guests on hand for day two of the festival were Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Marshmello and Rabbit Wilde. Marshmello had so many tour dates this year, but watch out for Marshmello imposters. They […]
Siblings Erika, Rachel and Chloe Tietjen – the T Sisters – headlined at the Nectar Lounge in support of their new self-titled album, T Sisters. This was the second visit to Seattle this year for the Oakland-based band and their music is always welcome. Accompanying the sisters were Steve Height (bass), Andy Allen-Fahlander (mandolin/guitar) and […]