Tinariwen @ the Showbox – 8/9/24Photos & Words by Mike Mitchell Nomadic Toureg legends Tinerawin took a sold out Showbox audience on a trip to the Sahara last Friday night. The African sextet wove a tapestry of intricate guitar interplay, call and response vocals, and percussion that was at once trance-like and propulsive. My western […]
Watershed 2024 @ The Gorge – 8/3/2024Photos by Kirk Stauffer Day two of the Watershed Music Festival brought a new group of 10 country performers, a larger audience, and temperatures (finally) below 100F. LUKE BRYAN COLE SWINDELL ANNIE BOSKO GREYLAN JAMES DYLAN SCOTT MADELINE MERLO BRIAN KELLEY ASHLAND CRAFT AIDAN CANFIELD SADIE BASS Watershed 2024 – Photos by Kirk […]
Watershed 2024 @ The Gorge – 8/2/2024Photos by Kirk Stauffer The Watershed Music Festival was held at The Gorge for the 15th time. For three days, country music artists performed on the Main and Next From Nashville stages from the early afternoon until nearly midnight. The outdoor venue seats over 27,000 and is consistently rated one of the […]
Redd Kross @ the Tavern – 7/8/24Photos & Words by Mike Mitchell Redd Kross paid a long-awaited visit to Seattle at the sold out and raucous Tractor Tavern in mid-July. The LA based pop/punk/glam band hadn’t visited Seattle since the fall of 2019 and tickets were snapped up in short order when the show was […]
MxPx w/the Drowns @ Airport TavernPhotos by Charitie Myers Mike Herrera of MxPx – photo by Charitie Myers Wow, Airport Tavern in Tacoma had its grand opening on July 24th, 2024 with MxPx HEADLINING WITH THE DROWNS. I’m not always one for caps and bold type at once, but man, what a way to open […]
