Show Review & Photos: Sugar Blue @ Jazz Alley

Sugar Blue @ Jazz Alley, 1/10/2011 by Marianne Spellman Seattle R&B fans came in from the cold last night to hear one of the masters– Sugar Blue. One of the world’s top blues harpists, the versatile Blue (born James Whiting in Harlem) packed the house at Jazz Alley on a Monday early set with a […]

Photos: Romance @ the Crocodile

Seattle’s Romance played the Crocodile in December. I hate that I hadn’t seen this band in such a long time (my fault entirely – the band does play regularly and are in demand). They’re one of the area’s very best bands, and also superb to photograph. Romance – photos by Dagmar Gallery of Romance @ […]

(Photos and Review) KISW Holiday Hangover Le-Ball-Ski @Showbox Sodo

I had the gracious opportunity to shoot KISW’s annual Christmas show titled KISW Holiday Hangover Le-Ball-Ski, which took place at the Showbox Sodo. This year the station went balls to the wall and had a theme based on the 1998 Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski, with many of the station jocks dressed as characters […]

Photos: Brandi Carlile @ Neumos, 11-20-10

Sandwiched between two sold out shows at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony, Brandi Carlile (aka “The Story Guy”) played to yet another hometown crowd at Neumos. She was joined by band members Tim (guitar) and Phil (bass) Hanseroth, Allison Miller (drums) and Josh Neumann (cello) – as well as her mother Teresa and sister […]