(Photos): Collective Soul @ Central Washington State Fair

Playing to a packed audience at this years Central Washington State Fair (Yakima, WA) Collective Soul did what they said they were going to do. Rock the audience’s faces off! This marks the first time Collective Soul has played the valley and they made sure not to disappoint the fans. Lead singer Ed Rolland kept […]

Photos: the Black Keys & Nicole Atkins @ the Paramount

The Black Keys came through Seattle with a visit to the Paramount Theater on Saturday evening. The duo, Ohio’s Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, has had great commercial and artistic success with their albums, including this year’s Brothers. Nicole Atkins opened – you can expect a new CD out from her in 2011. Photographer Alex […]

Show Review & Photos: School of Rock Presents KISS with Makeup @ El Corazon

School of Rock put on KISS with Makeup last Sunday at El Corazon. If you don’t know about School of Rock and its shows, you really should. The organization teaches kids from 2nd grade and up through high school to play music. This was my first School of Rock show as I could not pass […]

Photos: School of Seven Bells & Active Child @ Neumos

Kevin N. Murphy got some beautiful photo subjects in and beautiful photos of School of Seven Bells and Active Child, who played Neumos earlier this week. This is another great pairing of bands Neumos has brought to Seattle recently and I’m thrilled to share Murphy’s photos: School of Seven Bells Active Child

More Bumbershoot! Photos: Lonely H, LMFAO, and Hole End Session

I was fortunate enough to be a part of the private Hole End Session held at Bumbershoot (that sounds a lot more dirty than it actually is). It was definitely an experience and we all learned a lot, probably too much, about Miss Courtney Love. Over-sharing aside, it was fun to see her live and […]