Show Preview: Earshot Jazz Presents Brian Blade @ Town Hall, Fri. 9/27

Show Preview: Brian Blade @ Town Hall – Fri. 9/27 ~Dagmar Louisiana’s Brian Blade performs tomorrow evening (that’s Friday, September 27th) at Town Hall. Blade, who’s working with several musicians for the project Life Cycles, including John Hart, Jon Cowherd, Doug Weiss, Myron Walden, Rogerio Boccato and Monte Croft, has won three GRAMMY awards. Known […]

Show Preview: Mayday Parade @ Showbox SoDo, Wed. 7/31

Show Preview: Mayday Parade @ Showbox SoDo, Wed. 7/31~Dagmar Mayday Parade and State Champs are co-headlining a number of shows (plus Sad Summer Fest) this summer. On Wednesday, July 31st, Showbox SoDo gets the Floridian rock band Mayday Parade as headliners. Usually I don’t want to quote too much directly from a band press release, […]

Preview: Timber! Outdoor Music Festival, Fri. 7/12 & Sat. 7/13

Timber! Outdoor Music Festival – Fri. 7/12 & Sat. 7/13~Dagmar Wow, so apologies I didn’t get this preview up to let you know about Timber! Outdoor Music Festival earlier. While I didn’t alert you to Thursday’s lineup, I have some ideas for Friday and Saturday. Kelly Finnigan, a soul singer from Los Angeles has a […]

Show Preview: Beach House @ the Moore, Wed. May 8th & Th. May 9th

Show Preview: Beach House @ the Moore, Wed. May 8th & Th. May 9th~Dagmar The beautiful Beach House, based in Baltimore, Maryland, play two headlining shows in Seattle this week. The first night is tonight, Wednesday evening, while the second show hits Thursday evening. I’m guessing both performances will feature at least one song off […]

Show Preview: Antonio Sánchez @ Jazz Alley – Tues. 3/19 & Wed. 3/20

Antonio Sánchez @ Jazz Alley – Tues. 3/19 & Wed. 3/20Preview by Lisa Hagen Glynn Jazz drummer extraordinaire Antonio Sánchez comes to Seattle’s Jazz Alley on Tuesday March 19th and Wednesday March 20th. The Mexican American musician and composer recently released the critically acclaimed political album Lines in the Sand, which tells the stories of migrants and the injustices at the U.S.–Mexico border. You might have recognized Sánchez as the composer of the award-winning soundtrack for Birdman, or heard his innovative improvised […]