Show Review: Dashboard Confessional @ Neumos

Because Carrabba was celebrating Swiss Army Romance and the album is largely acoustic, pre-dating the full-band version of Dashboard, Carrabba took to the stage with no band, just his voice and his acoustic guitar. This solo acoustic show was anything but dull.

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 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 […]

Show Review & Photos: Deck the Hall Ball 2010

Deck the Hall Ball, the annual holiday concert event put on by 107.7 The End, happened last Wednesday at WaMu Theater, featuring Broken Bells and The Black Keys as the headlining acts, and special appearances by The Presidents of the United State of America and Santa and Jesus. The full evening of music kicked off […]