By Lisa Hagen Glynn A neon ORVILLE PECK rattlesnake sign flashed during the lighting check, foreshadowing the alt-country artist’s arrival. Soaking rain subsided just as Orville Peck took the stage at Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery. The stepwise bass line for “Big Sky” started up, and Peck’s velvety baritone sang a doleful ballad about relationship loss. […]
Sidney Australia’s Hoodoo Gurus came full circle by playing their debut album start to finish 42 years after its release during what will likely be the band’s last visit to Seattle Monday night at the Neptune Theatre. Dave Faulkner, Brad Sheperd, Richard Grossman, and Nik Rieth treated an amped audience to the entirety of ‘Stoneage […]
Filmmaker Jordan Albertson presented his new documentary ‘Boom: A Film About the Sonics’ at Seattle’s MOPOP in early September with a screening, a Q&A session, and a concert featuring the Sonics and Girl Trouble. The Sonics are a crucial link in the Pacific Northwest R&R chain and their impact and influence reverberates to this day. […]
I was not familiar with Adeem the Artist prior to catching a pair of their shows in support of Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit at the Ste Michelle Winery in mid-July. Adeem (who alternately goes by ‘Adeem Marie’) has been receiving a fair bit of recognition for their last couple of albums, and these […]
Dave Alvin @ The Tractor Tavern – 7/13/24Review & Photos by Mike Mitchell I was a little surprised and a lot delighted when blues rocker Dave Alvin teamed up with country folk icon Jimme Dale Gilmore for their combined 2018 release Downey to Lubbock. Although the two artists approach their craft from slightly different starting […]