Photos: Tori Kelly @ Showbox SoDo

Tori Kelly @ Showbox SoDo – 9/21/2024
Photos by Kirk Stauffer

Tori Kelly headlined at the Showbox SoDo shortly after the start of her “Purple Skies World Tour”.  Backed by keys and drums, Kelly thrilled the audience with her beautiful vocal tone and extensive range while she performed songs from all her albums, including the latest, Tori.  Pop singer-songwriter Maisy Kay opened.

Tori Kelly  – Photos by Kirk Stauffer

Maisy Kay  – Photos by Kirk Stauffer

Hoodoo Gurus at the Neptune Theatre

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 Romeos’ followed by a generous selection of hits and deep digs from their lengthy catalog. That the Gurus play with the same passionate intensity four decades after their college radio/indie rock salad days is a thing of wonder and could stand as an inspiring example to other bands that are in it for the long haul.

This fan will continue to hope for a Hoodoo Gurus return to these shores sometime in the future but, if that doesn’t come to pass, they will have bid farewell to America with their guitars blazing, their drums pounding, and their heads held high.

Photos: Kacey Musgraves @ Climate Pledge Arena

Kacey Musgraves @ Climate Pledge Arena – 9/20/2024
Photos by Kirk Stauffer

Kacey Musgraves played a sold-out show at Climate Pledge Arena during a stop on her “Deeper Well World Tour”.  The country music singer-songwriter and seven-member band performed 21 songs that spanned all six of her studio albums.  During the show, Kacey and two band members moved to the B-stage in the middle of the arena for several acoustic songs and were joined by opener Nickel Creek on “Kill Bill”.  The show was streamed on Amazon.

Kacey Musgraves  – Photos by Kirk Stauffer

Cool Cover: Larkin Poe’s Bloom

Cool Cover: Larkin Poe‘s Bloom
Details: This one’s a simple – yet really oh so cool – concept of Larkin Poe just hanging out with an amp amid flowers all over the floor. I also like the font used in the album’s design; it’s similar to Larkin Poe’s previous albums/singles. Bloom is set for a January 25th, 2025 release.
~Dagmar

Larkin Poes Bloom