Photos: Celtic Woman @ Comcast Arena

Posted on 03/30/2014 by Kirk

Always happy for their return to Seattle, Celtic Woman brought their Emerald World Tour 2014 to the Comcast Arena last week. With a slight change in members since last year, vocalists Susan McFadden, Máiréad Carlin and Lynn Hilary, along with fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, delighted the audience with a broad variety of modern-day numbers and customary Celtic tunes. A five-member backing orchestra and six dancers/singers rounded out the cast.

(L-R) Máiréad Nesbitt, Lynn Hilary, Máiréad Carlin and Susan McFadden

Celtic Woman

Photos: Kings of Leon @ KeyArena

Posted on 03/29/2014 by BBS

I had the great opportunity of enjoying Kings of Leon at KeyArena on Friday night as a music fan instead of as a working photographer. Armed with a small pocket camera instead of my full camera bag, my wife and I were joined by Trista and Herb Siltman for a wonderful dinner and a very entertaining show.

Aside from the veil of very colorful lights, Caleb, Nathan, Jared, and Matthew liked a very dark stage, which made it difficult to see them playing. I liked the music first approach but it’s also nice to see the musicians pouring their heart and soul in their performance.

The buzz from everyone around us was about how tight the band sounded and how vivid the light show was. The Kings of Leon faithful were really enjoying themselves, singing and dancing through the 26-song set list. The band played a combination of older songs and new ones from their recent release, Mechanical Bull.

It really was a great show and one that I will definitely catch again the next time they are in town.

Kings of Leon

Photographer: John Rudolph

Photos: Lorde @ WaMu Theater

Posted on 03/27/2014 by Kirk

Grammy-winning Lorde from New Zealand played at a sold-out show at the WaMu Theater on Monday. This was her third Seattle performance in five months and she had the 5000+ crowd on their feet from beginning to end. Born Ella Yelich-O’Connor, the 17-year-old captured the audience with her lion mane hair and twitching stage presence during her 1:15 set.

Lorde

Photos: Sound Off! Finals @ EMP

Posted on 03/26/2014 by BBS

On March 1st Sound Off! Finals saw Otieno Terry capture the top spot, with Fauna Shade getting second place. Congratulations also to Laser Fox and Thee Samedi, who, respectively garnered the third and fourth spots. All photos by Simon Krane:

Otieno Terry

Fauna Shade

Laser Fox

Thee Samedi

Atmosphere @ Sound Off!

Photos: The Fratellis @ the Crocodile

Posted on 03/17/2014 by BBS

It’s the Fratellis! The Scottish band played their rescheduled Crocodile date on February 27th (singer Jon Fratelli lost his voice before the prior gig). What a welcome return for a band who hadn’t been in Seattle for several years, and who just released another strong album, We Need Medicine, last year. All photos by Monica Martinez:

The Fratellis

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