Mavis Staples sings gospel and rhythm and blues, and this year she won a Grammy award for her album, You Are Not Alone. Little Dragon is a band from Sweden who just released their third album. Each act performed at Bumbershoot on Friday, and we’ve got pix from Kirk Stauffer to prove it.
Mavis Staples
Little Dragon
If you were lucky enough to be at Bumbershoot on Saturday you may have caught sets by Valient Thorr and Shabazz Palaces. Check out some exquisite shots from Kirk Stauffer, who caught some wonder heavy metal hair action in these shots of Valient Thorr, and just the wicked hotness of Shabazz Palaces:
Valient Thorr
Shabazz Palaces
The superb Shelby Earl played at day one of Bumbershoot 2011 for an EMP Level 3 Stage audience. I can’t say how pleased I am that Kirk Stauffer has produced these shots of Earl and her band, which includes Hannalee’s Mike Notter and Anna-Lisa Carlson. Earl’s debut album Burn the Boats is out now.
Jeff Bridges is the man. No doubt about that. He’s won an Academy Award and is an excellent musician. And just in general people really aren’t made cooler. Bridges performed at Chateau Ste. Michelle on August 28th with a full band – pretty awesome. He released his second album, Jeff Bridges, in August and it features the beautiful song “Tumbling Vine.” Photographer Geoffrey Gribbin caught some beauties of Bridges and band:
Jeff Bridges
Here we go, here we go, here we go. It’s hot out – well, hot for Seattle. 80 mega degrees. Day one of Bumbershoot 2011 struck Seattle with sets from Pickwick, Väsen and Champagne Champagne. We’re going to have coverage of all three days, and coming in first are some mighty cool pix from Kirk Stauffer:
Pickwick
Väsen
Champagne Champagne