Photos: Lucy Woodward @ Admiral Theater

You can never get too much of a good thing. This was the fourth time I’ve enthusiastically covered Lucy Woodward for Back Beat Seattle – but who’s counting. It started with a one-hour scenic ferry ride across Puget Sound from Seattle to Bremerton. The audience at the Admiral Theater had just finished dinner when Lucy […]

Photos: Sarah Jarosz @ Tractor Tavern

The talented, Grammy-nominated Sarah Jarosz played a sold-out show at the Tractor Tavern. Accompanied by Nathaniel Smith (cello) and Alex Hargreaves (fiddle), Jarosz played a variety of instruments including guitar, mandolin and banjo. The three of them performed numerous songs from her latest album, Build Me Up from Bones, as well as her two prior […]

Photos and Review: Il Divo @ The Paramount

The crowd of elegantly dressed women waited with bated breath for the Pop-Opera stars formally known around the world as – Il Divo – to glide onto the stage at The Paramount Theater in Seattle. The lights swept upward confidently and bathed the crowd in a blanket of light. Thousands of ladies screamed with the […]

Photos and Review: Blizzard Music Tour @ Toyota Center (Kennewick, WA)

With a nearly sold-out crowd at the Toyota Center, the Blizzard Music Tour made its way to Kennewick, Washington last Friday. The tour, which was selling out places in the Midwest like Fargo, North Dakota and Helena, Montana, didn’t disappoint with a bill featuring Nelly, 3OH!3, Sick Puppies and Cali Swag District. The Tri-Cities has […]