Rising Appalachia, fronted by sisters Leah and Chloe Smith, headlined at Showbox at the Market last week in support of their latest album, Wider Circles. Backed by Biko Casini (percussion) and David Brown (guitar/bass), the sisters sang and played their folk music on a variety of instruments. Dustin Thomas opened and later joined Rising Appalachia […]
Grammy nominated this year for Outstanding New Artist, Andra Day recently played at Showbox at the Market. Her tour made a stop in Seattle in support of her Grammy-nominated Best R&B Album, Cheers to the Fall. Surrounded by a four-member band plus two backup singers, Day played a long set filled with soul, jazz, R&B […]
KT Tunstall and her three-member band played a sold-out show at the Crocodile Café earlier this week in support of her new album, KIN. The 14-song set and 3-song encore lasted for nearly 2 hours and as always, KT inserted an amusing story between each song. Halfway through her set, the band left the stage […]
Americana singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz headlined at the Neptune Theatre in support of her fourth studio album, Undercurrent, which was released in June. Equally excellent on guitar, banjo and mandolin, Jarosz was backed by Jedd Hughes (guitar) and Jeff Picker (bass). The intimate seated show at the packed theater was very well received – and her […]
The weather for Day 3 of the Watershed country music festival was even more pleasant than the preceding days – and the crowd was a bit drunker. Six artists performed on the Next From Nashville stage and six more on the Main stage. Keith Urban closed the festival and his set culminated with fireworks above […]