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 […]
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 […]
Always a must-see when she’s in town, Nicole Atkins returned to Seattle on February 28th for a show at the Nectar Lounge. She’s in the middle of her US tour in support of her amazing new album, Slow Phaser. I’ll likely wind up with an “Atkins Overdose” next week when I see several of her […]
Little Hurricane blew into town for a Valentine’s Day show at the Moore Theatre. The duo consists of Tone Catalano on guitar and keys and former model CC Spina on drums. In support of their new album Gold Fever, they are on tour with John Butler Trio. Little Hurricane
Norwegian songstress Ane Brun was approaching the end of her North American tour when she stopped at the Crocodile Café last week. “Don’t Leave,” from Ane’s recent double album Songs 2003-2013 was featured in the American Cancer Society’s Super Bowl 2014 commercial. Ane was accompanied by Linnea Olsson on cello, who also opened the show. […]