I’m not a huge fan of ranking musical performances or other forms of art and entertainment. Identifying a show to be the best of the year or ‘in my top 5′ leaves me with the uncomfortable feeling that I’ve neglected other worthy artists and memorable performances. There are so many disparate genres and so many […]
The term ‘southern rock’ typically brings to mind classic rock stalwarts like Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers, and the Marshall Tucker Band and perhaps slightly lesser lights such as 38 Special, the Outlaws, and Molly Hatchet. But, as any good (or, at least, ‘well informed’) southerner knows, there’s a lot more going on south of […]
Newcastle upon Tyne stoner metal behemoth Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (henceforth referred to as ‘Pigs x7’) partnered with lo-fi fuzz pop garagesters The Paranoyds for an evening of good loud fun at Ballard’s venerable Tractor Tavern earlier this week. The somewhat unlikely English metal act took the stage to the made to […]
Five time Grammy award winner (with sixteen nominations!) and Grand Old Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame member Marty Stuart and his remarkable band played a sold out and highly anticipated show at the Edmonds Arts Center last week. Stuart is a veteran of both Johnny Cash’s and Lester Flatt’s bands as well as […]
Country/punk ravers Vandoliers, hailing from Dallas, played a raucous and uplifting show to a crowd of devoted followers at the Tractor Tavern on the last Sunday evening of June. The performance came hot on the heels of Seattle’s yearly Pride parade and capped a month packed with events celebrating the LGBTQIA community. Vandoliers have amassed […]