KELS @ Tractor Tavern – 9/6/2026Photos by Kirk Stauffer With her distinctive blend of pop, soul, and blues, KELS (Kelsey Hillock) headlined at a sold-out show at the Tractor Tavern. It was a stop on her Dirty Blues Princess tour, the same name as her forthcoming EP. Singer-songwriter Ella Maddux opened. KELS – Photos by Kirk Stauffer Ella Maddux – […]
Hannah Marie Kelley @ Tractor Tavern – 8/4/2026Photos by Kirk Stauffer Songwriter and performer Hannah Marie Kelley opened for the Hogslop String Band at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle last week. The traditional country/Americana singer was backed by a four-member band that included her husband Gabriel (with a case of 15+ harmonicas!). Hannah Marie Kelley – Photos by […]
Guitarists JD Simo and Luther Dickinson, drummer Adam Abrash, and vocalist Datrian Johnson played what will likely prove to be (for me) one of the musical highlights of 2026 at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard this week. Simo and Dickinson are touring in support of their first collaboration, ‘Do the Rump’ (released in late 2024), with […]
Patterson Hood and Craig Finn, frontmen and songwriters for the Drive-By Truckers and the Hold Steady respectively, visited the Tractor Tavern in November on their ‘Devil is in the Details’ tour. This intimate, primarily acoustic show afforded fans of both bands the opportunity to experience these two revered and highly accomplished songwriters in an up […]
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 […]