Craig Finn is My Gateway to Patterson Hood: A Show Preview
Most descriptions of a person as a drug aren’t meant as a compliment (unless they’re awesome). But describing Craig Finn and The Hold Steady as a gateway drug just makes…
Most descriptions of a person as a drug aren’t meant as a compliment (unless they’re awesome). But describing Craig Finn and The Hold Steady as a gateway drug just makes…
Kevin Nelson – Guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke will play Seattle’s Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on July 8 and 9.This excites me personally, because I’ve only seen Leo Kottke perform live once. And that one time was at his dad’s funeral.
Andy Bookwalter – The last time I was in the new location for legendary Seattle venue the Crocodile, it was still El Gaucho, and our car got stolen. Before El Gaucho, it was the Sailor’s Union Hall of the Pacific and there was a genuine Merchant Marine bar downstairs called My Suzie’s (later known as Trade Winds).
Todd Terry – It is hard to believe that the summer of Barbenheimer is edging toward the sunset as Labor Day, and the much-anticipated return of Bumbershoot, looms on the very immediate horizon. In my role as citizen journalist, and honorary member of the Riptide Detective Agency, I will be taking some time away from thinking up clever tribe names for my Survivor Fantasy League to check out some culture on a Saturday in September.
Aubrey Oliver – It’s Sunday, the final day of the 2023 Capitol Hill Block Party, and I’m headed to the festival for the first time ever. I’m excited to see a few artists I’ve been listening to for quite some time now, especially Rico Nasty.