Travis Trautt – I was so stoked about this chance to see one of my childhood heroes that I didn’t even mind having to drive down to Kent, where Judas Priest was performing at ShoWare Center A nondescript conference-center looking facility 19.8 miles south of Seattle’s city limits that quite honestly seemed a little small for the band that gave us British Steel. The drive flew by..
Friday, June 1 marks the opening day of the 2018 Upstream! Music Fest, a three-day musical gathering that takes place at a series of outdoor stages and indoor venues in and around Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood.
Matt Ashworth – Here we are again. It’s May. We’ve been listening to oodles of local musicians’ stuff online for the last four months. Sharing links. Championing songs. Debating. Cajoling. And reminding ourselves just how deep a well the Emerald City offers when it comes to emerging musical talent.
Rachel Bennett – Earlier this month La Luz returned to Seattle to debut their third album, Floating Features, released May 11 on local label Hardly Art. It’s the four-piece band’s first release since they moved down to L.A., and with a familiar, but matured sound, the record indicates that the California sun has been beneficial to the band’s creative endeavors.
This year, our intrepid Sasquatch one man media node, Grandpa Andy Bookwalter, will be flanked by two other wonderful NadaMucho.com contributors he doesn’t really know when he’s enjoying and describing this year’s festival at the Gorge Amphitheater. The three of them will provide updates on their own social media handles as well as our Instagram, Flickr and Twitter pages.
