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Country-Folk Singer Songwriter Sarah Jarosz Performs to a Sell-Out Crowd at Seattle’s Triple Door, By Holly Homan

Monday night, July 30, I had the pleasure of not only setting foot inside The Triple Door in downtown Seattle for the first time, but also seeing new-comer Sarah Jarosz. Sarah Jarosz is only twenty-one, but her songs and musical capabilities sound like they could have come from someone twice her age. She holds a …

Twenty-One-Year-Old Singing Sensation Sarah Jarosz Plays Portland’s Aladdin Theater 8/1 and Seattle’s Triple Door 7/30/2012, By Holly Homan

Sarah Jarosz may only be twenty-one years old, but she’s already on her way to stardom. She also holds more talent than almost any pop star of today combined. Jarosz plays an honest and pure form of country music that spills over into a more folky sound also. She not only writes all her songs, …

New Jersey’s Bouncing Souls Heat Up Seattle’s Cool Temperatures with the Menzingers, Luther and the Hollowpoints, By Holly Homan

Sunday Night July 22, Seattle’s tiny Chop Suey club hosted New Jersey’s Bouncing Souls. Chop Suey sits on the southern end of Seattle’s diverse Capitol Hill neighborhood and this night right on the edge of the annual Capitol Hill Block Party. The aforementioned is a musical event where several streets are cordoned off and several …

A Triumphant Return for Seattle’s Easy Big Fella With The Sentiments and Natalie Wouldn’t Opening – A Fun-Filled Evening of Ska, By Holly Homan

After seeing Poorsport on Friday the 20th of July, I headed to West Seattle to The Skylark Club. Seattle’s legendary ska masters, Easy Big Fella had reunited for their twentieth anniversary and were doing a few west coast shows. I arrived just as openers, Seattle’s Natalie Wouldn’t were being introduced. I was familiar with Natalie …

The Pietasters Electrify Seattle’s Tractor Tavern With Their Upbeat ska while Georgetown Orbits and Skablins Ignite the Spark, By Holly Homan

When I learned there was going to be a fabulous ska show on the same night my hero, Ray Davies was playing, I was caught in a real dilemma. Of course I couldn’t NOT see my god, but the ska show was The Pietasters with Georgetown Orbits and Skablins opening. Solution: Pay for a choo …

Wild Night at Studio Seven: The Casualties, Nekromantix, The Sheds, Lower Class Brats, Down By Law and Many Others, By Holly Homan

Saturday night, July 7, Studio Seven hosted the Tonight We Unite hardcore punk rock show. Though psychobilly gods, The Nekromantix, played last, it’s a safe bet to say that there were two headliners, The Nekromantix and The Casualties. I’d say the Casualties stole the show. They came on stage all punked out with singer Jorge …

Young Empires – White Doves – Band Performs in PDX, 6/30 at Dante’s and Seattle, 6/29 at the Vera Project, By Holly Homan

[Young Empires will perform in Portland on June 30 at Dante’s and in Seattle on June 29 at The Vera Project.] I like the jangly guitar sounds througout the song. The song reminded me of music which dominated the airwaves in the early eighties. Although the video itself is visually stunning, I don’t get the …

Women, Men and Families Rally In Seattle’s Westlake Park To Protest Misogynistic Legislation, By Holly Homan

On Saturday, April 28, 2012, rallies put on by UniteWomen.org took place all over the country. I attended the Seattle event. My estimate is that probably between three and four hundred people of all ages, genders and backgrounds were in attendance. I even spotted a group of teenaged boys! There were a multitude of homemade …

Roy Loney & the Longshots w/ Young Fresh Fellows and Ernest Anyway & the Mighty Squirrels Set the Sunset Tavern On Fire on a Saturday Night, By Holly Homan

Saturday night April 28th the stars all aligned and the moon was in the right phase and I took a trip back in time. Legendary cult figure Roy Loney played a fired up, good old-fashioned rock and roll show at Seattle’s Sunset Tavern. San Franciscan Roy Loney has been around a long time — since …

X, The Last Surviving Original Punk Band, Will Rock Portland’s Crystal Ballroom on May 11 and Seattle’s Showbox Theater on May 12th, By Holly Homan and Mike Kowalski

Perennial L.A. punk-rockers, X, are touring the West Coast right now, before heading to Europe to join Pearl Jam this summer. Now celebrating their 35th anniversary as a band, X is the last musical group out of the iconic “class of ’77,” which featured such greats as The Ramones, The Clash and The Sex Pistols, …

Legendary Ska Masters, The Skatalites, Along with Seattle’s Georgetown Orbits, Bring Smooth Jamaican Ska to The Nectar Lounge, By Holly Homan

On Tuesday evening April 24, I headed to Seattle’s artsy Fremont neighborhood to The Nectar Lounge – where legendary Ska band The Skatalites were playing. The Nectar Lounge is a great little club with an ample dance floor, a large loft and even a covered patio where patrons can go smoke and still watch the …