Shorty’s Seattle years
David William Kearney, aka Guitar Shorty, passed away on April 20th at the age of 87. Shorty was a fixture in the Seattle blues scene... Read more
Category: Rock
Free show on the waterfront Saturday
Friends of Waterfront Seattle is kicking off its three week Pier Sounds series this Saturday with three live bands, headlined by The Black Tones. It... Read more
Good morning and boola boola to you
My girlfriend uttered a Vietnamese phrase the other night, “boola boola,” or something. I don’t have any idea what it means, but I went into... Read more
Live studio jam
Guitarist Rafael Tranquilino is live with a solo studio jam. Remember to leave a tip. Read more
Playlist: Mike Zito
Social isolation and show cancellations haven’t kept Mike Zito from belting out new tunes. He and his band recorded Quarantine Blues, a free album for... Read more
Black Keys w/ Gary Clark Jr. this Summer
Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney are bringing their raw brand of blues rock to the Northwest in July, joined by Gary Clark Jr. at the... Read more
Rock guitar wonder down under
Far away from Seattle, guitarist Laura Cox has some mean chops for audiences down in Australia. She tours internationally, and she’s released a couple of... Read more
This was before MP3
As a marketing gimmick in 1998, the band Spoon released a track on floppy disk, In the Ground. It was very densely compressed to fit... Read more
10th Anniversary rocks
A lot of people waited until the last minute, but Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears sold out the Tractor and put on an exciting... Read more
Two debut albums to hear
A couple of local bands released their first studio albums this last week that you have to hear, Brett Benton‘s You Got To Pray and... Read more