Stories with 'music' tag

🎧 Local Music Lowdown: Maya Marie

Maya Marie’s powerful vocals and music are imbued with the sounds of the artists she grew up listening to. Her new EP is out now on Bandcamp.

/ February 26, 2021

🎧 Local Music Lowdown: Warren Dunes

Warren Dunes brings us a visual EP to help us forget all the bad things happening. The local band sits down to talk about their latest project.

/ December 15, 2020

🎧 Local Music Lowdown: The Black Tones

Cedric and Eva aren’t just siblings they’re twins who front the rock and roll band The Black Tones. I’m not really sure if this week’s band needs any introduction. They’re one of Seattle’s best local bands that still fly relatively under the radar outside the PNW, which is a shame for everyone else but a […]

/ October 9, 2020

🎧 Local Music Lowdown: Glendal Tautua

Glendal Tautua’s debut album “Bonney in Greenwood” is out now available to stream on most major platforms. Courtesy of Glendal Tautua One of the best parts about starting this column has been discovering artists for myself. While most of the time I’ve been reaching out to musicians whose work I’m familiar with, this week’s artist […]

/ September 25, 2020

🎧 Local Music Lowdown: Ayron Jones

Ayron Jones just released another single “Boys from Puget Sound” from his first commercial album which does not have a release date yet. Photo by: Karen Mason Blair Ayron Jones has been around Seattle’s music scene for quite a while and has performed with legends like B.B. King and Run D.M.C. His music harkens back […]

/ September 18, 2020

🎧 Local Music Lowdown: Chong the Nomad

Chong the Nomad released the EP “A Long Walk” in August. The EP can be streamed on all major platforms. Seattle is best known for being home to grunge. Sometimes it feels like people forget that The Sonics (the band, not the team), Kenny G, and Quincy Jones are all from the city, too. It […]

/ September 11, 2020

🎧 Local Music Lowdown: davey + Sol

“Not Me” features Seattle rapper, Soul and is the latest single from David Ansari’s new solo project davey. Your patience with me for not having a new artist to highlight last week will be rewarded with today’s double feature. Both artists are from Seattle and made a name for themselves in the music scene. David […]

/ September 4, 2020

🎧 Local Music Lowdown: Hollis

Hollis released her debut solo EP “half-life” in May. 📸: Janae Jones I am super excited to introduce you all to this week’s local musician. You may not recognize her name but you might recognize her voice singing the hook for this track from another Seattle artist.  Not only is she a Grammy-nominated artist, but […]

/ August 21, 2020

Need a Pearl Jam primer? Here’s what you should know if you live in Seattle

Pearl Jam is putting on two big shows in Seattle this week — the Seattle Home Shows. Don’t know much about the band beyond “Jeremy” and “Better Man”? Seattle music writer and Pearl Jam fan Travis Hay wrote this Pearl Jam primer for Evergrey director Mónica Guzmán — and we figure there’s a lot more of you who could use it.

/ August 7, 2018

Chris Cornell’s Seattle is gone. Where are we now? Seattle’s week in two minutes

> Chris Cornell’s Seattle. We worry a lot about the city’s future. How fast we’re growing. How much we’re changing. Who can afford to stay. Then we learned that Chris Cornell took his own life Wednesday night after a concert in Detroit. He was the lead singer of Soundgarden, a band that was born here […]

/ May 19, 2017