Author Archives: Bart Cameron

Iceland Airwaves Part 2: Gimaldin, Megas and Playing for Festivals

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Bart Cameron

Iceland Airwaves is getting big coverage in Seattle this year. Listening in, you may have a few thoughts: 1) damn, that sounds like fun, and 2) isn’t it slightly unfair that hundreds of local bands can’t get coverage, while obscure … Continue reading →

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Iceland Airwaves Part 1: Find Great Icelandic Bands, Find Good Music Writing

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Bart Cameron

October is Iceland Airwaves month. You’ve heard about it in Seattle, in part because KEXP is promoting it and broadcasting from Reykjavik, my old home. Airwaves used to have an enormous impact on my life: as the editor of the … Continue reading →

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Tango Alpha Tango at Comet Tavern Tonight–Slow Skate Should Assist in the Forceful Adoption of Portland’s Bluesy Up-and-comers

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Bart Cameron

The rivalry between Portland and Seattle is unmentioned on this blog. I won’t give it voice here. I’ll just say, we locals get a bit tired of bands from the city with the NBA team. I won’t explain it, because … Continue reading →

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That’s What Ballard Was Missing: Sax at the Hattie’s Hat Back Room

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Bart Cameron

I got stopped on the street and told about Prawnyxx. Saxophone, drums and heart, I was told. This band’s playing tonight at the newly up and running Hattie’s Hat back room. This, to me, could possibly make up for the … Continue reading →

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Friends and Family: If Only More of Seattle Were Like This Band

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Bart Cameron

Lemme preface this. I always thought The Foghorns, which is my band’s name, was the worst band name in Seattle. (We started on an island in Wisconsin, I swear it made sense at the freaking time.) But, God bless them, … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Shenandoah Davis – The Company We Keep

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Bart Cameron

Shenandoah Davis – The Company We Keep (2011, self-released) Shenandoah Davis is a Ball of Wax alumnus (see volumes 16 and 18). In fact, she’s the first example I point to for the beauty of the concept of such a … Continue reading →

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Casey Ruff and Sunset Tavern’s Memorial Day Weekend Show: Sunday May 29

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Bart Cameron

I hate to interrupt the Northwest FolkLife love, and the Sasquatch hype, but Ballard’s putting its own foot into the Memorial Day weekend music scene, and in a refreshingly appropriate way. Casey Ruff and a number of the more straight-ahead … Continue reading →

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Working Troubadours: Joe Pug, Ben Gilmer, and Strand of Oaks at Tractor May 13, 2011

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Bart Cameron

To explain why I admire the North Carolinian gone Chicago Joe Pug– a very young songwriter with a bawdy nasal style compared to Gaslight-era Dylan– I point to the third time I heard him play. I already liked his manners. … Continue reading →

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Three Great Women Voices Live in Seattle Tonight

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Bart Cameron

Seattle is more balanced than most cities, but you still don’t see that many woman singers at the clubs in town on an average night. Tonight we have two very very good local singers at two different clubs, to say … Continue reading →

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This Scottish Guy You Should Hear Has an Honest Heart AND a Brain: Check out Withered Hand

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Bart Cameron

Two years ago, I went to Scotland on tour, and a very good friend sat me down and played an EP by Withered Hand (Dan Willson is his non-stage name). The EP blew me away for its songwriting. The singer, … Continue reading →

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