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Tag Archives: Sam Russell and the Harborrats
Album Review: Sam Russell and the Harborrats – Ocean Shores
Sam Russell and the Harborrats – Ocean Shores (self-released, October 2021) Seattle-based musician Sam Russell has spent the better part of a decade building a vast universe of anthemic, full-throated rock and roll. With his band the Harborrats, Russell bears … Continue reading
Album Review: The Cupholders Present . . . “The Wisconsin Polka!”
Supergroups are strange beasts. Jann Wenner claims that Cream, with members from the Yardbirds, the Graham Bond Organization, and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, was rock’s first supergroup – soon to be followed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Blind … Continue reading
Ball of Wax Winter Spectacular: Saturday, November 30th at Conor Byrne
Ball of Wax 58 (songs of winter, holidays, and winter holidays) The Foghorns, Sam Russell and the Harborrats, The Julia Francis Band, and Tom Dyer and the True Olympians Saturday, November 30th, 9pm Conor Byrne Pub Ball of Wax 58 … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 56 Songs: Doug Hood and the Wholly Heathens – “Fire at Captain Mike’s”
The rapture, the apocalypse, the final battle between good and evil (too soon to namedrop Ragnarok without sounding like a total nerd), the Second Coming of Sam Russell: whatever you want to call it, Doug Hood (née the aforementioned Mr. … Continue reading
Sam Russell and the Harborrats release Born to Hurt single
Seattle-via-Kenosha, Wisconsin anachronistic troubadour Sam Russell just released a new single and it’s fantastic. The anthemic “Born to Hurt” feels like a defining statement for Russell, an artist with a body of work spans a live EP with his ace … Continue reading