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Author Archives: Bart Cameron
Casey Ruff and Sunset Tavern’s Memorial Day Weekend Show: Sunday May 29
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
Posted in Community, Live Music
Tagged caleb and walter, casey ruff, memorial day, Rachael Mae, sunset tavern, The Smoke Brothers
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Working Troubadours: Joe Pug, Ben Gilmer, and Strand of Oaks at Tractor May 13, 2011
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
Posted in Bands You Should Know, Live Music
Tagged ben gilmer, joe pug, strand of oaks, tractor tavern
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Three Great Women Voices Live in Seattle Tonight
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
This Scottish Guy You Should Hear Has an Honest Heart AND a Brain: Check out Withered Hand
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
Posted in Bands You Should Know, Check Out This Song, Glocal Scene, Videos
Tagged no cigarettes, virgin of the birds, withered hand
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