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Author Archives: Levi Fuller
Northwest Folklife Festival, the Indie Roots Stage, and the Pre-Festival Show This Friday
I am a big fan of the Northwest Folklife Festival. I have been for years, and it just keeps getting better. It really is the perfect festival, as far as I’m concerned: It’s free (although you really should donate a … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 24 release show: 5/11/11 at the Sunset
This is going to be a good one! Through no particular planning of my own, the release show celebrating the next volume of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly (Volume 24, Spring 2011) will be quite the old-school BoW affair. Everyone … Continue reading
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Knick Knack Records Has Some Treats for You This Record Store Day
As I hope you are aware, this coming Saturday, April 16th is the fifth annual (I think) Record Store Day, an unofficial holiday (though I’m sure Congress will recognize it any year now) started to help support and recognize the … Continue reading
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Robert Deeble at Type Foundry
Robert Deeble (heard on Ball of Wax volumes 3, 4, 10, 15, and the forthcoming 24) has not released an album since 2005’s This Bar Has No One Left EP, so the news that he’s recording a new full-length at … Continue reading
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Slow Skate, again
I know, I only just posted about Slow Skate a couple weeks ago, but a) they’re good people and good friends of Ball of Wax; b) they are an excellent band; and c) they’re playing their CD release show for … Continue reading
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Credit where credit is due: Seattle Weekly really hit one out of the park with their “Tuesday Night Music Club” feature in the issue currently (until the end of today) on newsstands. It’s so refreshing to read these words coming … Continue reading
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Wesafari R.I.P.: Final Show April 17th at Neumos
It’s no secret that Wesafari (heard on Ball of Wax volumes 1, 4, 6, 18, 20, and seen on the Volume 7 DVD) has been one of my favorite local bands for quite some time now, as well as being … Continue reading
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Michael Zapruder’s Pink Thunder
I didn’t know it when I applied for the grant for Songs about Books, but there is something in the air right now around the intersection of music and literature. We’ve got Songs about Books, of course; but then after … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 24 shaping up nicely.
I just wanted to check in, as the submission deadline for Ball of Wax Volume 24 approaches, to mention that I’m already pretty excited about how it’s coming together. I’ve got some great new music from people I’d never heard … Continue reading
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Where I’ll Be Tonight (Plus More Free Music!): Cooper McBean and the Vested Interests
The Devil Makes Three is a very popular band, and for that reason only you probably won’t find me writing about them much in this space (although they are popular despite the fact that they get little to no press … Continue reading
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