Pacific Northwest Music News & Events
The suit alleges that defendants impose an unlawful contractual restriction on artists that perform at Coachella, prohibiting those artists from performing at any other festival or themed event within a distance that extends over 1300 miles, and for a period of nearly five months surrounding Coachella.
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NWMS interviewed Casey Berg about the upcoming release, asking for the musician’s perspective on each song. Here’s what he had to say…
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Pearl Jam released “Can’t Deny Me,” a new track from their forthcoming album, today on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records. Co-produced by the band and Brendan O’Brien, this song marks Pearl Jam’s first new music since their Grammy Award-winning 2013 album,Lightning Bolt.
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In 2008, Edwards was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with The Ventures. The band performed their biggest hits, “Walk Don’t Run” and “Hawaii Five-0”
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Legendary independent record label Sub Pop will turn 30 years old this year, and Seattle-based public broadcaster and arts organization KEXP will pay tribute to the label with a four-month retrospective. With over 1,200 releases, the station is planning to honor every single catalog number in the history of the Seattle based label.
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“Monsterbater” harkens back to the late 70s and early 80s with monster sized vocals that bring to mind Cinderella with a hard driving hair metal meets classic rock aesthetic.”
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Last year, the Fremont Bridge celebrated its 100th birthday. This coming summer 2018, a composer/musician will undertake an in-depth exploration of the historic bridge and respond to the experience with a sound-based project.
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The Washington Blues Society’s annual Best of the Blues Awards (“BB Awards”) returns in April 2018 to honor musicians, artists, events and venues nominated by blues society members in 32 award categories.
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While Seattle’s hottest rock band Thunderpussy has shown versatility in their live sets over the years, most fans of the band that haven’t experienced them live might think they only do in-your-face rock and roll.
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Picture a dim, dingy, hotel room. Cigarette smoke. A pistol under a leather jacket, a knife in a well-worn boot. Lipstick. Tattoos. Weary, wise eyes. A tinny old radio playing something gritty and evocative: bluesy roadhouse guitar, hard-driving rhythm section, biblical keys washing underneath like an urgent, muddy river. Someone here’s about to hit bottom, experience catharsis, or both.
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The Home Shows mark Pearl Jam’s first hometown appearance in five years plus the largest headlining concert event in Seattle since the Rolling Stones’ two-night stint at the Kingdome in 1981.
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Since 1988, the Waterfront Blues Festival has served as downtown Portland’s signature Fourth of July celebration. With four stages and more than 125 musical acts pulling capacity crowds to Tom McCall Waterfront Park, the festival provides a platform to keep blues music alive and add cultural, arts and entertainment value to the City of Portland and region.
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91.3 FM KBCS and the Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcome Davina & The Vagabonds – genre busting jazz, blues and roots, for two nights.
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The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcomes Cuban pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa with his brother, percussionist Ruy López-Nussa and bassist Gastón Joya on January 23 – 24,
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The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcomes Mark Hummel’s Chicago Blues Harmonica Blowout with Billy Boy Arnold, John Primer, Deitra Farr, Oscar Wilson (Cash Box Kings), Billy Flynn, RJ Mischo, Bob Welsh, RW Grigsby & June Core.
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