Chuck Prophet released my hands-down favorite album of 2009, ¡Let Freedom Ring! On Saturday, August 21, he and his band the Mission Express will play the second annual No Depression Festival at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA. (Their set is at 3:40pm.)

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When I spoke with Chuck late last year, he’d just put Alejandro Escovedo on a plane. They'd been writing… Continue

When Chuck Prophet took the Tractor stage with his longtime band The Mission Express Thursday night, he did so with the cocksure swagger of a rock lifer who knows he's just made the album of his career (thus far). After a prerecorded snippet of "Beautiful Dreamer," Prophet & co. kicked into ¡Let Freedom Ring!'s London Calling-esque opener, "Sonny Liston's Blues," with a muscularity worthy of its namesake. At that moment, it was apparent that the sizable weeknight crowd had come to… Continue

Hey guys,



I don't post on here very often, but I just wanted to let the Seattle community folks know that my band, Red Jacket Mine, is opening up for the legendary Alejandro Escovedo at the Crocodile (2200 2nd Avenue) this Friday, July 31.



It's an honor to share this… Continue