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October in Louisiana

Sitting here at my desk in Seattle, wrapped in a sweater, sipping on Market Spice Tea, watching the skies crystalline tears slide down the windows of my corner Capitol Hill apartment, I remember the life I left behind in Louisiana. A state I return to once or twice a year in order to get my fix of community, loving friends, music, dancing and incredible food.

 

October is coming up, maybe one of the best months to travel to Louisiana, and you bet I'll be there. It's…

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Added by Julia Price on October 6, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

Pickathon 2010, from the other end



Photos by Joseph Schell



For all my talk about unwinding during my write-up of Day One at this year's Pickathon, maybe I should have knocked wood. Saturday late morning, I ate the wrong thing, and wound up paying for it for the rest of the day and night. But, that didn't stop me from cramming as… Continue

Added by Kim Ruehl on August 9, 2010 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

Day One at Pickathon: A lesson in unwinding

Yesterday afternoon, after a surprisingly rocking set from Weinland to open the whole festival (I'd only heard their more quiet, affected, sentimental stuff before seeing that set), I dropped myself on a dusty patch of hill and kicked back for Martha Scanlan. Schedule in hand, August sun beating hard.



Scanlan has been living in a cabin at the end of a ranch in the emptiest reaches of Montana, working on a record and seeing, as she told us, more cows than people for about a… Continue

Added by Kim Ruehl on August 7, 2010 at 9:30am — 4 Comments

Another year at Pickathon, merely days away



Every August for the past four years or so, on the first Friday of the month, I've woken with the sun and boarded a train for Portland. By mid-afternoon, I'm rolling my suitcase (packed tight with tent, sleeping bag, and a couple of clothes) over hay and dirt, dodging the occasional patty of old horse shit, to choose my camp spot on Pendarvis Farm.



Last year, the split second I entered the gates to… Continue

Added by Kim Ruehl on July 28, 2010 at 10:30am — 7 Comments

Festival Season and the Northern State of Mind

Been awhile hibernating in my Northern State, but soon I hope festival season will be upon us.



I've been drooling over the line-up at Merle-fest, coming up soon. Soon as in Southern State height-of-spring end-of-April optimism that a Northern Boy like me can not fully understand nor appreciate.



April in the North is still a time of transition--it can be 80*F one day, and frost that night. I like my place, don't… Continue

Added by JC Shepard on April 15, 2010 at 11:08am — No Comments

Interview with the Old 97s

Rhett Miller performing at Bumbershoot with the Old 97s



As you may recall, I recently spent a soggy weekend at Seattle Center catching some great live music at the annual Bumbershoot festival. One of the first best bands on my schedule were the Old 97s, whose frontman and bass player - Rhett Miller and Murray Hammond, respectively - were kind enough to sit down with me before sound check for a quick Q&A.… Continue

Added by Kim Ruehl on September 10, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Photos from Bumbershoot



All photos © Carrie Robinson

Bumbershoot is an annual music and arts festival which takes place at Seattle Center in downtown Seattle, Wash. The 2009 line-up included performances by the best local and national bands across every imaginable genre, from country to soul, rock to hip-hop. Local photographer Carrie Robinson took those beautiful shots of some of Bumbershoot's finest roots and Americana… Continue

Added by No Depression on September 8, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Bumbershot

Granted I've only been to Bumbershoot a handful of times, but this was the first year when it actually became necessary to have an umbrella. I don't want to waste your time with too many comments about the weather, but it did dictate a lot of choices this weekend, so it merits more than a passing mention. For example, Monday morning, the final day of festivities, I turned down the opportunity to check out the Minus 5 and Point Juncture, WA, in favor of an indoor set from the… Continue

Added by Kim Ruehl on September 8, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Down by the Riverside





I had meant to post this (or repost it, since it was on my blog) right after attending the Clearwater Hudson River Revival, but, well, I'm lazy, that's all. Better late than never, though I suppose you, the reader, are the ultimate judge of that. Be gentle.



I had thought about going to the Clearwater Hudson River Revival earlier in the year, but… Continue

Added by James Sigman on July 1, 2009 at 9:04pm — No Comments

Wintergrass is thinking about moving, wants your feedback

I got an email this morning announcing that Wintergrass - which has, for many years, been one of the best things going on down in Tacoma aside from the glass museum and that bridge project - is thinking of moving north to Bellevue, Wash.



Somehow the mere mention of a bluegrass/folk/roots festival taking to the Seattle suburbs just seems silly to me. Granted, this whole area is teeming with rootsy music and you can hardly… Continue

Added by Kim Ruehl on June 4, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Sasquatch overall, now that it's done

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I acclimate so quickly to my environs, it’s almost hard to believe just 24 hours ago I was making my way down the short path from Cave B toward Sasquatch. In those 24 hours, I saw performances from Loch Lomond, Heartless Bastards, the Pica Beats, Deerhoof, Grizzly Bear, Horse Feathers, Santigold, Blitzen Trapper, the Dutchess and the Duke, and Fleet Foxes. I took a few… Continue

Added by Kim Ruehl on May 26, 2009 at 11:53am — No Comments

anticipating merlefest

In 38 days the annual camp meeting that is Merlefest will begin. I grew up with a love for the music of Crosby, Stills and Nash (and then Young), James Taylor and Jackson Browne. Over time, and through my thirties and forties my tastes drifted toward country and then roots and, at times, bluegrass and jazz. I am not sure how I came to make the pilgrimage to Merlefest, but for the past decade I have been there (there is an exception--every four years I have been elected to a conference that is… Continue

Added by Ken Carter on March 15, 2009 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Why the Downfall of a Couple of Festivals Does NOT Mean Catastrophe is on the Way.

I work for a music festival, and sit on the board of directors of a couple of others, so I tend to be a festival industry newshound. Even as the "death to the music industry" indie kids cheer on the downfall of the big labels and Bruce Springsteen apologizes to his fans for that Wal-Mart scenario, and even Bob Lefsetz thinks that the… Continue

Added by Megan Romer on February 27, 2009 at 11:35am — No Comments

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