Once again, Seattle’s Tractor Tavern was set ablaze with some smolderin’ country last Saturday. Jackrabbit opened the show with a short set of tunes from their two current albums and a handful of new songs, worthy of a future EP. […]
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My husband Pat is a bona fide Willie Sugarcapps groupie. I blame myself. A decade ago, I encouraged him to see some live music and get away from the TV. We started slowly, maybe a few shows a year. Now, […]
Among the thousands of records produced in the Pacific Northwest since the very first musical recording was cut here in Seattle way back in 1923, are a number that cross-over into two notable categories: awesome music and rare as hell. […]
What little is known about the young tenor banjo-playing woman seen in this recently discovered cabinet card photograph is quite intriguing. A handwritten inscription on its reverse informs only that this is: “Annie Jackson (Mrs. J.N. Pyncheon) My Mother.” […]
The singular album that caught my ears and captured my imagination like no other throughout the summer of 2011 was The Animal Groom by the Winterlings, an impressive alt.folk duo that originated on the east coast. I consider it my […]
The Pacific Northwest’s most storied Country/Western radio DJ – Marion “Buck” Ritchey – effectively promoted that genre of music for about 32 long years on area radio stations. Born in 1915, he was initially inspired by the recordings of America’s […]
Country Music in the Pacific Northwest By Peter Blecha Country music has a remarkably long history in the state of Washington — but just as with the genres of jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, some of the earliest players actually […]
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