Live Music - SB Hopper

Print your work...

...but be more organized than I am. And don't listen to people who tell you what to do. You're not the boss of me! But for me, man, viewing photos online will never be better than holding a print or looking at a photo on a

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Northwest Folklife 2018

Seattle hosted the 47th Northwest Folklife Festival [https://www.nwfolklife.org/festival/] at the Seattle Center from 25 May through 28 May 2018. It’s a fantastic event that celebrates culture, arts, and music. I think one of the things I most like about the festival is that it is

Anna St- Lee

The Peavine Alley House celebrates the 4th of July...on the 8th

Have you ever been to a “house show” to see live music? I’ve been seeing references to them, and I like the idea. Someone with an apartment or house that is large enough (cue the envy) to host a bunch of people and a musician or a band hires

Anna St- Lee

Rain City Collective

In June, my friend and fellow photographer Tony [https://www.instagram.com/t.hammons/] and I launched Rain City Collective [https://www.raincitycollective.com], an online site that focuses on the diverse, talented community of artists in the Pacific Northwest. We have an admittedly expansive view when it comes to

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Backstage Pass: Roselit Bone at Doug Fir Lounge

I didn’t anticipate that one result of picking up photography again after such a long break would be an increase in concert attendance. Safe to say that my presence at shows jacks up the median age of the crowd a bit. But having been overseas for a good chunk

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Roselit Bone and The Black Tones at the Northwest Folklife Festival 2017

On 26 May 2017, up and coming Pacific Northwest bands Roselit Bone [http://www.roselitbone.com] and The Black Tones [https://www.facebook.com/TheBlackTonesSeattle/] played the evening slots at the Northwest Folklife Festival’s [http://www.nwfolklife.org] American Standard Time [http://www.americanstandardtime.com] stage. It was a

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Backstage Pass: Evening at the Paragon

On 25 May 2017, four very talented musicians – Heather Edgley [https://www.instagram.com/heatheredgley/], Sandi Fernandez [https://www.instagram.com/newnamesandi/], Anna St. Lee [https://www.instagram.com/anna.st.lee/], and Elena Loper [https://www.instagram.com/elelop17/] – took over Queen Anne’s Paragon [http://paragonseattle.com] for

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Backstage Pass: Olympia Acoustic Festival 2017

On 20 May 2017, about 20 musicians and bands took to the stages at Obsidian [http://obsidianolympia.com] for a day of music at the Olympia Acoustic Festival [https://www.facebook.com/Olyacousticfest/]. Paul Mauer [http://euphoria-tea.wixsite.com/euphoriatea/about] is the organizing force behind the festival, which is

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Backstage Pass: Pete Yorn

> I want to live alone in the desertI want to be like Georgia O’Keefe I want to live on the Upper East Side And never go down in the street Splendid Isolation I don’t need no one Splendid Isolation Warren Zevon wrote Splendid Isolation, but I associate

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The Busker's Way Part II: The Fiddler in the Market

The Busker’s Way Part I was an introductory look at the talented musicians and artists who busk in Seattle’s vibrant Pike Place Market. In writing that, I benefitted greatly from having Faith Grossnicklaus [https://www.instagram.com/faith.grossnicklaus/] as a guide. She’s a talented and stylish

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Backstage Pass: Thurston Moore Group

Thurston Moore Group at Neumos, Capitol Hill, Seattle. The Thurston Moore Group played at Capitol Hill’s Neumos [http://www.neumos.com/] last night, 9 May 2017. Great show. My music credibility will take a hit here, though – I didn’t immediately associate the name with Sonic Youth. Once I

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Backstage Pass: Bowie Tribute Show, West Seattle

On Saturday 8 April 2017, West Seattle’s Skylark Cafe [http://www.skylarkcafe.com] hosted a David Bowie tribute / variety show. A musician friend of mine, Claire Michelle [http://clairemichellemusic.com], told me about it. I decided to go as soon as she told me she’d be playing “Space

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Backstage Pass: Kate Olson Quartet

Jazz. It has to be high on the list of the most evocative of words. An American original, played in dark, smoky lounges in Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans, and Paris. Played by musicians with the coolest of names. Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Thelonious Monk.* Just reading the

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Backstage Pass: Tobias the Owl

For the past few years I’ve been in a new music rut. I’ve never been great at discovering new music. In my twenties I benefitted from being around friends who were. They were the ones who read Rolling Stone or Magnet, always knew who was playing at the

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Backstage Pass: Elijah Dhavvan, Tom Rhodes, and Claire Michelle

I need to make a point of seeing more live shows in 2017. On Friday 27 January 2017, I caught 3 solid performances at Columbia City’s Columbia City Theater [http://www.columbiacitytheater.com] in Seattle: Elijah Dhavvan, Tom Rhodes, and Claire Michelle. As I’ve mentioned here previously, I’