Author: Lyndsie Kiebert

Bandwagon: Down North, July 19, The Hive

Names like James Brown, Sam Cooke and Prince come up when people talk about Down North. The Seattle-based four-piece, fronted by Anthony Briscoe, inhabits elements of all three iconic artists with its high-energy, dance-inflected...

Bandwagon: Tony Furtado, July 19, Di Luna’s

Tony Furtado’s meticulous, high-speed banjo and guitar work immediately evokes images of rolling through a red-clay country landscape somewhere in the South, but he’s 100% a Westerner: born and raised in Pleasanton, Calif., and...

Dock rock

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Of all the early-2000s country music hits, nothing serves as a better soundtrack to summer days on Lake Pend Oreille than Craig Morgan’s “Redneck Yacht Club.” The upbeat track...

Social storm

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Violence erupted July 2 at City Beach. Angry words escalated to physical blows. A baseball bat allegedly crashed down on an unnamed juvenile female victim. After a week of...

Wine with a view

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Wine and mountain enthusiasts rejoice — Northwest Winefest is back on Schweitzer Mountain for the fifth year, Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, boasting 20 wineries showcasing 80...

Ospreys take the spotlight

By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint shared its 2019 poster July 11, unveiling a piece that highlights the merger of nature and culture that happens at Memorial Field for two weeks...

Yoga Feast

By Reader Staff Bring your appetite for food and spiritual wellbeing to the 2019 Northwest Yoga Feast, which serves up a wide menu of workshops, presentations, conversations, live music, dance and — of course...