Rave music is still all the rage
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When I was in high school and college, there was a phenomenon known as a rave that doesn’t seem to happen much anymore. The concept …
Category: Music
A redo, and a radical reclamation
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Taylor Swift shocked fans with two unannounced albums in 2020, but ended the year with an even bigger surprise: she’s begun re-recording all of her …
Once upon a time signature
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Estimates place the first love song in Mesopotamia in 2250 BCE, when high priestess Enheduanna sang that she would make her lover “feel like a …
Soft sounds for hard times
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I’ve been on a mission during the pandemic to listen to music that provides a soothing soundscape to help curb the vitriolic rhetoric that has …
The pipes, the pipes are galling
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Over the past 30 or so years I’ve been playing music — which began with recording fart sounds on my Casio SK1 — I seem …
The year’s missing music
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
It was a weird year for music.
With the typical hype of major releases downplayed or altogether postponed amid the pandemic, 2020 took on an …
Festival at Sandpoint announces new executive director
By Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint announced Ali Baranski as the new executive director on Dec. 23. As executive director, Baranski will work closely with the board to ensure …
Bella Noté adds new instructor, classes
By Reader Staff
Bella Noté Music Studios will be introducing two new adult beginner classes starting in January, 2021. These will be a part of the Adult Recreational Music classes …
Bravo!
By Reader Staff
Most students at the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint know that the “someone” shouting an enthusiastic “Bravo!” from down the hall of the MCS when hearing music, may …
Shook Twins virtual show to support Panida Theater
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Although they had to postpone the live taping of a virtual concert due to COVID-19, Sandpoint’s own Shook Twins will perform a live virtual show …
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Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss the Sandpoint Winter Carnival, the Heart Ball, Low Bar Chorale, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
