An unexpected love
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Brittany Jean has always been involved in music one way or another, be it sitting at a piano at age 6, starting voice lessons at age 12 or performing...
Category: Music
Not a second for granted
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff This year has not been particularly kind to Blake Christiana or his band, Yarn. Despite the hardships that the novel coronavirus pandemic imposed on musicians, Christiana is one to...
Swan songs
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Autumn is a time of change, but it’s also a season full of conflicting feelings about death and dying. As trees prepare for the coming cold months, their leaves...
Festival season passes on sale
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff To say that 2020 has presented some challenges to The Festival at Sandpoint would be an understatement — and even that understatement would be an understatement. Between the War...
On the side
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Exhausting the musical catalogs of our favorite musical artists, we are often left yearning for more. However, with a bit of research, chances are you’ll learn that those artists...
Songwriting tips for budding musicians
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A bright side of this pandemic has been embracing new talents that might not have been possible if we weren’t all spending a bit more time at home. Music...
Making music, making magic
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff For Joel Shoemaker, the combination of his two passions — woodworking and playing music — seemed a natural fit: building guitars. Shoemaker delved into luthiery as a hobbyist nearly...
Celebrating the past – and the future
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A year ago, on Aug. 12, the staff at the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint took the first step of many toward establishing itself as an epicenter of art and...
‘Art is instrumental’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Passersby at the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint’s building at 110 Main St. may have noticed the two public pianos on the sidewalk have received an artistic facelift. The pianos...
Dream Festival
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Last week, Reader Publisher Ben Olson and Editor-in-Chief Zach Hagadone shared their “dream” Festival at Sandpoint lineup in lieu of a real 2020 schedule, since the event has been...
