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...
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...
Tennis doesn’t do things halfway. Not only has the three-piece band consistently earned its reputation as Sandpoint’s favorite dance band for the past 14 years, it’s done so without even being based here anymore....
If the Dimestore Prophets’ online persona is any indication of how fun the band will be in a live setting, Saturday night is sure to be a good time at the 219. Hilarious and...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Some of Lilla’s earliest memories are of writing songs. The self-taught pianist and Portland-based R&B artist said she can’t remember a time she didn’t love music. As she discovered...
By Kathi Samuels Reader Contributor For nearly a decade, Sandpoint resident and former Director of Asia ICN Heather Mehra-Pedersen traveled the globe as part of the team that hand selects children to join the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Next weekend marks a quarter-century of rocking out in the woods for SummerFest. The Eureka Institute’s annual music festival — known colloquially for years as “Jerry Fest” — is...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When it comes to the Wildcrafters, the band’s name couldn’t be more accurate. Hilary Petterson and her sister Chloey Davis crossed paths with future bandmate Josh Walters thanks to...
By Katherine Greenland Reader Contributor Five local students from the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint brought home distinguished medals from MusicFest Northwest on May 17. Jacinta Howard earned a gold medal in the violin category....
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A handful of nationally-touring bands will make their way into Farmin Park this summer to perform free, family-friendly shows, and if that sounds too good to be true, that’s...
