By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Grant Farm may be labeled an Americana band, but there’s no doubt this Colorado-based four-piece can adapt to just about any scene. In Sandpoint, the band has played the...
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor She is a leader, visionary, artist, scientist, wife, mother and she is directing an upcoming opera. She loves Janice Joplin, and she hopes to be a space-traveling astrophysicist in...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint announced Wednesday that it was doing away with the “number line” system it has used for the past decade, replacing it with tiered pricing for...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s hard to imagine a funkier place to be than The Hive this weekend when Turkuaz returns to Sandpoint. The colorful nine-piece band from Brooklyn, N.Y., will keep your...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There’s often a flutter of excitement you hear when John Craigie returns to Sandpoint for one of his trademark shows. The traveling folk singer holds the distinction for being...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Usually when you think of Colorado, images of mountains, bluegrass and banjos comes to mind. With the funk band The Motet, however, take that stereotype and toss it right...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Somewhere inside a North Idaho airplane hangar, amid small planes taxiing across the runway and flickering lights, great music is being played. Calling themselves The Wow Wows, the newly...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff St. Patrick’s Day Step No. 1: wear green, or give your friends the sweet satisfaction of pinching that extra-tender spot under your arm. St. Patrick’s Day Step No. 2:...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Jason Spooner mentions his touring adventures in the Pacific Northwest, he doesn’t just say he likes Sandpoint. He recounts playing gigs on the shores of the lake, performing...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When I was in college in Colorado around the year 2000, there was this new band starting to break into the music scene. Filled with fast-picking all-stars, Yonder rapidly...
