The Hive reanimates for Halloween
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Much like the zombies in our favorite horror films, the Hive is resurrecting itself from a late summer slumber for a series of amazing shows. Here’s a quick rundown...
Category: Music
Local Band Spotlight: Browne Salmon Truck
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For the Sandpoint band Browne Salmon Truck, spontaneity is key. For Drew Browne, Samantha Carston and Truck Mills – get the name now? – everything from how they met...
Roots music for the soul
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer When I first sampled the Dustbowl Revival’s newest album, a single thought came to mind: These guys would be incredible live. The album, which is self-titled, is a...
The Sandpoint faces of the CDA Symphony
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer The Coeur d’Alene Symphony is starting its 36th season this weekend with the kickoff of this year’s theme: Voyage of Discovery. The theme stems from the symphony’s search...
The ‘good time’ band
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Country music as a genre can be polarizing — most people either love it or hate it. Sandpoint country artist Devon Wade knows this, so when people tell...
Where to listen to some great music this weekend
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Summer is officially over Friday, but the live music scene is just warming up in Sandpoint. Here’s a short compendium of the live music going off this weekend in...
Too Darn Hot: Looking back over 70 years of Broadway musicals
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor Living in and around NYC for much of our pre-dotage life, my 1957 bride and I saw and fell in love with Broadway musicals. In the late 1950s we clapped...
Honeysuckle returns to Idaho
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The concept of home imbues much of Honeysuckle’s music. All the more appropriate, then, that their most recent tour is a homecoming in its own right. Singer-songwriter and Sandpoint...
Americana bands to rock the Panida
By McCalee Cain Reader Intern This weekend, Sandpoint will get a taste of one of today’s burgeoning music genres: Americana. This fresh genre is distinguished by a blend of folk music encapsulating the musical...
An interview with: George Thorogood & the Destroyers
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When the opening guitar riff rings out for “Bad to the Bone,” followed by a strong kickdrum snap at the Festival at Sandpoint on Saturday night, expect the crowd...
