By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer The stereotypes that accompany contemporary rap music are not the same stereotypes that accompany being a 21-year-old college-educated white female in North Idaho. Thanks to this unlikely pairing,...
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor A few years ago I took a handful of private voice lessons from Karin Wedemeyer (founder/director of the Music Conservatory). It was one of the most challenging and rewarding...
By Ed Ohlweiler Reader Contributor There are questions we will never know the answers to: Why is there suffering in the world, why does Hawaii have interstate highways, and what would chairs look like...
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint is extending the application deadline for the first ever Charley Packard Memorial Songwriting Scholarship. The new deadline is Friday, June 30. This dedicated scholarship is open to...
By Tom Carty Reader Contributor My name is Tom Carty, and I’m a student at Sandpoint Waldorf School. For my eighth-grade project I have chosen to work with the local radio station KRFY 88.5...
While Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte both faced the institutionalized prejudice of the time, Belafonte in many ways escaped much of the persecution that fell on Makeba, possibly because of his elegant speech and...
We may not celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with as much pomp and gusto as they do in eastern cities with large Irish populations, but we still know how to guzzle a green beer like...
Yonder Mountain String Band is no stranger to the Inland Northwest. With a new year ahead, the well-loved and innovative bluegrass outfit, hailing from Colorado, returns to Sandpoint next week. Band member Dave Johnston...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There is a haunting, warm beauty to Marhsall McLean’s voice. It reminds me of standing alone out in a windy crossroads of the Palouse, or driving across the Long...
