The Wailers Live at the Hive
By Ben Olson Reader Staff You’d be hard pressed to find anyone on the planet who hasn’t heard a song by The Wailers. Hailing from Kingston, Jamaica, the group was initially made up of...
Category: Music
A hometown connection: An interview with Sandpoint’s own Bridges Home
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint not only gives us access to some of the best musicians from around the world, but also some of the best music to come out...
A Reader interview with Festival at Sandpoint artist Bruce Hornsby
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The legendary Bruce Hornsby will be kicking off 2016’s Festival at Sandpoint concert series on Thursday, Aug. 4. Recently the Reader was honored to have a short conversation via...
SummerFest or bust
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Intern Tucked in the forests of North Idaho, a few things can be expected—plenty of wild animals, logging roads, an abandoned shack here and there, maybe a Sasquatch sighting. Less...
Duke Evers Band rocks the Panida
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Duke Evers Band is on a roll. Over the past few months, the Seattle-based indie rock trio has tackled frequent tours and the recording of their first LP....
Raising a Ruckus: Michigan band Frontier Ruckus to play the Hive July 1
By Ben Olson Reader Staff One of the best parts about my job is when I get to interview people that have made an impact upon my life. One such musician is Matt Milia,...
Blitzen Trapper to play at the Hive
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Blitzen Trapper is no stranger to changing up their formula. Since forming in 2000, the Portland, Ore., band has experimented with a variety of alt-country and rock sounds, drawing...
Spring Concert features old and new:
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor “First of all, we have to appreciate what the Reiners do,” said Charlie Glock, who has lived in Sandpoint since 1989. “It’s an amazing gift to the community that...
Sing, sing, sing
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor I have written before about when, with fellow USAF draft dodgers in Georgia and later with jolly collegians in California, we harmonized our way through the early 1950s. Or...
Hold onto your tunics, it’s ‘Lost in the 1450s’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Kings, queens, knaves and scoundrels alike, prepareth thyselves for a righteous show of epic proportions. During the normal Lost in the ‘50s festivities this weekend, one corner of Sandpoint...
