When we swung and swayed
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor A recent New York Times carried the obituary of former big band vocalist Kitty Kallen. This, in part, is what it said: “Kitty Kallen, her voice sweet and clear,...
Category: Music
Miles and Me:
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor Charlie “Yardbird” Parker and Dizzy Gillespie blew America’s musical roof off with bebop jazz in the late 1940’s. Softer, conventional jazz—my kind—languished. Their feverish screeching eventually wore out their...
An evening with the Bel Canto Opera Trio
By Dion Nizzi Reader Contributor A few times a year, the opportunity arises for multiple Sandpoint gems to shine simultaneously. Next Thursday, Jan. 28, the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint (MCS) gets it’s opportunity, in...
New Year’s Bash showcases rockers The London Souls
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Rock is not dead, and neither is London Souls’ front man Tash Neal. But it could’ve gone much differently. The rock duo, featuring Tash Neal on the vocals and...
Christmas Carols:
By Melannie Wurm Reader Contributor In honor of the Christmas Carols you are by this time of year, undoubtedly unable to escape (does every store really have to be playing “Jingle Bell Rock”?), here...
Bluegrass band descends upon the Hive
By Dustin Hoffman Reader Staff Heard The Lil’ Smokies from Missoula, Montana? Yeah, they’re coming to town. Seriously, if you haven’t heard them, you should. The acoustic sextet will be playing The Hive on...
A phalanx of voices:
By Melannie Wurm Reader Contributor In our modern world of pop rock and Justin Bieber, of repetitive lyrics and commercialization and Spotify, it is easy to forget that music can also be complex and...
An interview with Shook Twins
By Dustin Hoffman Reader Staff The Shook Twins have been off honing their indie folk-pop style in Portland, Ore., but they are Sandpoint natives, born and raised. They are headed home to play the...
Reader fundraiser showcases 4 local bands
By Dion Nizzi Reader Contributor When the Sandpoint Reader began its second incarnation in January, it was considered a crap shoot. Free weekly community print publications are disappearing all over the country, and to...
The Music of the Mountains:
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There’s just something about living surrounded by mountains. Missing are the crowds of people, the traffic, litter and noise of big cities. Also, the music just plain kicks ass....
