‘The best song is still to come’
By Soncirey Mitchell
Staff
Local genre-bending duo The Sevens are set to perform at Idaho Pour Authority on Saturday, March 30, in a show that will bring the sunshine back …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Staff
Local genre-bending duo The Sevens are set to perform at Idaho Pour Authority on Saturday, March 30, in a show that will bring the sunshine back …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
KRFY 88.5 FM Panhandle Community Radio will continue its monthly live music showcase Little Live Radio Hour on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. with …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Tony Furtado isn’t one to write a setlist. When the banjo-slaying singer-songwriter looks forward to his live performances, he knows there’s an essential element he …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Gothard Sisters came upon Celtic music by chance, and the subsequent musical journey has been nothing short of remarkable.
Real-life sisters Greta, Solana and …
By Ed Ohlweiler
Reader Contributor
My wife Pam and I have been attending the Fall Folk Festival for 15-20 years now (let’s just say “umpteen” years for argument’s sake); and, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Sarah Vos, vocalist and guitarist for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Dead Horses, describes the folk band’s 2022 album Brady Street as a “coming-of-age” work. It’s a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Parallel to the seasons shifting in the American West, musicians often experience seasonal shifts of their own.
For singer-songwriter Jonathon Foster, the songwriting and recording …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For Spokane singer-songwriter Brian Stai, his latest album, “Your Dreams,” was very much a dream come true. Not only did he record with renowned producer …
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