A hometown holiday
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff There is an energy in live music that seems impossible to capture on a record. When a musician truly connects with an audience, a conversation takes place without any...
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Embracing the mermaid
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The first time I listened to John Craigie’s newest album Mermaid Salt, I played it backwards. I was in a small village in Mexico, drinking Pacificos as my friends...
Keepin’ time with Craigie
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff As I began writing down adjectives to describe John Craigie’s new album, Asterisk the Universe, I found myself jotting down words like “full,” “balanced” and “satisfying.” It sounded like...
A homemade show
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Each year when Sandpoint natives Laurie and Katelyn Shook come home to play their annual Giving Thanks show at the Panida Theater, they put in work. From self promoting...
Sandpoint’s living room
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Di Luna’s is known for its cozy environment and unique menu, but every so often the space is transformed to house live music, and the result is something not...
‘Giving Thanks’: Shook Twins’ holiday concert has become an annual holiday tradition
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The holiday season around Sandpoint wouldn’t quite be the same without the annual Shook Twins “Giving Thanks” concert, with John Craigie opening. The show takes place Saturday, Nov. 24...
John Craigie: You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll love him ‘til you die
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There’s often a flutter of excitement you hear when John Craigie returns to Sandpoint for one of his trademark shows. The traveling folk singer holds the distinction for being...
Shook Twins return for ‘Giving Thanks’ show
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If you live in North Idaho and haven’t seen a Shook Twins show, you might want to get your head examined. Over the years, we’ve watched these Sandpoint darlings...
‘Live @ the Office’ with John Craigie
By Ben Olson Reader Staff We’ll be hosting John Craigie in the Sandpoint Reader office for our monthly “Live @ The Office” concert this Sunday, June 28 at 6 p.m. If you haven’t been...
Plight of the Holy Broke
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Kent Ueland knows a thing or two about loss. After fronting the popular and rising band the Terrible Buttons for five years, the band fell apart. Among the casualties...
