An interview with: Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Over 30 years ago, a trio of high school friends in Colorado started messing around and playing music for fun. When Todd Park Mohr, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Over 30 years ago, a trio of high school friends in Colorado started messing around and playing music for fun. When Todd Park Mohr, …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
For nearly two decades, the members of Greensky Bluegrass have created their own version of bluegrass music, mixing the acoustic stomp of a stringband with …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Spokane Symphony has been a staple of the Festival at Sandpoint Grand Finale for decades. This year, in celebration of 20 years conducting the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Phillip Phillips came onto the music scene after winning “American Idol” in 2012, and has since recorded three albums, the latest being “Collateral” in January …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you haven’t heard Tennis play live, you just haven’t experienced the music scene in Sandpoint to the fullest.
Known for their spot-on covers, quirky …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Florida band JJ Grey & Mofro are not new to the funky soul-rock scene, and they’re certainly not new to Sandpoint, having opened at the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you’ve kept current with Sandpoint music in the last couple of years, one performer has left an indelible mark on the scene: Kevin Dorin.…
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The 219 is the place to be for music this weekend.
On Saturday, April 28, favorite Inland Northwest musician Marshall McLean and his band members …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The first time I met Holly McGarry was over a decade ago, when I was managing a bar in Sandpoint called the Downtown Crossing. We …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It’s hard to imagine a funkier place to be than The Hive this weekend when Turkuaz returns to Sandpoint.
The colorful nine-piece band from Brooklyn, …
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