Emptying the bucket
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Genres are helpful to narrow down music styles into convenient buckets. But what happens when those buckets are flipped over, emptied of their contents, placed …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Genres are helpful to narrow down music styles into convenient buckets. But what happens when those buckets are flipped over, emptied of their contents, placed …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Separately, Phil Hamilton and Erica Perry blazed their own trails on the Texas music scene, offering up musical flavors of country and rock, and finding …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
It’s been a musical summer so far at Matchwood Brewing Company.
Owner Andrea Marcoccio told the Reader that the brewery’s free, outdoor concert series — …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Mattox Farm Productions is now officially managing Sandpoint’s Heartwood Center, and is launching into this new era the best way founder Robb Talbott knows how: …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Those in North Idaho who love country music benefit from one of the genre’s most beloved subcategories: songs about being on the water.
Whether it’s …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint’s iconic white tent will soon rise into the air at War Memorial Field, and locals and tourists alike will gather for …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
East Coast-based progressive folk band Honeysuckle will be kicking off its West Coast tour with a show at MickDuff’s Beer Hall on Saturday, July 16 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When Celeste “CC” Spina posted a video of herself drumming in Craigslist’s “Musician’s Wanted” section over a decade ago, it is safe to say that …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Rather than list influences or genres, vocalist and songwriter Abigail Cosio takes a different approach when describing the sound of New Orleans-based band Bon Bon …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
They say there’s no free lunch, but free music? Sure, why not.
Mattox Farm Productions is excited to announce the return of the Sandpoint Summer …
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