Brothers in harps
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Tonedevil Brothers — David and Anthony Powell — don’t just play their instruments. In a lot of cases, they’ve been familiar with their guitar’s …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Tonedevil Brothers — David and Anthony Powell — don’t just play their instruments. In a lot of cases, they’ve been familiar with their guitar’s …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Origins stories are always fascinating. Martin Stamper was born with a condition that makes his heart beat so fast it doesn’t pump blood, causing him …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Next weekend marks a quarter-century of rocking out in the woods for SummerFest.
The Eureka Institute’s annual music festival — known colloquially for years as …
By Kathleen Eldred
Reader Contributor
The Members of the Pend Oreille Chorale and Orchestra are hard at work rehearsing for their upcoming Spring Concerts 2019, and are still performing uplifting …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Rarely is an artist’s origin story as unforgettable as Kaylee Cole’s.
The Seattle-based singer-songwriter experienced a brutal car wreck in college. As Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If there’s one thing about Sandpoint is that there is no shortage of awesome venues in which to watch live music.
One place that sees …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
This July, SummerFest will be celebrating its 25th year (including the prior iteration known colloquially as “Jerry Fest”). Recently, the organizers announced the 2019 lineup …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Upon first glance, it’s your average North Idaho shop. Enter the door, walk the smooth concrete surface toward the back and get a closer look. …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Plenty of locals need no extra reason to see Sadie Sicilia in concert.
The local singer and songwriter has a strong local following thanks to …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When Sandpoint musician Patrice Webb was growing up, her father played piano in speakeasies during the Prohibition.
“My grandma used to make moonshine in the …
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