A love for loud
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 she got more than...
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Let there be (free) music
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 Music Series, during which...
Home sweet Heartwood
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When Robb Talbott and his wife, Tasha, launched Mattox Farm Productions in Sandpoint five years ago, the mission was simple: host live music from quality artists at feel-good, family-friendly...
All genres, all heart
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Julie Gussaroff, founder of Colorado-based string band The Sweet Lillies, couldn’t imagine her life any other way than on the road, making music and sharing it with anyone who...
The rock ’n’ roll of uncertainty
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff A single conversation with Portland musician Scott Pemberton makes one thing clear: The line between living everyday life and being a song-writing creative is blurred. “It’s what I do,”...
Creativity in chaos
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When the going got tough, the Stillhouse Junkies got creative. When the pandemic put a hold on live music in spring 2020, Colorado string trio Stillhouse Junkies — Fred...
Summer Music Series is back with dual headliners
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Music is often best served al fresco. What better way to hear a free outdoor concert than checking out the Sandpoint Summer Music Series in Farmin Park? Due to...
Live music for the long winter
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Fans of Sadie Sicilia are in for a treat as the vivacious singer-songwriter performs in two bands Friday, Dec. 27 at the Heartwood Center: Queen Suite and The Wagoner...
The roaring now
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Most people would place classic swing tunes a good distance from electronic beats on the musical genre spectrum. Not Carey Rayburn. The classically trained trumpeter always had a love...
Sandpoint Summer Series: Jocelyn & Chris Arndt
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff For rockstars, sister-brother duo Jocelyn and Chris Arndt are a couple of “huge dorks.” Those were Jocelyn’s words, as the pair spoke with the Reader in a recent phone...
