Mike’s Corner: ‘Do you guys do any Willie?’
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor New Year’s Day has a kind of feeling to it doesn’t it? Sometimes, not a very good one. For me, this time around I found myself lookin’ back at...
Tagged: music
Sing, arachnid, sing
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Kids are the creators and caretakers of humanity’s wisdom. Without their innocence, curiosity and ability to dream, none of our great creations or feats would exist. I was recently...
Festival at Sandpoint offers third year of free Pre-K Outreach program
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint this month entered the third year of its Pre-K Outreach program, a free series of in-class lessons designed to engage students through rhythm, movement and song. During...
A Few Thoughts… On Pythagoras’ ‘music of the spheres’
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Once upon a time, long, long ago — at least a decade, maybe more — I was enlisted by a couple of teachers from a local school to help...
‘This is your sled hill’
By Reader Staff Shortly before the final band took the stage at the inaugural SledFest fundraiser on Aug. 26, Kaniksu Land Trust Executive Director Katie Egland Cox made an important announcement to the community...
Sandpoint area children hit the high notes at free music camp
By Rick Reed Reader Contributor Forty-two children enrolled for the free music camp run by the all-volunteer organization Music Bridges Borders and hosted July 17-20 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
Festival at Sandpoint announces REO Speedwagon
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint has released its lineup announcement for the 2023 summer concert series, with REO Speedwagon set to take the stage on Friday, Aug. 4. Tickets are now on...
Prepare to boogie
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Separately, the members of the Baja Boogie Band are all wildly talented and seasoned musicians. Together, they’ve created something that audiences across North American have come to know as...
The spirit of song
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor It is a warm, bright September evening, the kind that gives no hint of the cold and dark that will inevitably come. Sweaterless, I toss my music folder and...
Feeling thankful for the Fall Folk Festival
By Ed Ohlweiler Reader Contributor My wife Pam and I have been attending the Fall Folk Festival for 15-20 years now (let’s just say “umpteen” years for argument’s sake); and, once again, the festival...
