Blues Power
By Adrian Murillo Reader Contributor The time has come to praise our own unique Sandpoint sound of democracy and equality throwing it down every Monday night. I’m talking about the blues jams at Eichardt’s....
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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 upside down and banged...
A genuine good time
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When Heartwood Center manager and Mattox Farm Productions founder Robb Talbott told the Reader that he would be striving to bring variety to the newly revamped venue after taking...
POAC announces upcoming performing arts series
By Reader Staff Variety is certainly the spice of life for the Pend Oreille Arts Council, as evidenced by the recent announcement of the local nonprofit’s 2022-’23 performing arts series, set to run from...
A storied love
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 individual success in doing...
This version of her
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In life, some seasons feel like a relaunch, a new beginning, a brand new chapter. For Seattle-based musician Kate Dinsmore, that season is now. From musical theater to lounge...
Festival at Sandpoint announces more in the 2022 lineup
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Another week, another trio of stellar acts announced for the 2022 Festival at Sandpoint concert series. The nonprofit announced Lindsey Stirling would be performing Saturday, Aug. 6. Since the...
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,”...
It’s never too late to make sweet music
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If you asked a room full of musicians what inspired them to learn an instrument, some would probably say their love was awakened by a great piece of music. ...
The origins behind the New Year’s song ‘Auld Lang Syne’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Every year, as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, a familiar song is often heard crooned by half-drunk party goers as they ring in the coming year....
