Folk-grass album release concert Saturday
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For the past 18 years, singer-songwriter Kevin Brown has hosted a bluegrass radio show on Spokane Public Radio called Front Porch Bluegrass. In those almost …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For the past 18 years, singer-songwriter Kevin Brown has hosted a bluegrass radio show on Spokane Public Radio called Front Porch Bluegrass. In those almost …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Nothing says North Idaho like an off-grid hootenanny celebrating music and community. Even better if it happens every year, and Billy Mullaley has accomplished just …
By Jim Healey
Reader Contributor
This month marks the 50th anniversary of a musical, cultural, social and political event that has acquired mythic status over time. Nearly two generations have …
By Kathi Samuels
Reader Contributor
For nearly a decade, Sandpoint resident and former Director of Asia ICN Heather Mehra-Pedersen traveled the globe as part of the team that hand selects …
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
Fans of high energy folk-rock/bluegrass will not be sorry they checked out Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs at the 219 Lounge tonight — Thursday, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With the release of their first album, “River Dolphin,” last week, Sandpoint band The Wow Wows have established themselves firmly as a musical force to …
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
This plea is on behalf of the handful of doddering, post-dotage Sandpointians who, during our fair town’s annual Lost in the ‘50s, wander First Ave. …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Local music fans have something special waiting for them this weekend when Bart Budwig rolls into town.
The Inland Northwest singer-songwriter is known for his …
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