Giving the Gift of Music
By McCalee Cain
Reader Intern
The Festival at Sandpoint’s mission to inspire area youth through music comes full circle with the debut of the Summer Youth Music Camp July 9-12.…
By McCalee Cain
Reader Intern
The Festival at Sandpoint’s mission to inspire area youth through music comes full circle with the debut of the Summer Youth Music Camp July 9-12.…
By Jane Fritz
Reader Contributor
Thirty years ago a wellspring of music culture existed in Sandpoint. On the mountain, Gunther Schuller’s Festival at Sandpoint chamber musicians amazed audiences in the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Florida band JJ Grey & Mofro are not new to the funky soul-rock scene, and they’re certainly not new to Sandpoint, having opened at the …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
On the weekends the Reeds go out busking. They play long, haunting memorized solos, fast duets and familiar pop songs. With cash in their cases, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you’ve kept current with Sandpoint music in the last couple of years, one performer has left an indelible mark on the scene: Kevin Dorin.…
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
According to Merriam-Webster, a generation is defined as a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously, or existing and traveling the phases of life at …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
In the turbulence of current events, it’s no wonder that art is being shaken up. That’s good news for a young band like Far Out …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint announced Wednesday that it was doing away with the “number line” system it has used for the past decade, replacing it …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
For Leon Atkinson, his upcoming Valentine’s Day performance at the Panida Theater feels a little like coming home.
After several years focusing his performances on …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
The many tastes of Sandpointians make it difficult to create a list of this nature that will please everyone. So in the spirit of …
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