By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff For nearly two decades, the members of Greensky Bluegrass have created their own version of bluegrass music, mixing the acoustic stomp of a stringband with the rule-breaking spirit of...
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. Camp Director and First...
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 old ski lodge, while...
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 Festival and played 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, they are professionals. During...
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. Playing a hybrid of...
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 relatively the same time....
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 West, which is finding...
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 with tiered pricing for...
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 larger venues like Spokane,...
