Bridges Home releases new album
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When it comes to variety of live music in Sandpoint, there’s a little slice of heaven for everyone, it seems. No matter what your proclivities, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When it comes to variety of live music in Sandpoint, there’s a little slice of heaven for everyone, it seems. No matter what your proclivities, …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
She is a leader, visionary, artist, scientist, wife, mother and she is directing an upcoming opera. She loves Janice Joplin, and she hopes to be …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It’s hard to imagine a funkier place to be than The Hive this weekend when Turkuaz returns to Sandpoint.
The colorful nine-piece band from Brooklyn, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Jason Spooner mentions his touring adventures in the Pacific Northwest, he doesn’t just say he likes Sandpoint. He recounts playing gigs on the shores …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When I was in college in Colorado around the year 2000, there was this new band starting to break into the music scene. Filled with …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Portland-based seven-piece Dirty Revival will bring it to The Hive on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m.
Led by soulful vocals of Sarah Clarke, …
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Contributor
The Music Conservatory of Sandpoint has a talented jazz ensemble that has worked hard in preparation for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival beginning Feb. 22 …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Get your sweatbands and bottles of water ready, there will be a Five Alarm Funk party next week at The Hive.
The Vancouver-based band of …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For Spokane singer-songwriter Brian Stai, his latest album, “Your Dreams,” was very much a dream come true. Not only did he record with renowned producer …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
When Chris Lynch and Meg Turner talk about how they teamed up to start their new music venture, they play off of one another …
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