2012 – Page 4 – SMI (Seattle Music Insider)

City Arts Fest 2012: Cody Beebe & The Crooks and Ravenna Woods rock ‘The Croc’ (Photo Slideshow)
By Greg Roth on October 23, 2012
By Alina Shanin The Swearengens, Land of Pines, Cody Beebe & The Crooks and Ravenna Woods @ The Crocodile (City Arts Fest 2012) on 10/19/12...
Seattle Living Room Shows and Melodic Caring Project’s October surprise (Photo Slideshow)
By Greg Roth on October 22, 2012
Seattle Living Room Show / Melodic Caring Project on 10/19/12 After a long stretch of sunny days and warm temperatures in the great Northwest, crisp...
91 year-old Candido makes good on promise at Jazz Alley
By Greg Roth on October 22, 2012
By Jonathan Sindelman Candido @ Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on 10/20/12 This week Seattle had the distinct pleasure of hosting one of music’s most beloved treasures,...
City Arts Fest 2012: A Fine Frenzy, Joshua Radin & Lucy Schwartz (Photo Slideshow)
By Greg Roth on October 21, 2012
Heineken City Arts Fest 2012 is in the books but some of our post event coverage is just beginning. Touring in support of her most recent...
Chance of a Lifetime…Cuban Jazz legend Candido’s 91st birthday celebration
By Greg Roth on October 20, 2012
By Jonathan Sindelman For the first time in nearly 60 years, legendary Cuban percussionist Candido returns to Seattle with an all-star band. The mere suggestion...
SMI Radio Ep. 70 On Demand: Guy Keltner (Fox and The Law) & Ryan Granger (The Grizzled Mighty)
By Greg Roth on October 17, 2012
On the strength of their full length album, Scarlett Fever, and high octane live shows, Fox and the Law is tearing it up with their brand of foot-stompin’,...
Bananarama take Seattle fans back to the 80’s (Podcast & Photo Slideshow)
By Greg Roth on October 16, 2012
In terms of chart hits, Bananarama is the most successful female singing group in UK pop history. The group is best known for the chart-topping...
80’s Pop sensation Bananarama come to Seattle for PINKOCTOBER
By Greg Roth on October 13, 2012
Hard Rock Cafe Seattle adds a touch of PINK tonight to honor the brand’s 13th annual PINKTOBER™ breast cancer awareness campaign. Tonight, October 13, 2012, 80s pop and...
SMI Radio Ep. 69 On Demand: Lemolo (Photo Slideshow)
By Greg Roth on October 10, 2012
Lemolo had been bubbling under the surface of Northwest scene for a few years, but lately have been rising to the top. An invitation from Seattle...
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis steal the number 1 slot on iTunes
By Greg Roth on October 9, 2012
Last year, the Seattle-based hip-hop power duo, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, did their thing at the Mariners home opener in front of 48,000 baseball fans. Then,...
New Music Review: Marc Johnson ‘Swept Away’ on ECM
By Greg Roth on October 8, 2012
by Jonathan Sindelman Not halfway into the first track, Swept Away resonates as a perfectly suitable title for this event, Marc Johnson’s first ECM album...
ECM Records – The legacy continues…
By Greg Roth on October 8, 2012
by Jonathan Sindelman In anticipation of 2012’s Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle, I am introducing a series of reviews based on ECM Records, whose extraordinary...