Local Artists

Time Moves Forward With March to May
By George Bentley on November 9, 2015
Darren Guyaz and Elizabeth (Beth) Wesche make up the folk duo March to May. The name represents the time it took for these Seattle transplants...
Life In Pictures: Ayron Jones and the Way
By Alex Crick on November 5, 2015
As the sun set against the backdrop of the White River Amphitheatre, the members of Ayron Jones and The Way gave each other hugs, said...
Sky Cries Mary Reunites After Decade Long Hiatus
By Alex Crick on October 28, 2015
After a decade long hiatus, Seattle’s own psychedelic masters Sky Cries Mary reunited for two sold-out shows to benefit their longtime bassist Joe Skyward, who was recently diagnosed with prostate...
Ben Union & Tommy Simmons Party at McMenamins in Bothell
By Mocha Charlie on October 23, 2015
This past weekend, Oregon based hotelier, McMenamins, finally opened its long anticipated location in Bothell. Back in 2010 they made a purchase agreement with the...
Mudhoney Helps Fight Cancer
By Christine Mitchell on October 22, 2015
If you follow music in this town, you’ve probably heard about Eddie Spaghetti’s (of the Supersuckers) fairly recent diagnosis of oropharynx cancer and consequent surgery...
The Hot Seat with Alex and Juli of Valadares
By Christine Mitchell on October 21, 2015
Juli Roman and Alex Dorova of Valadares have just finished a tour and are working on new music. Their music has touched the lives of...
New Band to Watch: Ayo Dot & The Uppercuts
By Susan Galbraith on October 5, 2015
What do you get when you combine a tight rock band, with impressively strong female vocals, and a hip-hop front man? Ayo Dot & The...
SISTERS are doing it for themselves at Bumbershoot 2015
By Greg Roth on September 5, 2015
Andrew Vait is an artist we have covered and kept our eyes on from what seems like the beginning of SMI. The versatile tenor has...
Bang-A-Rang . . . Lions Ambition roars at Neptune
By Robin Fairbanks on August 27, 2015
On Friday, August 14, Lions Ambition entered the Neptune Stage like they were shot out of a cannon. Wheaties should put these guys on their...
The Hot Seat with music writer Dave O’Leary
By Christine Mitchell on August 24, 2015
Dave O’Leary, currently promoting his novel The Music Book (Booktrope), sat down in The Hot Seat this week and spoke of his passion and love for...
The Hot Seat: Savanna Räy Dohner
By Christine Mitchell on August 18, 2015
This week I was able to bring Savanna Räy Dohner to the Hot Seat. Savanna studies bass under Jeff Rouse (The Guessing Game and Duff...
Life In Pictures: Thunderpussy
By Christine Mitchell on August 16, 2015
Life In Pictures is a new SMI column in which contributors document artists’ preparation on the day of a show. Our first installment features Thunderpussy....