Music

Arts & Life

Casual Friday with Tan Vinh and Eva Walker

This week was a reopening bonanza: bars and restaurants increased capacity (and were tied to more Covid cases), Seattle gets its first in-person live concert this weekend, and we're even considering going back to the office. Plus: A vaccine hunting story straight out of a sci-fi movie.

Arts & Life

Sir Mix-A-Lot and Rachel Flotard regale us with stories from lockdown. (This interview is so good)

Seattle is home to some stellar artists who haven't played a live show in a year. On Thursday, some of them are pulling together to make sure the venues they love are still around by the time we're going to concerts again.

Arts & Life

In Memoriam 2020: The Musicians We Lost

The sheer volume of loss felt by the music world in 2020 is almost overwhelming. Here is NPR's tribute to dozens of the musicians — founders and innovators across genres — who died this year.

Arts & Life

Seattle Now: Reinventing live music

Live music is a huge part of Seattle’s identity, but the pandemic put a stop to concerts indefinitely. Now we have an opportunity to reinvent the scene, and move on from the city's past.

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Larry Mizell, Jr. plays tunes that help us get through Covid afternoons

‘I'm trying to mix a little medicine for everybody.’

Seattle arts with Marcie Sillman: past, present, and future

As with most industries during the pandemic, it's a singular time in Seattle arts history. After 35 years of covering the scene, KUOW's longtime arts and culture reporter Marcie Sillman gives us the 30,000

Beloved Seattle jazz pianist Overton Berry has died

Seattle pianist and jazz legend Overton Berry died on Monday at the age of 84.

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My friend’s in recovery. Music helped him survive

My friend Coltrane Fisher is a 17-year-old musician and quite the character. As kids, we bonded over our similar love for music but drifted apart at the end of middle school as Coltrane started experimenting with hard drugs. By the beginning of high school, Coltrane went to rehab for opioids, among other drugs including alcohol.

Politics

September 16th | And then there was one: what will the Pac-12 do for fall football?

The latest on the crucial hearing concerning the recall efforts against Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant. Will the Pac-12 be the only conference to not hold a fall football season? A look at the job postings causing the latest labor concners at Am. And a peak into The Museum of Pop Culture's PopCon theme, "Forever Young."