New Soundgarden

October 25, 2011, 4:35 pm
Chris Cornell is not new to creating original songs for film. It's a much different process than coming up with stuff for Soundgarden, of which there will be a new album. The first in 15 years.

R.E.M.'s Last Hurrah

October 24, 2011, 4:17 pm
When you leave a career and finally get off the stage of the music world, you may as well have some fun doing it. Get crazy! To re-phrase TS Eliot's famous lines of poetry, for R.E.M., THIS is the way the world ends..with a bang!

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Katie Herzig

October 20, 2011, 4:46 pm
Katie Herzig and her fantastic band joined us in the BING Lounge earlier this afternoon and we'll have those videos posted soon. Meantime? Here's something fun. ~Inessa

Kathryn Calder

October 20, 2011, 4:29 pm
Kathryn Calder's sophomore album is out. A tour that's got Portland on the list. Yay!

Bridge School CD/DVD

October 18, 2011, 2:17 pm
On October 24th Reprise Records will release two very special and highly anticipated packages: a three-DVD set and a two-CD collection that feature unique live performances from many of the phenomenal artists who’ve performed at the beloved Annual Bridge School Benefit Concerts over the past 25 years.

Album Review: The Waifs

October 17, 2011, 8:15 am

Quick Review: I know what you're thinking. Since 2003's excellent album "Up All Night" with songs like "Lighthouse" and "London Still," where have The Waifs been? Did they break up? Disappear? Hit it big under an alternate name like "Coldplay?" Well, I guess we both missed something. The Waifs apparently released an album in 2007! Oh well, focus on the present...

Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations

October 3, 2011, 11:08 am
Album: Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations

Quick Review: For a musician as well traveled as Josh Rouse, it only seems natural for him to have a backing band named “The Long Vacations.”  In fact, I feel as though I’ve taken a long vacation just listening to this record, and I haven’t left my house in days! 

Star Anna

September 12, 2011, 10:30 pm
Star Anna hails from Ellensburg, Washington.  I went to college in Ellensburg and hosted a singer/songwriter show on the college radio station.