(L-R): Erik Esvelt, Carlos Snaider, Gabriel Cerna, Kelsey Mines, Daniel Mendoza, Elijah Clark, Brandon Hunter. Photo by William Muñoz. BY M.V. SMITH Seattle nurtures a longstanding, widely-respected Afro-Latino music scene, anchored by SODO’s Club Sur and salsa nights...
Hannah Mowry photo by Daniel Sheehan BY MATTHEW ADKINS We know what jazz offers us as listeners: a way of capturing our most complex emotions; an experience that’s never twice the same; a fleeting zen moment in the now. A few of us are lucky enough to experience...
Steve Smith photo by Daniel Sheehan BY JONATHAN SHIPLEY Leonard Bernstein’s “Young People’s Concerts” was playing on the TV, and Steve Smith was watching it with his family in the living room of their Richland, Washington home. This was about 60 years ago. Smith was...
Xavier Lecouturier photo by Daniel Sheehan BY PAUL RAUCH Drummer/composer Xavier Lecouturier has never been one to sit on the sidelines. His go-for-it approach to life can be traced back to surfing and mountain biking in the California of his youth. That ability to...
BY PAUL R. HARDING Long before the dust is blown off the history of the culture of the Northwest, we need to steady our view on those who have been essential to its story. Making sure we value with insight the artists who have made Seattle the unique region in music...
