MUSIC: The Mosstones EP
OnWe here at Skagit Art Music love the Mosstones. We love their loud, funny, irreverent sound. We love the energy and grit of this local band. I suppose that might make a review of their self titled EP a bit prone to…
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EVENT: Voices: Resilience Through the Arts
OnIn an astoundingly varied fashion, young people at Anacortes High poured out their souls and shared parts of their life with the unsuspecting audience. When our youth contributor Jade Carter approached me several weeks ago about covering an upcoming event she was…
EVENT: FUTURE FEST-Building and singing about the world we want
OnTransition Fidalgo and Anacortes Music Project team up to create a weekend of social consciousness and song. Last Saturday and Sunday, local sustainability group Transition Fidalgo hosted the Future Fest event to raise awareness of a number of social and environmental…
WORKSHOP: Musical Mandala- The Shape and Texture of Music
OnPaul Russell leads the group through a series of fun, thought provoking exercises in the first of four sessions. Ever wonder what music feels like, what physical shape it assumes? If you’ve ever pondered these esoteric questions, Paul Russell is probably a…
MUSIC: Josh Clauson’s “Driftless”
OnOn my way to Mount Vernon, I queued up some music on a day during which the weather had varied from monsoon to beautiful blue sky. It was one of those Pacific Northwest spring afternoons where we experience all the seasons within…
The ArtsLAB Presents
OnMAKING MUSICAL MANDALAS A Four-Week Creative Group Singing Course SIGN-UP Imagine yourself opening up to creative flow, entering into creative communion, singing by feel and with feeling, and deeply enjoying making music in the moment. Fun, right? Well, in this dynamic and…
MUSIC: Groovin Night at the Shakedown
OnAt the Shakedown in Bellingham last Friday a unique line-up of blues, funk and rock music took the stage. Ebb, Slack and Flood from Anacortes played first, followed by Withering Blooms from Seattle and Crow Magnet from Bellingham. My interest was in…