Skagit Art Music – The SAM Project is a digital publication and events calendar covering fine arts and exceptional performances found in and around the Skagit region.
Paul 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…
On 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…
MAKING 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…
At 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…
The Hawaiian Slack Key Festival rolled into town with lots of great music, dancing, and Aloha. At the Lincoln Theater in Mount Vernon last Sunday an enthusiastic audience was treated to a group of outstanding guitar technicians and vocalists, alongside native Hawaiian…
Two of Skagit County’s favorite performers were joined by Datenite and Matt Dorrien for an evening of superb, and very diverse music. I was drawn to the evening of music at Kennelly Keys on Feb. 15 by two names I recognized, local…
Three great local string bands whoop it up at the historic Lincoln Theater How is it that we have so many great string bands here in NW Washington? Just lucky I guess. Three of them converged on Mount Vernon, Feb. 13 to…