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BY: JIM VILLANUEVA Jeff Angell has been a part of the Seattle music scene since the dawn of the 21st Century, when as lead singer for Post Stardom Depression they released an EP titled Sexual Uno. Many years and quirky band names later, Angell is still in the “Jet City” and...

BY: JIM VILLANUEVA PHOTOS: HENRY DILTZ In 1969, a group of merry musicians descended from the mountains of Colorado and quickly ascended into one of the state’s groundbreaking bands. Dubbed Colorado’s first jam band, Magic Music laid the foundation for what would become an...

BY: JIM VILLANUEVA PHOTOS: DAVID BEAN, MARK TRENT-SMALL, BRAD STYRON Here’s a novel idea: the worlds of words and music, chapter and verse – if you will – have converged between singer-songwriter JD Eicher and accomplished author Nicholas Sparks. The Youngstown, OH born and...

BY: JIM VILLANUEVA PHOTOS: JOE BECKLEY The never-ending balancing act musicians navigate of home and road, family and fans, head and heart, success and struggle is masterfully portrayed by founding member of America Gerry Beckley on his new solo sonic journal Carousel. “Here I am...

BY: JIM VILLANUEVA FEATURE PHOTO: MAX KNIGHT The Walcotts swing for the musical fences and hit for a sonic cycle on their first audible at-bat Let the Devil Win, the unit’s debut album, available September 16. The 12-track collection was recorded at the legendary FAME Studios in...

BY: JIM VILLANUEVA “I mostly write in hindsight, because I have to be able to process all of the emotions of what’s happened before I feel like I can give a clear view from start to finish in a song.” That clear-eyed, measured view of her song craft is what gives Chelsea Dash the...

BY: JIM VILLANUEVA Beaming with confidence at a very early age, Madi Wolf is so much more than just a top shelf pop singer and stellar songwriter, though both of those skills are on display in abundance on her forthcoming four-song EP Glare, due out in August, and first sing...

BY: JIM VILLANUEVA Allen Stone, the Chewelah, Washington-bred singer-songwriter is as smart and sensitive as he is soulful. Speaking with him is like taking a trip back in time and having the honor of sitting down with an icon the likes of Marvin Gaye, in that both musicians’...

BY: JIM VILLANUEVA PHOTOS: MICHAEL COAKES As so many of us struggle to make sense of the sadness and madness that surrounds us, we often try to find solace in songs. Thankfully, we have master songwriters like Michael McDermott and the dozen songs on his new album Willow Springs...

BY: JIM VILLANUEVA Photos: Sebastian Paquet Acceptance. Addiction. Recovery. Redemption. Forgiveness. Fatherhood. Healing. Happiness. Sinner. Saint. Life. Loss. All of these words – and so many more – define the seemingly indefinable personal and professional life of Brian “Head”...