The songwriting team of Terri Moeller Pearson and Paul Austin, the former a longtime drummer of The Walkabouts, the latter a founding member of the Willard Grant Conspiracy.

From her lush, layered, swirling guitar work in Black Nite Crash to the deep and richly poetic lyrics and melodies of Loose Wing, Tucker has demonstrated an artistic range that continues to evolve with the release of two stunning solo albums.

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Cutting his musical teeth playing in Lost Angeles bands with friends such as Steve Berlin (Los Lobos, The Blasters), Michael Shuler would eventually head to Seattle and join the nascent "Belltown" and Grange Rock music scenes.

Like so many snippets written about songs and songwriters, it’s hard to employ language to describe feelings that exist beneath and beyond tongue and tooth, beneath the armored chest plate that shelters heart and soul.

Girl Singer is Carolyn Wennblom and friends. Featuring Terri Moeller Pearson (Terri Tarantula), Paul Austin (Transmissionary Six), Anna-Lynne Williams (Lotte Kestner), Chris Brokaw (Come), Jon Hyde, Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts and solo)...

Greg Dember is a singer, pianist, multi-instrumentalist and writer of wonderfully imaginative and catchy songs about everyday people; shining a light on the extraordinary and the mundane that exists within us all.

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Carla is a singer, guitarist and founding member of The Walkabouts. From her earliest years as a musician she has drawn her influences from folk music, art and film, a medium she has worked in as an editor.

A truly original, tightly wound power-trio consisting of singist/songwriter/ guitarer Peter Spotts (Dodi, Peter Crow, Bloody Lips), basser David Berger (Crop Circles), and drummist Ron Carnell (Ottoman Bigwigs, The Lawnmowers).

Hailing from Dallas, Texas and landing in Seattle in the early '90s, The Bolos' style of uplifting, melodic folk rock was just what gray, rainy Seattle needed. 

Formed in 2010, Davidson Hart Kingsbery were soon invited to serve as house band for underground country 2-step parties in Seattle. Playing marathon sets instilled the kind of locked-in musical teamwork that can take bands years...

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Pure Joy were heavily influenced by the UK's preeminent  purveyors of new wave neo-psychedelia, Teardrop Explodes and to a lesser extent the post-punk Chameleons U.K.

From his musical beginnings as the lead instigator and vocalist of iconic San Diego new wave punk band The Penetrators, to his years spent in Seattle singing and creating artistic mayhem with a colorful cast of characters...

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Dodi don't just challenge conventions; they toy with them, beat them into submission, and toss them out the window. Dodi play with your expectations by serving up maddeningly catchy hooks.


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Imagine a jam with Frank Black, Matthew Sweet and Neil Young and you begin to get a feeling for what The Lawnmowers music is all about.



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Reggie Garrett is a folk guitarist and singer-songwriter who has had a steady presence in the Seattle music scene for many years, playing his own heartfelt style of urban acoustic folk-rock, gospel, blues and more. 

The release of Richard Brisbois' debut solo album Anytime You Think About Her marks a creative leap forward for an artist who's been making music in bands for many years, firmly establishing him as a folk-rock singer-songwriter to watch.

We don’t know what Bob Dylan was getting at when he penned Long and Wasted Years, a song that may or may not be relevant to Seattle band Long Wasted. But if the lyrics on Long Wasted's self-titled debut EP are any sign, perhaps the correlation...

Loose Wing's music captures that inexplicable feeling of something mysterious yet familiar - you feel like you've heard them before but you've never heard anything like them. Mining '90s alt-college-rock sound...

Leif Totusek has accomplished a sort of alchemical transformation that is achieved with years of honing one's musical chops to the point of transcending the craft, creating musical art that is emotionally honest and transcendent.

From his years spent in Copenhagen's Sharing Patrol in the '80s to the present, Johnny Sangster's listeners have always trusted his impeccable musicianship and evocative songwriting, and he has not let us down.

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You might know Terri Moeller Pearson as the voice of The Transmissionary Six, or as the drummer for The Walkabouts. Terri Tarantula is her solo project whereupon she introduces keyboards to her musical palette.

Sad songs, tight harmonies, guitar solos, steel guitars and matching suits. Tragic suicide ballads, snide commentary, and a country reading of the Smith's classic "How Soon Is Now?" What are you waiting for...?

From his virtuosic acoustic guitar playing to his evocative lyrics, and from his lively rhythms to his live performance story-telling, TLH a true folk artist.

In 1994 the power trio Flake bounded onto the Seattle music scene in a flurry of high energy gigs showcasing their infectiously melodic hooks paired with a unique pop tinged take on the crunchy grunge guitar riffs of the era.

In addition to his bands 1 Uppers and glimmer, David has recorded two solo albums and Lenseville, an epic spoken word/musical concept album, drawing on his background in the theater arts and his impeccable pop sensibility...

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Tough, vulnerable... these are words that come to mind when describing the music of Jodi Birenbaum and her band Gin & Tillyanna. Comparisons to Chrissie Hynde and Pat Benatar are inevitable...


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Llama's sound can best be described as super melodic, post-punk power pop that fits perfectly in the spectrum between the wry new wave pop of Squeeze and the darker punk-pop edge of the Buzzcocks. 

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Chet Kane is a singer, songwriter and bassist who got his start playing in Seattle art rock band The Botticelli’s. Chet eventually got involved with Seattle’s Belltown music scene, holding down bass duties with punk rock poet Gary Heffern.

Chris Eckman’s songs cannot easily be categorized or pigeonholed. While his writing has a literary bent leaning toward themes of loneliness, and the desperation of people who have lost all hope, the stories he tells refuse to be cornered.

Rhodes' rich, resonant voice and tuneful melodicism guide us into the soulfulness of her inner life, a gift given to those who wish to listen. Her ability to bring universal themes down to a personal level is what makes her music so special, and so necessary.

Never a standard rock band, The Walkabouts defy genres as they seamlessly fused rock, country and folk to reveal a rich and expansive sound. The band, channeling Neil Young, Nick Cave and Hank Williams to name a few...

It's easy to understand why Jon Hyde is one of those musicians other musicians seek out to play on their records. He's a great singer-songwriter, guitarist, pedal steel player, bassist, and drummer...


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Lauded by Seattle's bi-weekly The Stranger as the "the loudest all-acoustic band ever created," Ottoman Bigwigs were headed by the inimitable actor, singer and high energy performer Christopher Welch.


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Whiting Tennis is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and fine artist known for his painting and sculpture. Whiting Tennis the musician is also an enigma. While his music certainly can be filed under low-fi folk rock, these words seem too lazy a description.

Led by the unabashedly loud and confident twin-guitar attack and slashing vocals of Rich and Lisa Brisbois, 4 Hr. Ramona unleashed some of the most exciting rock music to come out of Seattle.

What began as a means for Chris Eckman and Carla Torgerson to showcase the songs of The Walkabouts during promotional tours evolved into a new format for band leader Eckman to channel his prolific songwriting.

From his formative days as songwriter for Pure Joy, to his emergence as power punk pop contender fronting Flop, and run of superb solo albums, Rusty Willoughby's prolificness is virtually unmatched among his peers.

The Crop Circles is one of several musical outlets of Earl Brooks, an Americana / Rock singer-songwriter. Brooks is known for his crisp guitar style, and his tongue-in-cheek lyrics.

Nicholas Vroman writes and records songs with subject matter and vocal delivery comparable to the sort of disquiet that might typically be considered the jurisdiction of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.

The brainchild of singer/songwriter and playwright David Russell, glimmer is about that hint of insight and emotional connection that intelligent songwriting and talented musicianship can reveal.


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Old Ghost was a band formed in Seattle in 1999 when Jody Schaible and Stuart Wolferman got together with Paul Hutzler and began recording and performing Paul’s songs. Soon drummer Al Echison and multi-instrumentalists Ray Taylor and Zach Erb joined...

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