Grammy Award-winning Singer-songwriter Norah Jones will headline Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on April 18, STG Presents announced. The pop songbird is hitting the road in support of her new CD, “The Fall.”
Tickets for the Seattle show will go on sale Saturday, and you’ll be able to find more info here.
Legendary singer-songwriters Carole King and James Taylor have joined forces for the Troubadour Reunion Tour, a trek that Seattle Center announced will stop at KeyArena on May 9. The tour will actually kick off in driving distance, too, on May 7 at Portland’s Rose Garden arena.
Meanwhile, King and Taylor are scheduled for promotional appearances on “The Today Show” and “The Late Show with David Letterman” on January 20.
Tickets for the Seattle show go on sale a few days later, at 10 a.m. on Jan. 23. Prices are set at $45 to $125 with more ticket info available …
Brandi Carlile, “Give Up the Ghost”
Maple Valley’s Brandi Carlile and twin songwriting partners Tim and Phil Hanseroth (a.k.a. the “Grey’s Anatomy” house band) turned to some heavy hitters to help out with their third disc, namely super-producer Rick Rubin, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Elton John. The disc isn’t as seamless as “The Story” or Carlile’s self-titled debut, with “Caroline,” the show tune-style ditty that features the Rocket Man, being a notable square peg. But “That Year,” “Oh Dear” and other cuts represent some of Carlile’s best and most personal material to date.
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Whoops! It dawns on me that I promised interview footage of the Matt Coughlin Band with my column the other day, but I got busy and forgot to post. Well, here it is, and the next show, during which the MCB will record for a forthcoming live album, is Thursday at the Swiss.
I think Revengers may have started something with that clip I posted of the band doing their best Weezer impression.
As it turns out, the Matt Coughlin Band does a pretty crazy cover of the King of Pop’s signature song, “Thriller.” But the MCB puts an Americana spin on it with some fiddle and drummer Dalton Shotwell delivering Vincent Price’s spooktastic spoken word parts. Here they are at Beyond the Bridge Cafe in Sumner.
Matt Coughlin Band (soon to be called something else, they tell me) is the subject of my column for Friday’s GO section. Your next chance to catch ‘em live is Dec. 10 at the Swiss. But before that you can click the “more” button to see what they’re like when they’re not rockin’ the Jacko.
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Pop crooner Norah Jones will headline Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on April 18, 2010, EMI announced today. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter will be out in support of her new album “The Fall.” Tickets will go on sale on Jan. 23, according to Jones’ fan site.
The web site for new South Tacoma Way rock club and pizza joint, the Stonegate, isn’t quite up to speed yet. But owner Jeff Call tells me he’s got New York singer-songwriter Julia Ilowiecki headlining Friday night (Nov. 20) with support from locals Andrew Vait and Olivia de la Cruz. Check out Ilowiecki’s “Anchors” video below. Then try to say “Ilowiecki” three times, fast.
Saturday (Nov. 14) will be your last chance to catch local singer-songwriter Ben Union in concert for a while as he shares a bill with Doxology and Roman Holiday at Jazzbones.
Ben will debut his band’s latest lineup, which includes little bro’ Jared Mira on drums, Israel Hickey on guitar and Josh Stull on bass. And he’ll play material from the debut record he’s working on at Pacific Studios, maybe even this cut, which is called “Paul Sartre.”
Elton John and Billy Joel’s Nov. 4 and 7 stops at KeyArena have been postponed as John battles “a serious case of e-coli bacterial infection and influenza,” Live Nation announced this afternoon.
New dates are in the works, though, according to the announcement. Fans who bought tickets for the Seattle shows are being asked to hold on to their tickets until more information is available. Stay tuned.
I’m taking a few days off, but thought I’d post an excerpt from a recent review of the show John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett have been taking on the road to give you all an idea of what to expect Sunday (Oct. 18) at the Pantages Theater.
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