I just added a cut from Puyallup singer-songwriter Kristin Connell’s new album “Dance of Love” to the audio player over there on the left. The CD release party is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Oct. 17 at the forthcoming Speakeasy Arts Cooperative, 746 Broadway, in Tacoma. More on the venue later this week. Meanwhile, you can get all Facebooked with Connell over here.

Brandi Carlile’s fans have heard the Maple Valley-based singer-songwriter road test “Dying Day,” “Dreams” and other cuts from her forthcoming, third album for months, most notably during a breathtaking date with Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall last November, my favorite performance of 2008.

And come midnight, they’ll finally be able to get their hands on the recorded versions of those tunes as the Rick Rubin produced “Give Up the Ghost” arrives on iTunes and a record store near you.
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Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor will headline Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on Nov. 3, Live Nation announced today.
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