The Spovangelist

 Playing a Western style xylophone, this lady has been rocking Spokane street corners for at least a year. She was spotted for a second time today playing on the corner of Wall and Spokane Falls Blvd.  She, like other street musicians have been using the weather as an opportunity to get outside and play. I wonder [...]

A couple of weeks ago, the Elkfest lineup was announced and it’s looking good, pulling in bigger name acts than years past, including Point Juncture, WA, My Goodness, and The Globes. But there are also the local staples, such as Folkinception and The Camaros. (One question: Where are my beloved Terrible Buttons?) I know it’s [...]

I heart Get Lit!. It’s kind of a big deal for a city of this size to have its own literary festival, let alone one that pulls in bestselling, world-renowned authors of many genres. I mean, seriously: Garrison Keillor, Tim O’Brien, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.  And this year, there’s a whole new palette, including Susan Orlean [...]

Kayleen Sherwood belts out “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele pretty awesomely at the 2012 Salish Conference at Northern Quest. The only thing is, the words all sound a bit funky. That’s because they’re in Salish, spoken by tribes all over the Pacific Northwest and Canada. She’s no Adele, but then again, Adele can’t speak [...]

Credit: Latasha Haynes Photography There isn’t a lof of music that has lived on my iPod since I was sixteen. I’ve still got plenty of Billy Joel (I guess I was as much of a middle-aged wino then as I am now), a heart-wrenching amount of Elliott Smith and the curveball, The BGP. My relationship with The BGP [...]