Author Archives: parker

Max Crumble Orchestra – Broadview Branch Library  – October 19, 2024 MCO unabashedly specializes in elevator music, so required a cautious approach; clearly much thought has gone into the website description of their sound: Ambient-Pseudo-Retro-Indie-Meta-Folk String-ish Music.   Is it a … Continue reading →

Busking Seattle – Nedy Johnson, Ballard Farmers Market  –  September 15, 2024 Unfortunately, I came upon Johnson near the end of her set, and did not get much of a sense of her oeuvre, other than a sweet voice.

Busking Seattle  –  Jeffrey Childs  –  September 6, 2024 After departing the Linda From Work gig at Westlake Park and heading back to the parking lot, Dennis & I came upon Childs set up on a Pine Street sidewalk: electronic … Continue reading →

Linda From Work – Westlake Park  –  September 6, 2024 LFW got an automatic favorability head start solely based on the band’s name.  A bit of prior research was helpful in ensuring that earplugs were brought for protection, and there … Continue reading →

Sparkle Shark String Band – 1000 Washington  –  August 14, 2024 One more new venue, one more new band.  Sparkle Shark covers a lot of bases.  The obvious bluegrass-oriented canon for sure (Ghost Riders), and the adjacent Dead/NRPS (Glendale Train), … Continue reading →

Busking Seattle – Ballard Farmers Market  –  August 4, 2024 This date saw two combos and an anonymous soloist.  I don’t approach kids this young for anything, high shcool age OK, and better if there is a group.  For the … Continue reading →

Sketcherfest – Edmonds & Vicinity –  July 21, 2024 Unlike last year, my Sketcherfest attendance was limited to a single afternoon.  I had greater ambitions for The Cottage bakery, but not everyone could get on the same page, so there … Continue reading →

The Tacoma Twister – Sunset Hill Community Hall  –  June 29, 2024 Our neighborhood association has gotten itself converted into a non-profit entity with a new name (Sunset Hill Community Hall, as above), and the summer barbecue/party was the final … Continue reading →

Concert Truck  –  Washington Park Arboretum  –  June 28, 2024 The final concert in the series, devoted to Romance, took us to yet another previously unvisited venue; music and setting quite pleasant.  Four hands on the piano (Concert Truck co-hosts … Continue reading →

Concert Truck  –  Seward Park  –  June 23, 2024 Our first visit to Seward Park, and a bald eagle flew overhead.  The theme for this concert was Song; from experience we approach with caution, trepidation about it not being so … Continue reading →