Author Archives: parker

Ladies Musical Club of Seattle – University House, Wallingford, Seattle  – February 10, 2025 The program for this concert was billed as “Woodwind Trios” and selections of “Piano Works by Piazzolla, Ravel, & Gershwin”.  The former might well have been … Continue reading →

Ladies Musical Club of Seattle – Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle – February 7, 2025 The themes for this concert were “Spanish American Folk Songs”, sung by Beth Ann Bonnecroy with LMCS steadfast piano accompanist Joan Lundquist (seen in … Continue reading →

Ladies Musical Society of Seattle – Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue  –  January 21, 2025 The program on this date was Beethoven’s Clarinet trio in B-flat Major, Op 11 (piano accompanist was Joan Lundquist, seen on the posting from January 8), … Continue reading →

Ladies Musical Club of Seattle – Seattle Main Library Branch – January 8, 2025 https://lmcseattle.org This organization is new to me, so I’m excited to learn of its extensive performance offerings!   The pattern seems to be two distinct sets per … Continue reading →

3 Horn Quartet – Broadview Library Branch – Nov 30, 2024 OK, so clearly three horns (trumpet/flugelhorn, French horn, tuba/sousaphone), so what is the fourth player playing?  Sometimes drums, sometimes accordion, whichever is called for.  Website description sayin’ it all, … Continue reading →

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 →