James Micah Basnight is a Pacific Northwest rock’n roll superhero. He’s tough as nails. He was there for Seattle’s DIY-beginning in the late 70s and has been rocking around the Northwest and the world ever since. He had a good run in New York in the late 70s where he played legendary clubs like CBGBs …
The Portland Diamond Project is a group of wealthy investors dedicated to bringing Major League Baseball to Portland. Most of those loaded individuals and corporations are secret, but two of the backers known to the public are this lovely singer, Ciara, and her even lovelier Seahawks Quarterback Husband, Russell Wilson. The more you watch this …
Here is a little Easter egg! I was filming myself singing the lullaby ‘Andrea’ that I wrote for my niece minutes ago, and Andrea pops in. It’s sweet. I wrote this for her in this house soon after she was born, as her grandmother she now calls Abuela was holding her. My mother looked up …
Here’s a great write up on Seattle guitar player Kathy Moore. She’s definitely a musician I look up to in this city. I love Mike McCready’s insights on how she is making him a better musician. Kathy is one of the great guitar players in a city defined by the sounds and totemic accomplishments of …
Franchise quarterbacks should just take half the payroll, and have them hire their own protection. Go ahead and make all that money and get your ass beat with no line. It’s like hiring a security detail, before you enter a hornets nest of thugs, hitmen, and covert assassins. Go ahead and be bold and get …
z Seattle-based all female rock band Thunderpussy shared a fiery cover of Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love” today, ahead of a Supreme Court case on April 15 that will determine the fate of trademarking their name. The band shared this about the track: “At a time when it feels like empathy and compassion are lost and the polarization of …
Shawn Smith, one of the Seattle music community’s most respected and beloved figures, has died aged 53. Cause of death [has been reported as complications from diabetes.] A solo artist for some years, the singer/songwriter made his bones in the 90s with the band Brad, and later, with Satchel and Pigeonhed. Smith’s music was featured …
On Friday night March 29, I trekked out to West Seattle to see Natalie Wouldn’t. It’s been about 18 months since I last saw them. For some reason I kept finding out about their gigs after the fact. The last time I remember seeing them was Halloween Eve 2017 and I left a bit early …
On March 26 I headed to Seattle’s High Dive club to see a new band called Bad Animals. This concert was to celebrate the release of their new album All the Shakes. Bad Animals are a conglomerate of two previous Seattle bands. Wallace Brown (guitar & vocals) and Cory Johnson (drums & vocals) were in …
This is a protest song. I’ve seen this collection of musicians, separately in various bands, more than 50 times over the years. I couldn’t be more proud of Northwest Rockers than I am right now. When the chips were down, this group stood up for something. Give it a listen… Filthy Friends are Corin Tucker, …
Saturday night March 9, Tacoma’s Alma Mater club was the place to be for anyone hip enough to know that Girl Trouble was playing. But this was no ordinary Girl Trouble show. This was their 35th anniversary extravaganza of being a band. Thirty-five years later and just as energetic and just as entertaining as ever. …
March may have come in like a lamb in Western Washington, but inside Tony V’s Garage in Everett, a Tsunami was under way. More precisely the Bay Area’s Tsunami Bomb headlined. Sporting a new lead singer (Kate Jacobi), who performed duets and the occasional pas de deux with keyboardist Oobliette Sparks. Flirtatious and charismatic, Kate …
Halfway between Love Battery and Presidents of the United States lies the catchy, lovable, guitar pop sound of “Pick a Number” by up and coming band, Gypsy Temple. I chose two old school Seattle bands for the comparison because Gypsy Temple is Seattle through and through and their video shows old school Seattle in a …
If my count is correct, this is four years running that Seattle gets a concert from NY ska band the Toasters. No complaints here. The Toasters are always fun. This time the line up (besides founding member Robert Hingley AKA Bucket on guitar & vocals), consisted of a very lively horn section (bass grillbert on …
THIS IS KINGSTON: This was a big victory for Everett Rock & Roll and Reggae in Central Washington. This is my soon to be distributed by Tuff Gong International hit on the rise, ‘Free Your Mind,’ as it enjoys its’ vinyl premier at the legendary Vinyl Thursday in Kingston. This is Sick Donkey Records chief BJ DjSticky (Bluejay …
You know this is going to be a memorable reggae show when the lovely woman of Fiji believes for the first five minutes you are a prominant Fijian named Charles Everson, with a mother from Oregon. I am definitely going to book a show in Fiji. I am damn proud to have bought the album …
This photo was taken at Jimi’s statue on Capitol Hill in Seattle, in February 2019. after an unusually heavy snowstorm.
Photographer Daniel T. Fleming is THE HERO tonight. He’s rolling up to Everett to grab me so I can get to this Sly & Robbie show at Nectar Lounge. He took this last night at Pike Place Market. It sure looks pretty, but how the heck am I supposed to go to work. I pulled it off this week, but this …
My buddy Jeremy From-Steel Beans is on a level and frequency that is so high Hipsters can’t even hear him. People are missing this guy completely but he is pretty much the only Rock star I actually know. He is talented AF. Good singer, good writer, good comedy, good producer, multi-instrumentalist that can do one man band …
It was great to visit Conrad Denke and his Victory Studios open house. I was told this is his third annual. I am seeing Bad Animals and Studio X Seattle in the building. I am seeing sci fi thrillers made like Forbidden Power, singer songwriters like Reggie Garrett. There were so many post production, preproduction, production experts of all kinds under one roof. …and …
Seattle guitar stalwart and dare I say legend, Stingshark Sting is laying down guitar on collaborations for ‘Going South’ and ‘Life Yard’. Working with Stingshark and Hold in Fyah is a big deal to me. I am doing some really cool Jamaican collaborations, but this is the part of West Indian Rock where we bring it all back home …
My earth angel, my sonic Queen, my guiding light in the booth, my Everythang, Mrs. Mell Dettmer is heading back to Mali with her husband Mamadou Diakite for the first time in YEARS. She is planning on doing some recording with some of the greatest West African artists you have yet to discover. Please consider contributing to her campaign. …
Ah Conrad Denke I had no idea the Band in Seattle Christmas Special is including our ‘Slow Jam’ again. It’s so good to be a part of this tradition. Check out Eva Walker and her brother Cedric hosting! This year I have been so focused on trying work this Jamaican magic, I have been just thrilled to see this evolve in …
Besides being in great pain after doing my impression of Humpty Dumpty on the beach today, I got some fabulous photos. I sat there writing in pain and realized the view from down low was pretty cool so I kept shooting while writing in pain. – All photos property of Holly Homan, all rights reserved.
On Thursday evening December 13 I had the esteemed privilege of seeing New York ska masters the Slackers play at Seattle’s El Corazon. Though I have seen the Slackers about a half dozen times in the last decade, I never grow tired of them. And this time they played my favorite song (Watch This). The …
Congratulations to Marco Collins. He’s going back on the air. I grew up listening to Marco on The End. He is featured in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his roll in making Seattle very very very very famous for becoming the final frontier of this Revolution we still love, called Rock & Roll. …
On November 27 I had the esteemed privilege of attending a concert by Squirrel Nut Zippers. I have been a fan of this band for over 20 years and was elated to learn they were touring again and making a stop at Seattle’s Crocodile, one of Seattle’s long-standing clubs. This eight-piece hailing from Chapel Hill, …
Seattle – Green Lake – Nov. 2018 Photos by Holly Homan, all rights reserved.
January 5th one of my dreams comes true. Eva Walker is interviewing me that evening on KEXP’s Audio Oasis. The label, which I have yet to announce and will soon, is reintroducing ‘Free Your Mind’ in digital stores in conjunction with Eva’s interview. To my knowledge, I have never been played on KEXP. Given that I released …