LaVon Hardison is a singer/songwriter, artist, and general creative and sings jazz standards, originals, and her own eclectic and compelling arrangements of popular songs. Originally hailing from Boston, she has found a musical and creative community in the Northwest. Equally at home at jazz clubs, corporate events, private parties, and sacred settings, LaVon uses her […]
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Alex Guy is a Seattle-based violinist, violist, singer and composer, and is the leader and principal songwriter of Led To Sea, a magnetic trio that fuses classical, pop and experimental music. Alex has also composed extensively for dance, film and theater, and has performed and collaborated with many notable bandleaders, composers, improvisers and musicians in the Pacific NW and beyond, […]
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karinyo (they/them) is an independent singer-songwriter and producer of Filipinx, Salvadoran, and Mexican diaspora. karinyo’s powerful and chilling voice is attributed to their roots busking in the streets of Seattle and performing in community. Their sound features complex vocal layers, catchy melodies, reverb heavy electric ukulele, and punk basslines. Their single “When I Was Young” […]
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Kimya Dawson is a Grammy winning, platinum selling singer songwriter most widely known for her work on the JUNO soundtrack and her former band, The Moldy Peaches. She has released 6 solo albums, including a children’s album, Alphabutt. She has been featured in Rolling Stone, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, NY Times, NME, Q, AOL, and more. […]
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Singer-songwriter J.R. Rhodes believes that music heals and that love is real. From her first open-mic performances at the O.K. Hotel, Seattle, to her latest album I Am, these beliefs in the transformative power of song are distilled into gems of quiet intensity that traverse blues, jazz, folk and rock. Rhodes earned her B.A. in music […]
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Seattle based singer/songwriter Tekla Waterfield lives in the wide-open realm of Rock music, incorporating elements of folk, country, indie, rhythm and blues, and soul creating an eclectic, wide-ranging sound. Tekla partnered with collaborator and husband, Jeff Fielder (Mark Lanegan, Amy Ray) to produce her 2018 release, The Curtain Falls, which garnered critical acclaim, radio play, […]
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ings is a guitarist and maker from Seattle, WA, who plays lullaby rock, and directs music videos. She is also a community facilitator, and hosts and organizes many DIY shows in Seattle. She has, as a completely DIY artist, earned 1 million + streams on Spotify. She has released 2 EPs, “Dog Physics” (2013) and […]
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Wes Weddell is a singer/songwriter who has been performing and releasing music ever since My Northwest Home introduced him to the music scene in 2001. In 2010 Wes began working with The Bushwick Book Club Seattle, a collective of songwriters and artists who write and perform original works inspired by a different literary selection each […]
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James Kelly Pitts spent his twenties crawling across the ideological divide, finally finding a nice vantage point from his Floridian Southern Baptist roots in Seattle. As a bartender he is no stranger to weird walks of life and often finds the stumbling figures he encounters inspiring his offbeat and eclectic songs. At heart a lo-fi […]
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Born and grown on a small farm between Puget Sound and the Cascade foothills, Amanda Winterhalter makes songs at once elegantly crafted yet unafraid to show blood. Her songs walk the edges of unavoidable aches, desire and flirtation, and the uneasy paradoxes we carry. Amanda is a frequent performer with Seattle’s Bushwick Book Club, writing and presenting […]
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