2022-07-23 Hardly Raining The Dmitri Matheny group celebrated its CD release at the Royal Room on July 23, 2022. Matheny is a Centralia-based jazz flugelhornist and composer. The band included Jay Thomas (sax, trumpet, flugelhorn), Phil Sparks (bass), Bill Anschell (piano), and Mark Ivester (drums). CASCADIA is available on Origin Records. Matheny will be touring …
2022-07-24 Hardly Raining The Joel Frahm Trio played a night at the Royal Room on July 24, 2022. Frahm is an award-winning tenor saxophonist, previously from New York City and currently based in Nashville. The trio included Ernesto Cervini (drums) and Dan Loomis (bass). The Seattle date concludes the trio’s west-coast tour in support of …
2022-07-21 Hardly Raining Domo Branch and Branchin’ Out played the Royal Room on July 21, 2022. Originally from Portland, Branch is a jazz drummer and composer based in New York City. He has released two albums, including the 2022 We Are Made. Joining Branch were Imani Rousselle (vocals), Sean Mason (piano), Abdias Armenteros (sax), and …
2022-07-15 Hardly Raining Legendary jazz bassist Buster Williams and his Something More Quartet played two sets at The Triple Door on July 15, 2022. Personnel included Lenny White (drums), Bruce Williams (sax), and George Colligan (piano). After a show in Portland tonight, they continue to Half Moon Bay.
2022-07-03 Hardly Raining Arizona garage-punk band The Darts played the Substation on July 3, 2022. The band includes Nicole Laurenne (vocals/organ), Meliza Jackson (guitar), Christina Nunez (bass/vocals), and Mary Rose Gonzales (drums). While in Seattle, the group also did an in-store show at Easy Street Records and a session at KEXP. Seattle bands Biblioteka and …
2022-06-23 Hardly Raining “We’re playing a show!” exclaimed Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold. In their first time onstage in several years, the Seattle natives sold out the Moore Theatre. The June 23, 2022 performance kicked off their summer tour. Along with Pecknold (guitar, lead vocals), the indie-folk group includes Skyler Skjelset (guitar, mandolin, backing vocals), Casey …
