June 2023

Betty Who at Queer/Pride Festival on June 26, 2023 (photo: Lisa Hagen Glynn).

Queer/Pride Festival Returns to Capitol Hill

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2023-06-25 Hardly Raining Queer/Pride Festival returned to Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood last weekend. The three-day outdoor event featured LGBTQIA+ centric music and drag performances along a closed-off street outside festival sponsor Queer/Bar. The Sunday headliner was Australian-American dance-pop artist Betty Who. Flanked by two sometimes-shirtless background dancers, the out bisexual artist performed to an enthusiastic […]

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Thomas Marriott and Ray Vega East–West Trumpet Summit

Photos: East–West Trumpet Summit at the Royal Room

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2023.06.22 Hardly Raining The East–West Trumpet Summit performed at The Royal Room on June 22, 2023. Personnel included Thomas Marriott (trumpet, flugelhorn), Ray Vega (trumpet, flugelhorn), Roy McCurdy (drums), Michael Glynn (bass), and Tim Kennedy (piano). Seattle multi-instrumentalist Jay Thomas sat in for the final number. The event celebrated the release of their album, Coast

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Hermeto Pascoal at Neptune Theatre

Hermeto Pascoal at the Neptune Theatre

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2023-05-30 Hardly Raining Hermeto Pascoal Brazilian avant-garde jazz legend Hermeto Pascoal performed at the Neptune Theatre on May 30, 2023. The 86-year-old composer and multi-instrumentalist sang, and played keys and melodica. His band included André Marques (piano), Ajurinã Zwarg (drums, percussion), Fabio Pascoal (percussion), Itiberê Zwarg (bass), and Jota P. (saxophones, flute). The group played

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Lakecia Benjamin at Raisbeck Auditorium

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2023-06-01 Hardly Raining NYC alto-saxophonist and composer Lakecia Benjamin performed at Cornish College’s Raisbeck Auditorium on June 1, 2023. Joining Benjamin were Zaccai Curtis (piano), E. J. Strickland (drums), and Ivan Taylor (bass). Benjamin released her fourth studio album, Phoenix, earlier this year. The quartet tours the U.S. west coast this week, including two nights at Portland’s 1905. They

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