South Sound Spotlight on One FAMM Records
What: A Tacoma-based R&B and hip-hop label; the acronym stands for One Family Always Makes Money. Founded: 1999 Mission: In the words of CEO Theo "Mr. Network" Hall Current roster: R&B singer...
View ArticleSouth Sound Spotlight on Ed Taylor
Ed Taylor Home base: Tacoma Style: Smooth jazz, funk, fusion Discography: "Good Is Good" (2004), "Taylor Made" (2005), "Songs from a Taylor" (2007) Influences: Taylor describes the evolution of his...
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South Sound Spotlight on Mono in VCF
Home base: Mostly Tacoma, though singer Kim Miller hails from Bellevue Lineup: The live band includes Miller, Hunter Lea (guitar, keyboards), Jordan Luckman (bass), Jason Falk (drums), Martin Feveyear...
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South Sound Spotlight on Girl Trouble
Well, something weird that’s beyond my level of technological comprehension happened to our blog server last week. And that’s why it’s taken me a few days longer than expected to upload those Girl...
View ArticleSouth Sound Spotlight on Outtasite
Who: Outtasite is the stage name for Seattle-born, Federal Way-based rapper Mike Singleton Style: Don’t call it "rap rock" or "nu metal." Outtasite’s blend of agro riffs and street savvy rhymes is...
View ArticleSouth Sound Spotlight on Dwayne D’Arby
The local artist of the week is Tacoma crooner Dwayne D’Arby, who records with South Sound R&B/hip-hop label One Famm Records. This clip is from a show in Seattle, but Friday (Jan. 30) you’ll be...
View ArticleSouth Sound Spotlight on Kusikia
Catch Kusikia Saturday (Feb. 7) at Urban Xchange with Mount Eerie, Karl Blau and Calvin Johnson.
View ArticleSouth Sound Spotlight on Vicci Martinez
In case you missed Vicci Martinez CD release show last Friday at Jazzbones, PLU students Bryanna Plog and Kelsey Lid shot some cool video. Check it out.
View ArticleSouth Sound Spotlight on Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies
Members of Olympia’s Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies are on the bill for a benefit for Randy Oxford band drummer Riky Hudson, who recently suffered a stroke. It’s Sunday (March 15) at...
View ArticleSouth Sound Spotlight on Little Bill & the Bluenotes
Little Bill Engelhart is a Tacoma legend since, among other things, he and the Bluenotes pretty much started the rock scene as we know it in these parts, way back in the mid-50s. And considering how...
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