Mukilteo bluegrass-folk festival debuts Saturday
Published 10:25 pm Thursday, September 13, 2007
Bluegrass and folk music come to Mukilteo in a big way Saturday with the city’s first Bluegrass and Folk Festival.
If the free, all-day event has a headliner, it’s Katie Davis, who has been showcased at a Rockrgrl Conference, earned the highest listener rating on a NPR’s “All Songs Considered” open mic, was a top-20 finalist at Redhook’s Emerging Music Awards in 2005, the chart-topper on the Top 100 Chart of Unsigned Artists and made “Collected Sounds Review” Top 20 CDs of 2005.
The line-up at the all-volunteer event includes:
10:30 a.m.: instrumental trio Artichoke Ridge.
11:15 a.m.: all-acoustic band Bottle Neck.
Noon: Award-winning singer-songwriter rhythm guitarist Justin Saragueta and classic, electric and slide guitarist Frederic Moreau cross boundaries and add a bit of Spanish sound.
1 p.m.: solo folk artist and songwriter Mona Sterling.
1:30 p.m.: Katie Davis.
2 p.m.: bluegrass duet of Barbara Phillips and 8-year-old fiddle player Mira Yamamoto.
2:30 p.m.: Bluegrass band RA Rhythm and Toys mix American storytelling and bluegrass.
3:30 p.m.: folk musician Tom Harrison.
4:30 p.m.: Bluegrass band Rustic Stones specializes in bluegrass-flavored Rolling Stones songs.
5:15 p.m.: Ron Zoll samples bluegrass and folk.
The Motet: The band has changed its line-up and reinvented its sound. Once the primary songwriter, Motet founder and all-star drummer Dave Watts now takes a collective approach with the other musicians to paint an instrumental jazz, indie-rock and electronically textured soundscape.
Jim Page: Politically charged music will celebrate People for a Peaceable Planet’s fifth anniversary, with proceeds to PPP and Skagit Valley College’s radio station KSVR. The singer-songwriter is a longtime performer who delivers passion, inspiration and wit about today’s issues.
Reba McEntire: The country music icon has 36 American Music, Academy of Country Music, Country Music Association and Grammy awards. She’s been around for two decades but has stayed relevant with the recent No. 1 hit “Somebody” and her duet with Kelly Clarkson, the hit “Because of You.”
B.B. King and Etta James: Treat yourself to the King of the Blues (“The Thrill is Gone,” “Rock Me Baby”), B.B. King and his guitar Lucille, and Matriarch of the Blues and Hall of Famer, the incomparable sultry and sophisticated James (“Tell Mama”).
Presidents of the United States of America: The pop band starts Town Hall’s Saturday Family Concert series with an acoustic set of catchy, humorous old favorites suitable for children age 5 and older.
April Verch Band: The award-winning fiddler, vocalist and step-dancer brings back her eclectic roots-style music in support of her latest CD, “Take Me Back.” Verch is the only woman to win both the Canadian Grand Masters and the Canadian Open fiddle championships.
Out and about: Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii plays creative and unpredictable music with trumpeter Natsuki Tamura (Monday, Good Shepherd Center) … Jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson returns (Tuesday through Sept. 22, Jazz Alley) … Mr. Las Vegas, Wayne Newton, can be found on 165 recordings and as represented by the first star on the Las Vegas Walk of Fame (Sunday, Benaroya Hall) … Saxman Kenny G has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Grammy, American Music, Soul Train, World Music and NAACP Image awards (Monday, Puyallup Fair) …
Emerson Drive arrives (Tuesday, Puyallup) with the recent No. 1 hit “Moments” and an Academy of Music Award nomination in 2007 for Top Vocal Group … Funk, soul and R&B are brought to you by Lydia Pense and Cold Blood (today and Saturday, Highway 99 Blues Club) … Troubadour Shawn Mullins serves up folk, country, blues and rock with music from “9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor” (Saturday, Triple Door) … Elspeth Savani, who swapped classical music for congas, and Orchestra Zarabanda is one of the region’s most popular Latin bands (Saturday, Century Ballroom) … Singer-songwriter Kathy Mattea is touring with sounds from a new album (Thursday, Benaroya Hall).
Where to hear it
Bluegrass and Folk Festival: Saturday, Whidbey Coffee Co., 619 Fourth St., Mukilteo; free, 425-423-0450.
The Motet: 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, 21+; Nectar’s 412 N. 36th St., Seattle; $10, 206-632-2020.
Jim Page: 7:30 tonight, Lincoln Theater, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon; $16.50, $11.50 students, 877-754-6284.
Reba McEntire: 7:30 tonight, Puyallup Fair; $45.50-$79.50, 206-628-0888.
B.B. King and Etta James: 7 p.m. Sunday, Tulalip Amphitheatre, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Marysville; $60-$100, 888-272-1111.
Presidents of the United States of America: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Town Hall, 1119 Eighth St., Seattle; $5 adults, free 5 and younger, 206-652-4255.
April Verch Band: 8 p.m. Sunday, Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle; $8, $10, 800-965-4827.
