The hills of Darrington will be filled with the sound of rock this weekend during the seventh annual Darrington Rock Festival.
One of the headliners is Lou Gramm, lead singer of Foreigner and owner of one of the most distinctive voices in rock. He’s been the lead vocalist on 20 Top-40 singles including Foreigner’s chart-topper “Feels Like the First Time.”
The festival lineup includes Dennis de Young, founder and former frontman of Styx; Cheap Trick, Randy Bachman of BTO and Guess Who, The Tubes, Marty Balin and Slick Aguilar of Jefferson Starship, Spike and the Impalers, The Romantics and The Outlaws.
Also on the list are Whiskey Creek in a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute; Magic Bus, Randy Hansen’s Jimi Hendrix tribute, Problem Child’s AC/DC tribute, No Quarter’s Led Zeppelin tribute, Savoy Brown, and former Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner.
WU &You Music Festival: Several past performers at the Wired and Unplugged Coffee House have gotten together for a four-hour concert Saturday in Snohomish benefiting Snohomish Food Bank and Snohomish Boys &Girls Club.
Rory Corbin, The Senate, Sean Knox, Lost Autumn Gypsy and Peter Ali will perform at the all-ages event at the Krause Farm, also known for its Washington State Corn Maze. Singer-songwriter Corbin, also a cancer survivor, will sing songs of adversity and redemption. The Senate is a trio playing acoustic folk, rock and pop.
Aap Ka Sarroor: Hindi film music lovers are familiar with Himesh Reshmiya’s work. The composer-turned-singer wrote the hit scores of several movies, and won the trophy for the title song on “Aashiq Banaya Aapne” from the International Indian Film Academy. He’s part of a lineup celebrating Hindi culture Saturday in Everett. Other performers include Vineet, Himani, Alisha Chennai and Abhijeet Sawant, and Bollywood dancers and musicians.
Latin Expression: For 20 years, composer/vocalist Francisco “Papo” Medina Sr.’s salsa orchestra has delivered Latin music from Canada to Los Angeles. Latin Expression will perform Thursday in Everett. The 13-piece ensemble’s repertoire includes rhythms from the Caribbean, including salsa, cumbia, Afro-Cuban and their own brand of power-salsa.
Side Project: The creative folk band brings melodic pop influenced by rock, jazz and R&B to Edmonds on Sunday. Expect originals and classics from Side Project. As a bonus, Eric Tingstad, of the Grammy-winning Tingstad and Rumble, will perform a couple of songs.
Budapest West: Songs will appear in many forms during a Sunday world-fusion rock concert with a progressive twist in Everett. Rob Rigoni’s vocals and mesmerizing multi-textured guitar work, songs with colorful characters and misadventures, and music from the band’s latest release, “Other Times, Other Places,” will be part of the package.
Dana: The children’s performer with one name has been performing across the country with her upbeat tunes and enthusiastic personality. She’ll make a stop in Everett on Tuesday to deliver her award-winning, interactive show. Dana has won numerous awards, including two Parents’ Choice awards and four National Parenting Publications Gold Awards for best new children’s music of the year.
Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland: Guy is a bright star of blues past; Copeland is the rising star of blues future. Both appear Thursday in Marysville. Guy is a Grammy winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a major guitar influence on the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. His first guitar was a two-string-and-a-block-of-wood model, but financial boundaries never stopped him from creating a legacy. Grammy-nominated Copeland was named Rising Star of the Blues by Downbeat magazine and won the 2005 Blues Music Award for Contemporary Female Blues Artist of the Year. She’s also hosting her own weekly blues show on Sirius satellite radio.
From top, Rory Corbin, Sean Knox, Lost Autumn Gypsy and Peter Ali are among the performers Saturday in Snohomish.
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