The current leg of Bette Midler’s Kiss My Brass Tour includes many secondary markets (including Everett and Grand Forks, N.D.), but Midler isn’t toning down the act for more conservative audiences.
So leave your inhibitions at home for the performance Tuesday at the Everett Events Center.
Midler combines stand-up comedy and singing as well as anyone. On this tour, she’ll perform her quickly recognizable hits and characters, and songs from the “Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook” album.
Midler began her career as an extra in the film “Hawaii.” Not long afterward, she took over the role of Tzeitel in the hit Broadway musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” By 1973 she had won a Grammy for her album, “The Divine Miss M,” Additional Grammys followed.
“The Rose” earned her an Oscar nomination and two Golden Globe awards; and “For the Boys” brought her a Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination for best actress.
Midler has toned down the ticket prices, although it may be hard to appreciate at $42 to $152.50. In larger markets, her top ticket is $250.
That’s what comes of a concert environment needing about 90 people and 10 trucks to create.
Mike Compton: Rural country blues and bluegrass come to Seattle Sunday with the Grammy-winning mandolin player, who performed on the sold-out “Down from the Mountain” and “Cold Mountain” tours. He currently plays with the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Compton will be joined by David Long, whose recent CD “Midnight From Memphis” received praise from Mandolin Magazine and Mandolin Quarterly.
Sam Phillips: When she sticks to thoughtful lyrics and uncomplicated melodies, Phillips shines. She performs tonight in Seattle. Phillips made her mark early with Christian music. In 1987, “The Turning” made her a crossover success as she added pop stylings, started moving away from Christian music, and adopted her nickname Sam. Since then she’s rocked, dipped into the psychedelic, and with “Martinis and Bikinis” in 1994, earned a Grammy nomination. Phillips also played a mute terrorist in “Die Hard With a Vengeance.” This year’s album is “A Boot and a Shoe.”
Leslie Dalaba: The composer, improviser and trumpeter rolls out “Paleontology, Geology, Music …” and her latest CD, “Timelines,” on Wednesday in Seattle. She explores humanity’s position in the Earth’s story. Listen to ice ages, extinction, geomagnetic shifts and the earliest stirrings of life through her unorthodox techniques.
KMTT’s Winter Warmth Concert: Sonia Dada, G. Love &Special Sauce, and Ray LaMontagne headline the 10th annual concert sponsored by 103.7 The Mountain.
Bette Midler performs Tuesday at the Everett Events Center.
Where to hear it
Bette Midler: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Everett Events Center; $42-$152.50; 866-332-8499.
Mike Compton: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle; $12; 800-965-4827.
Sam Phillips: 8 tonight, Century Ballroom, 915 E. Pine, Seattle; $20; 206-324-7263.
Leslie Dalaba: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jack Straw Productions, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE; free; 206-634-0919.
Winter Warmth Concert: 7 p.m. Saturday, Moore Theater, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle; $5-$60; 206-628-0888.
Where to hear it
Bette Midler: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Everett Events Center; $42-$152.50; 866-332-8499.
Mike Compton: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle; $12; 800-965-4827.
Sam Phillips: 8 tonight, Century Ballroom, 915 E. Pine, Seattle; $20; 206-324-7263.
Leslie Dalaba: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jack Straw Productions, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE; free; 206-634-0919.
Winter Warmth Concert: 7 p.m. Saturday, Moore Theater, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle; $5-$60; 206-628-0888.
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