Beck’s Songreader live at The Royal Room – January 19
Singer-songwriter Beck’s new album, Song Reader, is not an actual album. It is a book of sheet music that he has released for people to perform on their own.
On Saturday, January 19, The Royal Room will host an evening of artists performing Song Reader.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 19
THE ROYAL ROOM
5000 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA
(206) 906-9920
7:00pm (All Ages) / 9:30pm (21+)
$12 Advance/ $15 At The Door. Available now from Stranger Tickets.
Tickets for the Early Set (all ages)
Tickets for the Late Set (21+)
Seattle based artists perform one song each from Beck’s new sheet music only album “Song Reader”. Artists will be backed by an all-star Royal Room house band augmented by a variety of guest musicians.
With many more to follow, confirmed performers include: Robb Benson (Dept of Energy, The Glass Notes), Julia Massey (Julia Massey & The 5 Finger Discount), Thousands, Skerik (The Dead Kenny G’s, Bandalabra), Maria Mannisto, Andy Coe, Carla Torgerson (The Walkabouts), Jared Cortese (The Jesus Rehab), Robin Holcomb, Luke Bergman, and Wayne Horvitz.
ON THE SCENE WITH HOWARD LONDNER
Musicians from Portland, Seattle and Vancouver are regulary featured on Jazz Northwest, and this week, all three cities are represented. Esperanza Spalding grew up in Portland and has become an international star. We’ll feature her in a song in tribute to her home town, “City of Roses”. The arrangement for the song has been nominated for a Grammy this year, and so has the CD, “Radio Music Society.” Nancy King, Mary Kadderly and Eric Skye from Portland will also be featured.
Vancouver pianist and tenor saxophonist Ross Taggart, who has performed in Seattle many times and who a number of Seattle musicians have worked with in Canada, passed away early this morning. Taggart had been hospitalized in the fall for renal cancer.
Thursday, January 10