Category Archives: Music

Ryan Hodgson blog posts about music from Seattle and from around the world.

Band of the Week: Ivan & Alyosha – Seattle’s Newest Thang!

If you haven’t heard of Seattle band Ivan & Alyosha, my guess is you’re about to hear a lot about them.  Their folk-pop, harmony rich, full length debut album titled “All The Times We Had” drops next Tuesday 2/26, and … Continue reading

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Lets get Kris Orlowski and Andrew Joslyn’s EP “Pieces We Are” in the TOP 10 (or 5) on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter Charts

Many of you have seen tweets of Facebook posts from me about Kris Orlowski over the past two years.  You may have also read my “Band of the Week” post about him here on my blog.  If you have, hopefully … Continue reading

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Band of the Week: Noah Gundersen

I’ve been looking forward to bringing back my Band of the Week column because I’ve been looking forward to sharing with you the music of Noah Gundersen.  In fact I’d say his EP titled Family, released in August 2011, has … Continue reading

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Tickets to Team Up’s Gigs4Good for Seattle Works Selling Fast

So I may have stepped down as President (see my previous post), but I’m not going to slow down in terms of promoting and supporting the nonprofit I founded. Next Thursday night (4/12) we have a line-up playing at Team … Continue reading

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Lemolo’s debut album announced – “The Kaleidoscope” is coming!

Please note that since writing this piece Lemolo sold out their 6/29 CD Release Party (in 11 hours) and have added a new show on 6/30.  The ticket link below is still valid but tickets to this second show will not go … Continue reading

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Band of the Week: Kris Orlowski

For those who follow me on Twitter or Facebook or read this blog you may already know that I’m a big fan of a guy called Kris Orlowski.  I am definitely not alone as he has a growing legion of … Continue reading

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Welcome To Doe Bay – the documentary!

So you have probably read my babble about how much I enjoyed my first Doe Bay Festival this year and if you were one of the lucky ones who also attended you will be right there with me remembering the … Continue reading

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The Symphony Guild – A man’s passion to help children!

For the fourteenth year Grammy Award winning composer and Seattle native Mateo Messina has composed a world premiere symphony to benefit uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital.  ’The Last Wonder of the World” will feature John Ondrasik of Five For … Continue reading

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Band of the Week: Felicity Groom

So far my “Band of the Week” posts have featured Seattle artists, but this week I’m breaking that trend and bringing you a little taste of the music scene from the place where I grew up; Perth, Australia.  The first … Continue reading

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Tonight: WineUp – A meet-up for Team Up!

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been back to Australia on vacation and have totally neglected my blog.  What better excuse to get back in the saddle than to promote an event for my favorite nonprofit that includes my … Continue reading

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