Puyallup-based bass soloist E. Pruitt is a Charlie Parker School grad, 2018 Seattle Sound Music Awards winner, and clinician for KORG, Bartolini, and Warwick whose Bass Graffiti placed three tracks in the Smooth Jazz Top 100 in 2025.

Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Tomo Nakayama is a two-decade fixture of the PNW music scene whose crystalline tenor voice and genre-spanning catalog have earned praise from NPR, the New York Times, and KEXP, and placements on Netflix and at Sundance.

Olympia singer-songwriter Jillian Mixon brings a Norah Jones-meets-Amy Winehouse vocal presence to jazz, blues, and originals — performing solo and with Jill & the Jacks at residencies from Salish Lodge to Sea-Tac Airport.

Seattle pianist and songwriter Ben Mish plays 200 shows a year, has released 18 albums solo and with Left Hand Smoke, placed songs on Grey's Anatomy and ER, and headlined Bumbershoot. The definition of devoted to the craft.

West Seattle's Cami Voss is a retro-country pianist, bandleader, and community anchor whose deep love for Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, and Emmylou Harris drives everything from her honky tonk band the Acme Roundup to sold-out tribute productions at the Triple Door and Tractor Tavern.

Weekly Volcano caught me looping guitar at a Tacoma farmers market and called it "transformative." The full piece covers London tunnel buskers, a singing gondolier, and how I ended up running Polybanderous Productions.

Wellington indie-rock four-piece Hans Pucket are back with G.Y.S.S., a hook-laden pop-rock anthem and their first new single since the acclaimed No Drama. Stream it on Bandcamp.

Michael Compton is a Seattle indie rock veteran with 20 independent releases, a Grammy chapter chairmanship, and a 2022 album made with Nirvana's producer Steve Fisk and members of The Shins and The Posies.

Bonita Fishwife celebrates their new album with a release show at the Belltown Yacht Club on Saturday, August 1, with Accendino and Sweet Marilyn.

I ran my new single "Hallelujah" through SubmitHub's Easy Mode. Twelve curators, two approvals, a French blog review, and a pile of unexpectedly useful feedback. Here's the honest breakdown.

The Court at Versailles reimagine seminal electronic dance music through a jazz trio lens on their April 2026 release Acoustic Electronica. Stream it on Bandcamp.

Three Seattle acts, one Saturday night. Bad Honey, Güero Brown, and OK Tiger play Belltown Yacht Club on June 20th. Doors at 8pm, $15 advance.

Seattle pianist and singer-songwriter Kristin Chambers has 200+ songwriting credits, four studio albums, and placements on Better Call Saul, The Young and the Restless, Netflix, Lifetime, and Hallmark.

Byland brings her cinematic indie-rock to The Rabbit Box Theatre on June 11, joined by Zander Hawley and Abby Gundersen. Doors 7pm, show 8pm, $20 advance.

Michigan-born, Seattle-based Americana singer-songwriter Sarah Brunner has played 1,000+ shows, toured 26 states, and co-fronts The Hipocrats — a nationally touring duo whose debut album was produced by Grammy Award-winner Chance McCoy.

Orville Johnson is a Seattle-based dobro master and roots multi-instrumentalist with credits on over 500 recordings, a residency on Prairie Home Companion, and decades of live performances across blues, bluegrass, and Americana.

Scott Concinnity is the frontman of Letters From Traffic, a seven-piece Seattle rock and soul band whose New Vintage Soul sound has been shaking rooms and stirring souls since 2006.

PNW guitarist Lyle Ronglien is equally at home in a solo acoustic set and fronting a 17-piece Brian Setzer tribute band. His latest album, How Many Miles, dropped in fall 2024.

Judd Wasserman writes indie-folk songs in the tradition of Nick Drake and Elliott Smith, then performs them as a one-man band using live looping to build something that sounds much bigger than one person.

Eric C.P. Martin of Eric Blu & the Soul Revue has released a cookbook and family memoir rooted in Black Southern food traditions. Lovin' From Mama's Oven is out now.