Woo hoo! I am delighted to be spending another Labor Day weekend at Seattle's wonderful Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival...me and ONE THOUSAND MILLION POUNDS of camera equipment. Aching muscles aside, yesterday was fantastic, with perfect sunny weather, lots of wonderful old friends to hang out with, and as always, a stunning amount of fabulous music, art, comedy, film, food, and shopping choices to be had. There's always more there than I can ever hope to get to, but I try!
My first installment here comes from the beginning of my Bumberday yesterday, with two amazing live radio concerts from my garage/soul faves King Khan & the Shrines, and Seattle's own THEESatisfaction at the KEXP Music Lounge. Khan and Krew ripped up the Lounge but good with a high-energy set featuring various and assorted Shrines visiting the audience up close and personal, and songs that got everyone singing and shakin'. The two young women who make up THEESatisfaction (Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White) just hypnotized the crowd with a beautiful blend of hip-hop grooves and old soul sweetness, funk to funky. Do make a point of checking both bands out -- you will love them. Click on the photos to enlarge, go to the Flickr links to see more, and BAM! I'm off to go back to Bumber for some more! See ya here tomorrow!
(King Khan & The Shrines KEXP Bumbershoot Flickr set)
(THEESatisfaction KEXP Bumbershoot Flickr link)
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