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At dusk a worker cleans the sidewalk ways under the Pike Place Market clock. What’s open can be found on the market’s blog: pikeplacemarket.org

LO Pike Place Market, largely shutdown but a number of stalls still serving the public.
(Photo essay multiple days)

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May 14, 2021 at 6:00 am

What’s Happening May 14-27: Rally Together for the Market, Beat the Bridge to Beat Diabetes and more

If you miss going to events, you’re not alone. To assist you in finding something to spice up your days, here are some virtual or...

After getting fully vaccinated, veteran pianist Eric Verlinde (front left on keys) resumed organizing a long-running jazz jam at the Owl n’ Thistle bar in Pioneer Square.

May 13, 2021 at 6:00 am

Our critic goes to 3 kinds of shows, as live music slowly comes back in Seattle. Here’s what they’re like

Our music writer attended three different types of concerts currently happening around Seattle: an outdoors, socially distanced show; an outdoor minirave; and a small club...

Seattle’s Naked Giants (left to right, Gianni Aiello, Henry LaVallee and Grant Mullen) step outside their garage-rock sandbox on sophomore album “The Shadow.”

May 12, 2021 at 4:25 pm

ZooTunes is back, with its first summer 2021 concerts lined up

After a year of virtually no live music, signs of live shows are popping up. The latest: Woodland Park Zoo's popular ZooTunes, which this week... Updated 7:00 pm

May 12, 2021 at 7:07 am

Jay-Z, Tina Turner lead Rock Hall of Fame’s 2021 inductees

For years, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has been pummeled by criticism that its inductees — the marble busts in the pantheon of...

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Damien Jurado at the Historian Recording Co. in Youngstown, OH. (Photo by David Pokrivnak)

May 12, 2021 at 6:00 am

Damien Jurado’s 10 comeback concerts mark Seattle’s highest-profile shows since the shutdown

Prolific Washington singer-songwriter Damien Jurado reemerges from lockdown with a trove of ambitious new music and big changes to his live show. He plays a...

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performs at “Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World” on Sunday, May 2, 2021, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

May 12, 2021 at 5:05 am

Foo Fighters among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2021 class alongside Jay-Z, Tina Turner

The Seattle-born Foo Fighters are among the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2021. Foo founder Dave Grohl will become a two-time inductee,...

Savanna Woods (far right) stands with her fellow four-way knockout round contestants during Mondays episode of “The Voice.” Season:20

May 11, 2021 at 6:00 am

Spoiler alert: Did Stanwood’s ‘The Voice’ hopeful make it to the live shows?

Here's how local "Voice" contestant Savanna Woods did on Monday night's episode. Find out if she continues her run on the show.

John Richards, KEXP program director and host of “The Morning Show”

May 8, 2021 at 1:38 pm

Jimmy Fallon shouts out KEXP host John Richards on ‘Tonight Show’ WATCH

Hometown indie station KEXP has a big fan in "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon. The actor/comedian went out of his way to shout out the...

Kurt Cobain, Nirvana
Nirvana plays the Seattle Coliseum (20th Anniversary of Cobain’s death)

May 7, 2021 at 3:43 pm

FBI releases file on late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain

The FBI has released portions of Kurt Cobain's case file. The 10 pages contain letters asking federal authorities to reopen the investigation into Cobain’s 1994...

After shattering rock’s glass ceiling in the ’70s, Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson delivers her first true solo album “You and Me.”

May 7, 2021 at 6:00 am

Heart’s Nancy Wilson finds her voice with first true solo album WATCH

With a stack of platinum records and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction under her belt, Seattle rock icon Nancy Wilson of Heart...