Damn. We were spoiled when Ben Todd lived here and played at Carly’s all of the time, but then dude split to Seattle. Boo hoo. Good news is that he’s bringing his Lonesome Shack band to town on its ...

Seattle blues trio Lonesome Shack was just about finished with their newest album when a troubling thought occurred to songwriter/guitarist Ben Todd: it didn’t feel right. “It just felt a little bit ...

Bar bands around the world are pounding out bouncy riffs peppered with Southern drawl every day, and most will go unnoticed. Often the genre becomes a self-parody: overzealous guitarists playing the ...