Rock fans dig deep for Mudhoney and vote to name Seattle tunnel machine after longtime band Move aside, earth beneath Seattle. Here comes some hard rock. Seattle Public Utilities has announced that a tunnel boring machine… Read More
Prefunq combats Zoom fatigue with pre-meeting mini concerts to support artists hurt by pandemic As COVID-19 sent everyone retreating to social isolation and virtual gatherings, it proved particularly difficult for the performers and musicians… Read More
27 years after death of Kurt Cobain, group uses AI software to create a ‘new’ Nirvana song The death of Kurt Cobain 27 years ago today left fans of Nirvana forever wondering what new music the celebrated… Read More
Mudhoney? Sir Digs-A-Lot? Music monikers in the mix as Seattle votes on name for tunnel machine Seattle’s deep musical roots are coming to the surface in the quest to name the tunnel boring machine that will… Read More
Sub Pop Records opens new retail shop in Seattle — at the base of an Amazon headquarters tower Sub Pop Records, the longtime independent Seattle record label, is setting up shop in the base of an Amazon headquarters… Read More
Fred Hutch’s holiday gala going virtual with singer Sheryl Crow and a celebration of ‘fearless science’ In her biggest hit, Sheryl Crow sings about how all she wants to do is have some fun. It can… Read More
Seattle investor who worked — and rocked — with Paul Allen goes viral with his cover of a grunge hit Steve Hall thinks Paul Allen would have gotten a kick out of his viral music sensation. Hall, a longtime venture… Read More
Court rules in favor of hip-hop star Macklemore after jazz musician sued over hit song samples Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have successfully defeated a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by a New Orleans jazz musician who claimed… Read More
Microsoft vet’s new tech startup, SyncFloor, helps creative pros find independent music for projects In his 20 years at Microsoft, Kirt Debique honed his tech skills as a Windows Media Platform engineering leader and… Read More
‘All in Wa’ COVID-19 benefit concert raises $45M behind Macklemore, Pearl Jam, Bill Gates and more The “All in Wa” benefit concert for coronavirus relief Wednesday night raised more than $45 million as a host of… Read More
Amazon to sponsor virtual concert for COVID-19 relief featuring Pearl Jam, Macklemore and others Update, June 4, 4:25 p.m. PT: All in Wa announced on Thursday that it was moving a virtual benefit concert… Read More
Music lessons startup Play at Work becomes ‘play at home’ as tech workers get instruction via video Plenty of work experiences have moved from in-office settings to virtual connections in the weeks since many of us were… Read More
Sonos targets coffee shops, cafes and more with program that bundles smart speakers and services Businesses looking to enhance the ambiance of a space with music can take advantage of a new subscription program being… Read More
Amazon unveils musical keyboard that uses AI to compose surprisingly good original songs Amazon Web Services likes to spice things up at its annual AWS re:Invent conference with unexpected hardware announcements, with past… Read More
Fast-growing Sonos turns up volume at new Seattle office dedicated to people, product and music For 17 years, Sonos has been working to perfect what it calls the “sound experience,” with its commitment to multi-room… Read More
Watch out, Coachella? Amazon gets into music festival business, releases lineup for ‘Intersect’ An impressive lineup of musicians will be assembling in the desert in December for a two-day festival, but it’s not… Read More
The Seattle sound? Napster and Amazon both partner with Sony on immersive ‘360 Reality Audio’ Sony’s effort to replicate the immersive soundscape of a live musical performance is coming to listeners this fall, and Seattle-based… Read More
Seattle startup gets in the mix with StudioMaster, a music-matching algorithm that’s in tune with tech Surely, in our digital lives, we have evolved beyond the print classifieds or flyer-at-the-coffee-shop method of finding a drummer for… Read More
‘Microsoft the Musical’ features summer interns in a singing, dancing romp across tech giant’s campus Well, the interns at Microsoft sure had fun this summer. While there may be a documentary coming to Netflix that… Read More
How a VR project documenting Seattle’s music history revealed the risk of a new digital divide Yolanda Barton loves Seattle’s music history — the history that starts decades before Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Soundgarden came screaming… Read More
28 years after radio debut, scientist calls Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ most iconic song ever The Nirvana mega-hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was an anthem for a generation of music lovers drawn to Seattle’s grunge-fueled… Read More
Amazon to host free concert from roof of Seattle’s Pike Place Market with The Head and The Heart The Head and The Heart … and the pig and the flying fish. That will be the scene on Sunday… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa bumps Bieber and sings duet with pop star Ed Sheeran on new single ‘I Don’t Care’ Bye bye, Bieber. Take it away, Alexa? Amazon’s voice assistant has demonstrated her singing chops in the past, but this… Read More
Accomplished pianist’s startup Play At Work strikes a chord with music lessons for busy tech workers Lena Begun has been playing music since the age of 5. She attended a school for gifted children in Moscow… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa wins an iHeartRadio Music Award and gives shout out to Wi-Fi in acceptance speech Artificial intelligence is already changing the way we listen to music, and now technology is making a grab for the… Read More
Inside Octave 9, a high-tech venue that lets Seattle Symphony explore the future of music You know you’ve entered a unique space when you can’t stop looking up toward the ceiling in an attempt to… Read More
Mountain Goats take on ‘Dragons’: Longtime band promoting geeky album with Wizards livestream The Mountain Goats are into dragons. Dungeons & Dragons, specifically. The longtime American folk rock band has an especially geeky… Read More
After 2 years, Paul Allen-founded Upstream Music Fest and Summit ‘taking a break in 2019’ The Upstream Music Fest and Summit, created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a way to showcase diverse… Read More
Geek of the Week: Jillian Garber of Sonos tackles complex problems in software and on rock walls When Jillian Garber was studying physics in college, she learned how to break down and approach problems in general, not just… Read More
Queen’s rock-star astrophysicist Brian May debuts his space anthem for a far-out trip LAUREL, Md. — After you’ve participated in NASA’s New Horizons mission to the edge of the solar system, and written… Read More
