Forget Seattle. Rural Washington is ready to rock the Grammys By Michael Rietmulder, The Seattle Times
Published: March 10, 2021, 1:45pm
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SEATTLE When most people think about music from Washington, they default to Seattle, the city of grunge. But the town that birthed indie rock darlings and generational rap stars hardly has a monopoly on Washington music culture. Some of our greatest musical exports have deep connections with the more rural parts of the state. The proof is in the Grammys.
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Celebrating homegrown talent as well as prolific folk musicians from across the seas, the 2022 Port Fairy Folk Festival will see Weddings, Parties, Anything, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, Kee’ahn and Baby et Lulu joined by Eric Bibb, Courtney Marie Andrews, Eilen Jewell and Mandolin Orange from the US, Scotland’s Elephant Sessions and the UK’s Jon Boden.
Tickets are on sale now so snap yours up over at the PFFF website.
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