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July 28, 2021 6:00 PM
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WELLPINIT, Wash. Wildfires continue to ravage our region, and with another heat wave moving in, there’s a lot to be concerned about across the Inland Northwest.
Tribal reservations have been hit especially hard. With limited resources, staying on top of the fires is difficult. The Sherwood Fire has already burned over 1,100 acres and still burns today. It’s just one of the fires contributing to one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in Washington.
“We are at a crisis right now, and the end of July isn’t even here,” said Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz.
He s iconic here, says Valley Fever DJ Dana Armstrong.
That s how Tucson bluesman Tom Walbank was able to round up no fewer than 28 artists, from Calexico and Howe Gelb to Kid Congo Powers, for a tribute album benefiting Foul, who started chemotherapy for throat cancer in February. He went public with his cancer and subsequent chemo, Walbank says. And I was wondering what I could do. So I started calling around to musicians I knew to get an album together of everybody covering his songs. And everyone rallied. No one was a diva. It came together in two weeks.
Arizona musicians willingly stepped up
Mute Swan has kept busy since their last major release in 2016: performing at clubs around Tucson, releasing a handful of singles, touring across the nation, taking the stage at SXSW and even hosting livestream performances throughout 2020 damn near everything indie rockers can do, save for releasing a new album.
Now that non-hiatus is ending with the band releasing
Only Ever, an album that balances chaos and melody, and was preceded by years of teasers. However, Mute Swan says there isn t too much of a stylistic shift on the new album, other than upping their production. Whereas previous albums attempted to capture their stage sound,