Tracie Marsh, a Seattle area native, has been a musician since she was 5 years old. She holds a bass performance degree and a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from Washington State University and has traveled the world performing music of all styles. While living in Boston, Tracie played in several bands and held the principal bass position in The New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra. She also worked 4 years aboard cruise ships playing for large productions and entertainers such as The Platters, The Drifters and many other Las Vegas styled production shows. Since moving to Poulsbo in 2005, Tracie has been a busy bassist/singer performing in several music projects, studio session work, and composing music. Tracie's current music projects include; 'The Tracie Marsh Band' original music in the pop soul jazz genre, 'Soul Siren' a fun top 40, funk and rock cover band, 'Jazz Canvas' art/music production show, 'Lost and Found,' a Christian ministry band and the newest, “Marsh Family Band.”
We’re Waking Bear, a pos-vibe, indie/alt rock band from Olympia, Washington putting out high-frequency originals and uplifting audiences! Waking Bear was founded in 2018 by songwriters Noah Bears R. and Ivy Jordanne, each additional member trickling into the Bear family in divine timing: Daniel, Scotty and Doug. Five musicians coming from diverse musical backgrounds and all contributing to the range of styles heard within our songs. Our first full-length album, Trust Fall, was released in early 2021. This heartfelt album weaves together themes of trusting the universe, in something greater than ourselves, and that all is working out for the highest good.
On the first and third Thursday of every month Marketplace will be hosting an Open mic night for all of eager music gurus to come and show off your skills! Sign-ups start at 6pm, so pick your favorite song, grab some liquid courage and get ready to sing your heart out.
Ben Watson is a local Bainbridge musician and Bainbridge High School senior with a passion for 70s and 80s music. Ben has performed regularly on Bainbridge Island at both public venues and private functions. As a rock piano player and singer, he brings his own personality to popular songs that we all know and love. Ben’s performances always include well-known rock riffs and dynamic instrumentation as he plays hits by Elton John, Billy Joel, and Ben Folds as well as a number of other classic rock anthems.
Seattle "Gypsy Jazz" band Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” evoke the spirit of a Paris cafe and the raucous energy of a Romani campsite with their version of Hot Club Swing. “At the heart of their sound is Ranger Sciacca's sweet violin playing… his sense of melody and daring improvisations” (World Rhythm). The band’s repertoire includes swing standards, traditional European melodies, the music of Django Reinhardt, and Ranger's unique originals.
Mission Drift is a local Kitsap fusion jazz/progressive rock group that plays all original music.
Seattle-based artist Rachael MacQuarrie is a singer-songwriter combining pop sensibility with folk roots to tell intimate stories driven by evocative melodies. Growing up on Anderson Island, a tiny island in south Puget Sound inhabited more by trees than people, Rachael learned young to let nature animate her music, expressing themes of love, loss, and renewal through metaphors of the natural world. While exploring these complicated personal themes through songwriting, she seeks to keep empathy and self-awareness at the heart of every song. Rachael is currently gearing up to record an album of original songs, threading childhood memories through the never-ending process of growing up.
Norman Baker is a Seattle based artist rooted in Barrel Aged Americana, Lumber Rock, and Roots Music. Baker has played on over 35 albums, performs 200+ shows a year, and is releasing a new album soon co-produced by Jim Roth of Built to Spill. He was touring the Western US when the pandemic hit and can’t wait to be back on the road. He’s shared the stage with Brandi Carlile, Shooter Jennings, Father John Misty, Craig Morgan, Haley Heynderickx, The Head and the Heart, Don Carlos, Robin Eubanks, and Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons.
Ollella's career as a musician started early, when she sang before she could talk. Trained as a classical cellist since the age of nine, the Seattle indie-folk musician merges her technical background with authoritative vocals, live-looping, and improvisation. Described as “really outstanding” by NPR Music’s Bob Boilen and “so tastefully done” by Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast), Ollella blends the acoustic with the contemporary, folk with pop, and tenacity with softness. Her playing has been featured in films screened at Film Festivals such as Sundance and Aspen Film Fest, on recordings with others including Grammy-winning artist Peter Kater, and has shared the stage with popular Americana acts such as the Shook Twins and Rising Appalachia. She finds herself drawn to music because it unlocks a particularly organic flavor of humanity – one that fits the type of world she believes in.
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Jen Howard is an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Although coming from a blue-collar, religious and home schooled upbringing, Jen's music is a mix of Folk, Roots, Reggae and Sophisti-Pop. Her music's central themes include; human nature, love, courageous motivation and intentional compassion for ourselves and others. In 2019, Jen released the debut EP "Motion". Her follow-up EP will be released during 2023. Jen Howard has performed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Costa Rica, Florida, Germany, Hawaii, Iceland, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mexico, Netherlands, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Texas and Utah.
Singer and guitarist Tony Petrillo has been performing in bands in the Puget Sound area for 40 years. His voice is most often compared to the baritone singers of the mid-20th century. Most recently on the Olympic Peninsula, his band, the Roundabouts, has been playing swing, early jazz, blues, bossas and sambas, some Gypsy, and a little bit of Rock’n’roll for a twist.