On the first 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.
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.
True Reckoning is a touring singer-songwriter duo based in Port Townsend, WA. Their music draws inspiration from life on the road, wandering between hushed confessionals and clean, open sound.
True Reckoning performed over 100 live shows in 2022. They shared a billing with Rising Appalachia and Shakey Graves at Alaska’s Salmonfest and played in venues across Seattle, the Puget Sound, and the Alaskan interior. They released their debut record, Better Than Ghosts, in July of 2022. Their second EP will be released in Spring 2023.
Americana singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone grew up in the Colorado foothills. The daughter of a dynamite salesman, she played her first gigs on drums in a dive bar's open blues jams at 12. As a young adult, she moved to Seattle where she played drums with the adored indie rock group, Carissa’s Wierd, and later Band of Horses. She then went on to release four solo records, two with Sub Pop. In 2019, Cahoone received a Gold Record for her work with Band of Horses.
Eventbrite Ticket Link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sera-cahoone-and-the-passenger-string-quartet-tickets-426603662037
On the first 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.
Luce Lane is a singer/songwriter and guitarist based in the Pacific Northwest with a vocal style as acoustically pure as it is passionate. She delivers smart lyrics over insistently catchy melodies you’ll take with you. She is also the lead singer for the band Sharks of the Salish Sea.
Composer, bandleader and critically acclaimed jazz vocalist Jenny Davis has shifted the focus of her art to reflect her life as an advocate for change. This aspect of her life’s work cuts deep on, Rearranged (the Yeoman Warders Project), her fourth album as a leader. It is an album in which the art of composition takes center stage, as all but three works featured here have been crafted by Davis.
Eventbrite Ticket List:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jenny-davis-jazz-quartet-tickets-426604524617
Jazz-Folk vocalist Jean Lenke paints scenery & emotion through song, approaching her canvas with broad strokes and a free hand. Having launched her musical career late in life, her music is influenced by an eclectic mix of genres that span generations. Jean has recently made her home in the Pacific Northwest, on the Olympic Peninsula. Through her music she celebrates all the shades and hues life brings us here, feelings, beautifully expressed and set free!
Malo Castro, voted twice as “Best Percussionist” at the Kitsap County Music Awards, he adds the Latin clave and spice to music ensembles throughout the Northwest! With authenticity and keep musicality, Malo is comfortable playing in musical settings from rock, to jazz to Latin and Brazilian music. Malo leads WEPA a five piece Band playing
Latin Jazz New York style.
Vocalist and saxophonist Elena Maque was born in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A university-trained musician, Maque has spent years honing her craft and wowing audiences throughout Russia, Europe, and the United States. Her ability to cross-pollinate jazz with funk and pop has been a magnet for fans globally. As a result, it is not unusual to find a guest DJ scratching beats as Maque spices an up-tempo swing tune with sophistication while honoring the jazz vernacular in her execution.
Eventbrite Ticket List:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elena-maque-tickets-426605507557
Vocalist and saxophonist Elena Maque was born in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A university-trained musician, Maque has spent years honing her craft and wowing audiences throughout Russia, Europe, and the United States. Her ability to cross-pollinate jazz with funk and pop has been a magnet for fans globally. As a result, it is not unusual to find a guest DJ scratching beats as Maque spices an up-tempo swing tune with sophistication while honoring the jazz vernacular in her execution.