Email Author Jonathan Cunningham

Awards

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 17, 2007

  "Freaks Come Out at Night"

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2009 Stories by Jonathan Cunningham

• Grayskul Gives Way to Blue

  published October 7, 2009

  When you call rapper JFK's cell, you'll hear the Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M." before the phone actually starts to ring—a... More >>

• REVERB: Welcome to Seattle Weekly's REVERB Festival 2009

  published September 30, 2009

  Seattle is a city known to have a lot of love for its local musicians. That's why Seattle Weekly thought it strange... More >>

• REVERB: THEESatisfaction: Unsatisfied Youth

  published September 30, 2009

  Rappers and producers are firing on all cylinders in Seattle. Music venues are more receptive than ever, and the creative... More >>

• REVERB: Visqueen: Defying All Labels

  published September 30, 2009

  There's no shortage of ups and downs in Rachel Flotard's life. "One day I'm on Letterman backing up Neko [Case], and, like,... More >>

• Time for a Sermon

  published September 30, 2009

  If you haven't heard of Project Lionheart, they exist just to the left of the city's current rap resurgence, focusing more on... More >>

• D. Black Trades Rhymes for Religion

  published September 9, 2009

  The Creston Point Apartments in Skyway are busier than usual this recent Friday evening. The... More >>

• A Shot in the Dark: Break Between Innings

  published September 9, 2009

  Whenever a music lover watches a Mariners game live, it's hard not to notice the songs that introduce the ballplayers before each at-bat. You... More >>

• A Shot in the Dark: Midnight Mahalo

  published September 2, 2009

  'Ohana has a tendency to get overly crowded on weekend evenings. On its worst nights, it's not just "Excuse me, can I squeeze by... More >>

• Bumbershoot: Motown Crier

  published September 2, 2009

  "Curtis Mayfield might be my favorite musician of all time," says Mayer Hawthorne. "And Smokey Robinson was a... More >>

• Bumbershoot: Janelle Monáe: Blues Traveler

  published September 2, 2009

  Few female breakout artists have had as much buzz as Janelle Monáe did in 2008. In the realm of... More >>

• Bumbershoot: The Dons of Dub

  published September 2, 2009

  Longtime bassist/drummer combo Lowell "Sly" Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare have a long list... More >>

• Hear at Last

  published August 19, 2009

  Frustration at having taken the wrong course often turns out to be the best motivation for success. Yirim Seck knows a lot... More >>

• Yirim Seck

  published August 19, 2009

  Frustration at having taken the wrong course often turns out to be the best motivation for success. Yirim Seck knows a lot about that. For years,... More >>

• The Battle of the Beard-Rapping Ballers

  published August 12, 2009

  This past April, two of Seattle's best-known party rappers, Sir Thomas Gray of Champagne Champagne and Terry Radjaw of Mad Rad... More >>

• A Shot in the Dark: Get Tanked by the Tank

  published August 12, 2009

  Fish tanks and drinking don't go together in this city as often as they should. Tanks are usually found only in restaurants in the International... More >>

• A Shot in the Dark: Karma Chameleon

  published August 5, 2009

  Walking into the two-story Capitol Club on a recent Monday night, it's apparent that DJs Swervewon and 100 Proof have turned it... More >>

• Blue Scholars and the New Deal

  published August 5, 2009

  The time was 1:35 p.m. two Mondays ago when news of a landmark record deal broke on the Internet.... More >>

• Toots Hibbert: Man of Mystery

  published July 29, 2009

  Traveling across the U.S. as a reggae star has its pluses and minuses. With a recent album, 2007's Light Your Light,... More >>

• CD Review: Big World Breaks' 4 Those Lost

  published July 22, 2009

  Big World Breaks4 Those Lost (self-released)If you can imagine a merger of 1940s-era jazz big band,... More >>

• A Shot in the Dark at Murray Stenson’s Hideout

  published July 22, 2009

  The Zig Zag Café is tucked away down the Pike Street Hill Climb, just to the right of the Mexican restaurant El Puerco... More >>

• CD Review: The Physics’ 2003 Is Better Than Your 2009

  published July 15, 2009

  The Physics High Society (self-released)The first time I saw local hip-hop group the Physics perform live, I... More >>

• CD Review: Zirconium is Patrol at Their Atomic Best

  published July 15, 2009

  Patrol Zirconium (Stiff Slack)Heavy, hard, and fast—that used to be how most guitar-centric rock bands... More >>

• Roadmap to Nirvana

  published July 15, 2009

  Writing about any band whose career was as tumultuous as Nirvana's is a difficult task if one wants to do it correctly. Much... More >>

• Shot in the Light

  published July 8, 2009

  Walking into Coastal Kitchen at 9:45 a.m. with booze on the brain shouldn't be an everyday occurrence. There aren't a lot of... More >>

• The 10 Best Local Albums of 2009 . . . So Far

  published July 1, 2009

  When a copy of local singer-songwriter Andy Werth's debut LP, Burn the Maps and Bury the... More >>