Lawrence Peryer
Lawrence Peryer is a longtime music industry executive who relocated to the PNW from New York City in 2016. In addition to his writing, he hosts the award-winning podcast Spotlight On, where he talks with the musicians, writers, innovators and ideas shaping media, entertainment, and culture.
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In 1911, 13-year-old Juhei Kono arrived in Tacoma from Japan. His memoir is the inspiration for "Voyages," a new album from Grammy Award-winning woodwind artist Ben Kono. -
Through musician-led venues, events, and support networks, artists are preserving their community bonds while adapting to a rapidly changing city. -
The Seattle-based composer brings together 60 musicians to celebrate the legacies of Butch Morris, Sun Ra, and Julius Hemphill in a groundbreaking Earshot Jazz Festival series. -
The Headhunters do not trade on nostalgia, though no one would fault them if they did. During a stopover in Seattle they acknowledged their own history, but also delivered a thoroughly modern jazz-funk fusion.
