Local Musicians

Years ago, Kassa Overall was, separately, a rising jazz drummer and a hip-hop producer. Once he began merging these worlds, he found his true voice.

Seattle’s chapter is one of the newest offshoots from global nonprofit Women in Music. The group formed to offer women in music more community and opportunity.

What defines the local jazz community is not its size but the collective energy of an adventurous and welcoming city.

The historic Capitol Hill building includes rehearsal and meeting rooms, plus a recording studio. Seattle Theatre Group has plans to preserve the space as an arts hub.

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 funk, soul and R&B band from Seattle explores the more complicated side of love on their latest album, Love Direction.

Diaspora is rooted in Josh Hou’s interest in American jazz, Chinese and Malaysian folk and pop music, and the impetus to understand what it means to be from three distinct cultures all at once.

Portland-based singer-songwriter Anna Tivel, who grew up in La Conner, is out with her latest album "Living Thing," created during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many musicians need to supplement their performing careers with other forms of income, a phenomenon called a "portfolio career." Here's how these Seattle-based musicians pull that off.