We love good music, no matter the label that its given. We try to make sure in our music that theres something for everyone, its a great way to get people together. This bands members are Orcas Island and Bellingham locals. That’s northwestern Washington State. All of them have had very different upbringingings, but have become close friends through tight jams, road trips, snowboarding, packed houses to empty bars and lots of weed. Rise n Shine as its known now started as a garage band in Bellingham Washington in the fall of 2006. But the bands musical journey started years earlier on Orcas Island where the band experenced playing with any and every musician that wanted to jam. The band had a strong love for regggae and hip hop, and over the years have developed a sound that is a portrait of the environment they were raised in and their own personal musical experiences through the years. Rise n Shine now rehearses in Anacortes Washington and this last August released their first album. The band has stayed busy playing shows in and around Seattle, the San Juan Islands, Bellingham, and is planing a west coast tour in May of 08. The tunes that you’ve heard, are hearing, or are about to hear were recorded at The Art Institute of Seattle, Bianary Studios in Bellingham and Kalara Studios in Fremont.We know you’ll like it. More concert dates yet to be posted.

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A blind rapper, a Puerto Rican Jagger, and a Gypsy walk out of a bar with one of the seminal Rock & Roll Records of the past decade. Backed by Seattle Jazz & Rock heavyweights Joe Doria, Dave Carter, Andy Coe and RL Heyer, The Staxx Brothers have created a living document that uncovers Seattle’s lost identity as an urban crossroad for classic R & B, Hip Hop and Hard ASS Soul. It all starts with The 12th Street Blues.

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Lionheart Productions started in Seattle Washington in 2001. In 2008 Caleb Cunningham Producer/MC for the project has collaborated with some of Seattle’s best musicians and singers in order to bring the music to life on the stage. For more info check

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Bellingham native and singer/songwriter Jenni Potts has been a musician since she was 7. Her music is ambient and airy, and she says some of her influences include Radiohead, Cat Power and Explosions in the Sky.

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