HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Taproot Theatre intended to premiere Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol last year, but when an arsonist's fire shut down the theatre for months, it was forced to cancel the Holmes world debut and instead staged It's a Wonder Life: A Live Radio Play at North Seattle Community College. Now that Taproot has returned to its full glory, Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Carol finally meets its stage. In this presentation, Holmes has gone the way of old Scrooge. Hardened toward the Christmas Spirit, he is visited by three Christmas Eve callers that provide him clues from his past, present, and future. more ›

And the winner of the 2010 Sound Off! Battle of the Underage Bands is the great……..Great Waves! more ›

Last Saturday Hooves and Beak's Whitney Flinn wowed judges and earned a spot in the final round of Sound Off! Battle of the Underage Bands, which will be held on March 6th. She'll be battling the previous semi-finals winner, Candysound, and two others for a performance at this year's Bumbershoot Festival or the Northwest Folklife Festival. Listen to Hooves and Beak's music here. We had a few questions for Miss Flinn, and she was more than happy to share her story with Seattlest, tell us a bit about her music, and muse about the future. more ›

Hooves and Beak harpist Whitney Flinn automatically draws comparisons to indie star Joanna Newsom. Both musicians play harp and sing in American folk styles, but there may be more differences between the two than similarities. Newsom’s vocals are light and jagged, and are, for some, a bit childish sounding and cutesy - great for a few songs but quick to grate. Flinn’s singing style is a bit more traditional, like sweeping brush strokes; distant sounding, strong but subdued. She sounds as though she would be just as at home with a banjo or upright piano as with her harp. more ›