Category Archives: Ballard Day

Live Video: KEXP’s Hood to Hood Ballard Day broadcast

By Jim Beckmann | Published: May 24, 2012

Last Friday, KEXP celebrated Ballard as the winners of the Hood to Hood Challenge during our 2011 Summer Membership Drive. As promised, we brought the party to them, with five Northwest bands playing free shows outside in downtown Ballard at Bergen Place Park. Ramona Falls, Deep Sea Diver, My Goodness, The Maldives, and Mt. St.Read more...

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Hood To Hood Ballard: Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band

By KEXP | Published: May 18, 2012

It’s 5:35pm at KEXP’s Ballard Day broadcast for Hood to Hood 2012 and everybody has but one question on our minds:  Where is the drummer? Just when it looks like the final act may not happen, the indie quartet Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band triumphantly takes the stage to close out the day. A monthRead more...

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Hood To Hood Ballard: The Maldives

By JB Bonifacio | Published: May 18, 2012

It’s 4pm in Seattle and as more booths around the stage gets set-up, more and more families pile in to catch a glimpse of the next band to play during KEXP’s live Ballard Day broadcast for Hood to Hood 2012. In Seattle, The Maldives need no introduction.  They’ve been playing sold out shows in theRead more...

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Hood To Hood Ballard: My Goodness!

By KEXP | Published: May 18, 2012

Arrrrggghhhhh!!! Ooooooowwwwww!!!!  Yeahhhhhh!!!!  Woaaahhhhhhh!!! Cancel the ambulance, it’s only bandmates Joel Schneider and Ethan Jacobsen doing their thing as My Goodness! at KEXP’s live Ballard Day broadcast, straight from Bergen Place Park, which is still going strong as we go into this increasingly sunny Seattle afternoon. My Goodness! exploded on the Seattle scene last year.  Taking theRead more...

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Hood to Hood Ballard: Deep Sea Diver

By JB Bonifacio | Published: May 18, 2012

It is now 11:30 AM and Jessica Dobson is sounding great in her first live radio session at the Ballard Day broadcast in Bergen Place Park until she abruptly stops midsong to ask for more vocals.  Oh wait, they’re soundchecking right now.  If they sound great now, this says something about them....  Or, it saysRead more...

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Hood to Hood Ballard: Ramona Falls

By JB Bonifacio | Published: May 18, 2012

Its 10:03 AM at the Ballard Day broadcast in Bergen Park Place and it is a   bit on the chilly and bleak side, but Brent Knopf and company in Ramona Falls, fresh off of a set at the Sunset Tavern last night, kicked off Hood to Hood 2012 with a energetic 30+ minute set that, coincidentally,Read more...

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Hood to Hood Ballard: Bryan John Appleby

By KEXP | Published: May 18, 2012

Before heading over to our Ballard Day broadcast at Bergen Park Place, we started off this morning in the KEXP parking lot, as John Richards spun records outside while bicycle commuters sped by -- and stopped by the KEXP Energizer Station for some live music at 7AM with Seattle’s Bryan John Appleby.

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Ballard Day begins!

By KEXP | Published: May 18, 2012

We’re all set up at Bergen Place Park for KEXP’s Hood to Hood Ballard Day broadcast. Join us 10:00am – 6:00pm for live DJ sets from Cheryl Waters and Kevin Cole and five fantastic and free live performances! 10:00am – Ramona Falls 12:00pm – Deep Sea Diver 2:00pm – My Goodness 4:00pm – The MaldivesRead more...

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Live Video: KEXP Ballard Day @ the Sunset Tavern, Part 1

By KEXP | Published: May 24, 2011

KEXP listeners tuned in last Friday for Ballard’s Hood to Hood live performances, and now KEXP is proud to announce live video from three very special performances at the Sunset Tavern. First up is the heartfelt acoustic jam “Won’t Let Go” from Seattle favorite David Bazan. Bazan is followed by Yuni in Taxco, a localRead more...

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KEXP Ballard Day @ Sunset Tavern: Marshall Scott Warner

By Nick Heinlein | Published: May 23, 2011

Seattle’s Marshall Scott Warner has been a prolific vocalist and drummer for a great many bands in the past, playing with The Mercury Four, Wanda Jackson, and Moses and The Moongazers, performing a diverse roll of genres including country, rock, blues, R&B, and swing. His combination of American Roots styles mold him into one ofRead more...

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