Tricia Despres
Whitney Mongé’s Next Verse
The Seattle singer-songwriter who honed her craft busking at Pike Place Market is finding new creative ground in Nashville.
It’s a time of intense self-discovery for Whitney Mongé. “I’ve been playing guitar for a long time, but Nashville has forced me to become a better player,” says Mongé, fresh off her first full-band show at Analog at Hutton Hotel in Nashville. For the 38-year-old artist, the move to Tennessee caps a stretch of constant…
Finding Hope in Music
Twelve-year-old Emmy Cole of Puyallup turns her experience with cancer into a song that inspires.
James Cole can’t help but gush over his twelve-year-old daughter, Emmy. “She consistently amazes us,” says Cole of the tween who was just two years old when she was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma. “We couldn’t be more proud of the young woman that she’s becoming. She unfortunately had to grow up a little too fast,…
The Many Lives of Lish McBride
The Seattle author built her career on romance and bookselling—with a little trivia hosting on the side.
It’s Tuesday night, and romance author Lish McBride is gearing up for trivia night. “I host trivia at Hemlock State Brewing Company in Mountlake Terrace,” laughs McBride of her unusual weekly gig. “Being a writer is a weird job. It’s very stressful in many ways. So, I love my trivia on Tuesday nights.” She also…
From the Northwest to Nashville
Country singer Max McNown carries the forests, lakes, and rain of his childhood into every song.
Max McNown carries memories of the Pacific Northwest wherever he goes. “Our favorite camping spot was up in Washington at Lake Merwin,” recalls the rising country music star during an interview with Seattle magazine. “We would pack the car to the brim, fill it with all of my siblings and my parents, and we would…
After Tribeca, ‘Songs of Black Folk’ Heads to Indy Shorts
The new documentary captures Black stories, music, and culture in the Pacific Northwest
Songs of Black Folk co-director Haley Watson found herself drawn to the stories of Pacific Northwest natives Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton and his nephew, Ramón Bryant Braxton for many reasons. But one reason kept rising to the surface. “It was a chance to shine a light on Black culture in the Pacific Northwest that has…
Finding Her Way Back
Washington native Mary Lambert channels heartbreak, healing, and hope in her first major single in nearly a decade
It’s taken more than three years, 42 revisions, and nearly 60 mixes for Mary Lambert to finish and release her powerful new single, “The Tempest.” “I just became such a perfectionist,” the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and Washington state native tells Seattle magazine from her current home in western Massachusetts. “(‘The Tempest’) feels like one of my…
Finding One’s Voice
Seattle’s very own Lila Forde shines bright on enchanting new album VESSEL
The childhood room of Lila Forde was very pink. “And that room is still pink,” Forde said from her home in Los Angeles about her childhood room back in Seattle. “It’s now my dad’s office. He’s taking Zoom meetings in my pink room.” The Seattle-born singer/songwriter — who grew up in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood…
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