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The Birthplace of Grunge Is Now a Six-City Music Tour
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The Birthplace of Grunge Is Now a Six-City Music Tour

  • Karee Blunt
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Washington state's contribution to American music spans decades and genres. Jimi Hendrix grew up in Seattle before relocating to London and reshaping rock guitar, while Nirvana and Pearl Jam turned a Pacific Northwest scene into a global phenomenon in the early 1990s. Death Cab for Cutie emerged from Bellingham, and Grammy-winning folk and rock artist Brandi Carlile calls Maple Valley home.

Plankton offer light shows
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Plankton offer light shows

  • TAN VINH, The Seattle Times
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BELLINGHAM BAY, Wash. (AP) — Long summer evenings make for great post-dinner strolls in broad daylight, but they’re hell if you want to watch Puget Sound and the Salish Sea glow and glitter. For that, you need pitch darkness. You need to wait hours after sunset.