Recent Stories with tag gospel

After taking a tour of Columbia City Theater I was itching to hear a band in there, and Abbey told me something called Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives [Facebook] would be more than worth the trip. They're the eponymous Drew Grow (lead vocals, guitar), Cookie (percussion), Kris Doty (upright bass), and Seth Schaper (keyboards), from Portland, Oregon.

Sound on the Sound has been singing their praises locally, and Seattle Weekly has joined the choir--describing a performance as one of those "rare, game-changing live music experiences, the kind when you're watching a band and your chest swells up big and red and raw like a great frigatebird during mating season...."

I can hardly make my balky fingers type the description of their music, which is: indie folk-rock fired up by gospel and soul. (Try to imagine a Decemberists air floating out of an AME church, I dare you.) It's unusual, is all. But "It All Comes Right" (off their latest album) comes complete with a soul chorus that the 200-odd souls at Columbia City Theater on Saturday night joined into with uninhibited fervency.... (more)