Seattle Growth Podcast 4.9: Changing lives through music
“Music is incredibly powerful,” says Levi Ware, an accomplished songwriter and one of several Seattle musicians working to harness that power for a better future... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 4.8: The evolution of musical theater
Over the past two decades, nine of the 18 original musicals developed at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre have gone on to Broadway runs, including the Tony... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 4.7: A new wave of musicians arrives
The last episode of the Seattle Growth Podcast profiled some of Seattle’s musicians being pushed out by the city’s economic boom. But there are plenty... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 4.6: The musicians lost in the boom
Trying to make it as an artist in a booming economy is more difficult than you might think. Episode 6 of the Seattle Growth Podcast,... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 4.5: Is growth crushing the soul of Seattle music?
As the city of Seattle undergoes an unprecedented physical transformation, is it experiencing just as massive an artistic and cultural transformation at the same time?... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 4.4: Growth and hip-hop
How is Seattle’s transformation affecting the artists in its renowned music scene? In episode 4 of the Seattle Growth Podcast, season 4, two local hip-hop... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 4.3: Hendrix to hip-hop
What can Seattle’s rich musical past tell us about the future sounds that will emanate from our transforming city? In episode 3 of the Seattle... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 4.2: Footnotes of flannel
In the early 1990s, Seattle transformed from a quiet outpost in the soggy Northwest into an international music mecca on the crunching riffs of megabands... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast Season 4.1: Grunge brings fame, sparks innovation
In its first three seasons, the Seattle Growth Podcast has examined many facets of the city’s unprecedented transformation—housing, healthcare, redevelopment, preservation, transportation, education, emergency services,... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast Season 4: The past, present and future of Seattle music
While the stunning rise of Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Alaska Airlines, Nordstrom, PACCAR and a constellation of tech startups is the ultimate engine of Seattle’s unprecedented... Read More