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Whistle Lake Jazz Quartet
The Whistle Lake Jazz Quartet of Tim Eslick, Andy Carr, Todd Anderson, Jamie Findlay bring a fresh sense of interplay to the interpretation of jazz standards, with sparkling solos and careful attention to dynamics.
Kaisson
Kaisson is a transgender high school indie pop rock artist born and raised in Anacortes, Washington. Her sounds and lyrics portray sad realities of teenage experience with groove and bounce, taking influence from the work of Mac Miller and Tyler, the Creator.
Cascadia Groove
Cascadia Groove is a group of experienced, talented musicians playing a signature, Cross-Over Groove with a Funk/Soul influenced sound. The music of Cascadia Groove is tight and upbeat, bringing smiles to their fans’ faces and movement to their feet. The group plays a 50/50 mix of cover material that draws from Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder,… Read more »
Garden Angel
Garden Angel is the experimental and ambitious music project of Tennessee native Alice Hernandez. She plays a blend of emo-infused ambient new age, noise, indie/avant-folk, nightcore, nintendocore, grindcore, and sound collage. She is known for pioneering hyperpop and being the vocalist of a number of lo-fi screamo/skramz bands.
Don Bird / Children of the Blues
Don Bird has been a musician and composer for a lifetime. Rooted in Seattle, seasoned in LA and the Bay Area, and now working from his studio on Guemes Island with collaborators both locally and abroad, his compositions range from jazz and prog rock to blues, orchestral works and even some jingles and commercials for… Read more »
Ebb Slack & Flood
Filling the room with chemistry that is obvious and addictive. Together, they create a fusion of sounds, easy to listen and hard not to dance to.
Lovers Without Borders
We met to rehearse at drummer Jessica’s in Edison from the year 2013 until about 2016. Karl(sax and singer) lived in Anacortes at the time, and Alex the guitarist worked as a radiologist at Island Hospital every so often though he lived in B-ham. We wrote pop songs, Alex wrote most of the lyrics.
Pearl Tottenham
Native Anacortes daughter. Singer songwriter.
66% Chick
66% Chick was a tightly knit group of three high school friends. Between them they shared visual art, gender bending predilections and a mutual love of creative outsiders.
The Crabs
Originally from Portland, then Anacortes. Husband and wife team Jonn Lunsford and Lisa Jackson.
Fanny Alger
Fanny Alger is proud to be your favorite for-profit-salvation-company.
The Enthusiasts
Siblings Andrew Velin and Sommer Velin Carter who’ve been making music since their youth, joined up with Anacortes locals Doug Cassidy, Mariah Erken, Andy Brown and Rob Carter.
Ô Paon/ Woelv/ Geneviève Castrée
Geneviève Castrée was a self taught singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed under the names Ô Paon and Woelv. She was instrumental in the vibrancy of the Anacortes music scene in the early 2000s.
New Uniform
Alex Heubel, Taylor Dunton, Carson Paddock, Dylan Geer
The Few
1984ish Bryan Elliott – Vox, guitar Jason Ballard – Vox, guitar Tammy Madenwald – Vox, guitar Dale Robinson – Percussion
Enduro
2010 Bryan, Brian, Sid, Bob, Jonn Enduro was schooled in the NW fishing village of Anacortes, WA. Creativity abounds in this salty island paradise. Sid and Bryan created Anacortes’ first punk band, The Spoiled. Along with Bob and Jonn they would play in various combinations; Public Service ,Pounding Serfs, The Crabs, BURL and Gravel. Brian… Read more »
The Opines
The Opines are an active Anacortes band as of 2016 playing what some would refer to as the grunge style of music. It’s loud, it’s creative and it’s fun and quirky.
The Mosstones
2015
Tony Vecchione (vox, guitar), Rob Shapanus (drums), Andrew Velin (guitar), Henry Szankiewicz (bass)
The Mossettes: Lisa Yeager, Juels Avalon, Sommer Velin-Carter, Liz Lovelett