Seattle’s Museum of Popular Culture goes deep on Seattle’s contribution to music. Not very broad because it’s a relatively small city, but it goes really, really deep.
I’d argue there is music in there that is ‘from’ Seattle but not necessarily ‘of’ Seattle. Jimi Hendrix was shaped here but grew up on the road and needed to go to London to make his mark. The likes of Heart and Sir Mix-a-lot probably could have come from a dozen towns in America.
One major movement was ‘of’ Seattle. It came from and created a local scene which had an identity that was quite uniquely Seattle. It exported bands with a similar sound and sensibility, and of course the world took to them. Continue reading “Music from Seattle”