Family Days with Northwest Folklife
EMP|SFM is proud to present Family Days with Northwest Folklife the third Saturday of every month. Family Day activities include a drop-in dance workshop, live music from local bands, and more. Join us to celebrate the diverse music and dance cultures of the Northwest! Check the calendar for information on the next Family Day.
Recent Family Day guests have included:
Caspar Babypants (pictured above)
Caspar Babypants makes simple sing along music for babies brains and parents ears. Caspar Babypants is also known as Chris Ballew, lead singer of the rock and roll band The Presidents of the United States of America. CASPAR says: "I want to make music for the very young because I admire their associative inventive imaginations and as an adult I nurture that same creativity in myself." Check out Caspar Babypants online.
SlimpickinsThe Jellyrollers
At the heart of Seattle blues band The Jelly Rollers are guitarist/singer/songwriter Darren Loucas and singer/harp man Sean Divine, a pair of Miami natives who, having met up again in Seattle, started playing together in 1993 - Darren on guitar, Sean on harmonica, creating a pared-down, rough-hewn blues sound smack in the middle of the sub-pop world culture explosion. Check out The Jellyrollers online.
Lucy Bland
Lucy Bland is not a person, they're a band. A band from Seattle who fuses indie rock, folk and electronic experimentation into genre-defining works. Check out the music of Lucy Bland online.
The MoonSpinners
The MoonSpinners are a trio who play 60s-esque inspired music with a modern attitude--pop, mostly, music of various types, soul, girl-group, French pop, lounge-y, jazz-y and garage-y and even some 70's punk. The MoonSpinners combine insouciance with sophistication-- and people love it! Check out The MoonSpinners online.