Amanda lives in Seattle, Washington, with the Space Needle and the Sound for neighbors. She writes songs and performs them from time to time. You can catch her sometimes performing with Seattle's Bushwick Book Club, or at various venues around the land.

n a short time, Seattle's bluesy Americana singer-songwriter, Erin Rae Murray, has gone from a south end open mic to bringing her project, Erin Rae & the Heartbeets, to one of the biggest festivals in Seattle: Capitol Hill Block Party. In the mean time, she was highlighted by NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest, played in front of hundreds at the famed Emerald City club Neumos, and won fans of all kinds with her welcoming anthems of personal growth. The Heartbeets play raw-yet-relatable music. You will hear entreaties to raise your chin and love yourself (and your fine ass!). Each of the band’s songs has a story, like traditions passed between family members. Indeed, they are embraces.

Based out of Seattle, Sam Cobra is a guitar-driven psychedelic rock band. Driving bass rhythms and melodic guitar riffs combined with the low dronings of viola and soaring vocal melodies culminate into a unique genre-bending musical cocktail.