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Entertainment
Grammy award-winning artist Billy Ray Cyrus has had a long career in the world of country music. Read more...
With sales of more than 100 million records, nine Grammy nominations, three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award, KC & the Sunshine Band is one of the seminal forces in pop. In more than 35 years of making music, the group developed an original funk style that continues to delight old fans and attract new ones into the millennium, and the band is bringing their funky blend to the Emerald Queen Casino’s I-5 Showroom. Read more...
Rick Springfield pops into EQC
After a decade of failed record deals and musical flops, rock musician Rick Springfield finally made his mark in the entertainment world. Read more...
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with R&B legend
At the age of 7, Gladys Knight won the finals on the popular “Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour” TV show contest. The following year, she, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Eleanor Guest formed a musical group called The Pips. By the end of the 1950s, the act had begun to tour, and had replaced Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest with cousins Edward Patten and Langston George. Read more...
‘Come Sail Away’ at the EQC next month
Multi-platinum long-time arena-rockers Styx got their start more than 30 years ago and are not slowing down yet. The band will be making their way to the Emerald Queen Casino’s I-5 Showroom in February. Read more...
R&B chart-topper, Ashanti, brings it to the EQC
R&B singer Ashanti Douglas was born in 1980 in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, into a musical family. Her father used to sing and her mother is a dance instructor. Ashanti began singing in a gospel choir at the age of 6. As she grew, her musical talent developed. She danced in a show at Carnegie Hall and in the Disney television musical “Polly.” It was in high school that she honed her songwriting skills and harnessed her talent for creating a story that people could relate to, song after song. Read more...
Puyallup youth made their motion picture debut in a big way. Nine youth-created and produced short films were presented Nov. 5 at the Pioneer Park Pavilion as the first Puyallup Native Lens Film Festival. Read more...
R&B artist Keith Sweat has been making his mark in the smooth and silky music niche for decades. With the release of his latest album “Just Me” and a tour to boot, it doesn’t seem as though the long-standing R&B staple is going anywhere anytime soon. Keith Sweat will bring his signature sultry sound to the Emerald Queen Casino once again Nov. 8. Read more...
Super human hip-hop tour hits Puyallup
The Super Human Power Tour, featuring several Native American hip-hop artists from along the West Coast, made its stop on the Puyallup Reservation Oct. 7 as one of its last stops on the month-long tour. Read more...
Hawaiian duo makes waves in Northwest
The Cecilio & Kapono story began under a starry night on Oahu’s North Shore in February 1973. While on a break from touring with Little Anthony and the Imperials, Cecilio Rodriguez flew to Hawaii to meet Henry Kapono, who had a very similar style to his own and with whom, it was thought, he could form a group. All the components were there: breathing, intonation, blend, and their own individual guitar styles, each complementing the other in a magical way. Read more...
