My pals over at Sound on the Sound have long been championing a small music festival called Doe Bay Fest. The festival is set on a woodsy island camping resort with a limited capacity of less than 1,000 which creates an amazingly cozy and intimate environment to witness some of Seattle’s finest roots, rock and new at Doe Bay for 2010, hip-hop, musicians.
Or so I’m told. You see, I have yet to attend the Doe Bay Fest, but from everything I’ve heard about the annual event I will likely be making my first trip to Doe Bay in 2011, especially after watching the first installment of Sound on the Sound’s Doe Bay Sessions.
This year’s Doe Bay, which went down a few weekends ago, featured the likes of Hey Marseilles, The Maldives, Curtains For You, THEESatisfaction and many, many more of the finest artists Northwest has to offer. Sound on the Sound filmed performances by several of the musicians who took the stage during the three-day festival, however unlike other blogs that give simple YouTube clips from the crowd, the fine folks at Sound on the Sound went above and beyond the call of duty. My blogging buddies trekked off into the woodsy wonderland that is Doe Bay and filmed exclusive sets by Doe Bay artists in wondrous settings that make for a beautiful listening and viewing experience unparalleled by anything any other local music blog has ever pulled off in the past. It’s something very special that feels uniquely Northwest due to its pairing of music and nature
Like us here at The Candy, the entire crew at SotS are staunch supporters of the local music scene which makes it is so good to see some of the scene’s major players return that support by delivering these great performances. The first Doe Bay Session features the Maldives and if you couldn’t tell by my raving. it’s something I could watch over and over and over again. The SotS gang plan to post videos of new sessions every Tuesday through October which means there will be plenty more beautiful clips to gaze upon.
I could probably embed the two videos from the first session below, but that would mean I’d be doing all the work of discovering these gems for you. So go ahead and click over to Sound on the Sound to watch the first Doe Bay Session. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed with what you find.
