Ball of Wax 27 with Alicia Amiri, Kevin Barrans, The Music of Grayface, Oh Lo Lo and Sun Tunnels

Ball of Wax

Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly was founded in 2005 by Levi Fuller with the idea of shedding light on and creating a document of some of the wonderful music that was being made all around him, much of which without any fanfare, press, or radio play. The hope was that this series of compilation CDs and the release events associated with each would be a way to build community among musicians, whether local to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest or from across the United States and the world, while hopefully bringing their music to an audience that might not otherwise have stumbled upon it.

Every three months a new volume is released, featuring new music from Seattle and beyond, much of which is unreleased elsewhere. Each volume’s release is celebrated with a public performance, where the CD is available for free with the price of admission; following that, each volume is made available for purchase at a ridiculously cheap price.

Blog of Wax is an ongoing extension of this mission of bringing underexposed music to light. We will harness the power of the blog platform to bring more perspectives to the Ball of Wax experience and bring you more great music you’ve never heard of than you can handle.

Alicia Amiri

Kevin Barrans

I make music. Some of the instruments I like to play are: Plectrum Banjo, Plectrum Guitar, Mandolin-banjo, Banjolele, Accordion, Autoharp, Guitar, Melodica, Pennywhistles, Piano, Theremin, Kazoo, Drums, Washtub Bass, any and all types of percussion.

The Music of Grayface

Oh Lo Lo

Together since 2008, oh lo lo fuses the lulling hypnotic states induced by minimalistic grooves with the drive and clank of post-punk rock, taking listeners on a rollicking adventure through the musical landscape.

Featuring members of Seattle’s Yeek Yak Air Force, Amateur Radio Operator, Unite-One, Kelli Hanson, and Old Cuban and the Line Up, each of oh lo lo’s band members bring a strong vocal presence to this group with André Bearfield on Rhodes, Mike Bundy on drums, and John Faryar and Kelli Hanson on guitar.

Sun Tunnels