Music scene · Aberdeen
The coastal logging town where Kurt Cobain was born, with a music life rooted in local rock and country acts plus school and church music. Olympia and Tacoma hold the larger venues and touring stops.
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The coastal logging town where Kurt Cobain was born, with a music life rooted in local rock and country acts plus school and church music. Olympia and Tacoma hold the larger venues and touring stops.
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Music in Aberdeen, a coastal logging town at the mouth of the Chehalis River, is rooted in local rock and country acts and school and church music. Touring acts and bigger venues are generally found in Olympia and Tacoma.
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