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Tomo Nakayama Plays 14 Free Concerts Tomorrow

The Grand Hallway frontman jets around Seattle to support his new solo album Fog on the Lens.

Tomo Nakayama wants you to hear the songs from his new solo record Fog on the Lens. … No, I don’t think you understand. Nakayama really wants you to hear these songs. Tomorrow the Grand Hallway frontman is basically doing everything short of coming to your house to play them for specifically for you (but he’s probably coming somewhere near you).

To celebrate the November 4 the release of Fog on the Lens, Nakayama (who also showed up in a crucial role in Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely) will play fourteen free concerts across Seattle. That’s right, a baker’s dozen plus one. The venues range from record stores to coffeehouses to bars to movie theaters to thrift stores to yoga spas. Considering the singer-songwriter’s delicate coo never disappoints live, it’s worth it to try and catch one (or two or three or four…) of these shows (see the full list below). Also, bringing the man some Throat Coat tea and local honey might not be the worst idea.

Tomo Nakayama’s Album Release Day Marathon

8am – KEXP In-studio
9am – Caffè Fiorè – Queen Anne
9:45am – Nuflours
10:15am – Central Co-op
11am – Urban Yoga Spa
Noon – Scarecrow
1pm – Hairstream
2:30pm – Lifelong Thrift Store
3:30pm – Town Hall Seattle
4:15pm – Do206
5pm – Central Cinema
6pm – Sonic Boom Records
8pm – Hillard’s Beer
11pm – Hazlewood











Seth Sommerfeld
Seth Sommerfeld
Assistant Editor (Arts) Seth Sommerfeld runs the arts department at Seattle Met, crafting the magazine's On the Town section, editing the Culture Fiend blog, and contributing to reader service features such as “The Ultimate Seahawks Guide” and the front-of-the-book department, Mudroom. Seth has written about music and culture for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Charleston Post and Courier, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Billings Gazette. He also extensively covered the NBA Draft for years for Fox Sports and NBADraft.net, and was published as part of Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology. Originally from Billings, Montana, Seth first lived in Washington while earning an undergraduate degree in journalism and broadcasting at Gonzaga University. He followed up those studies at Syracuse University, where he earned a master’s degree in arts journalism.