Emily King, David Ryan Harris
On her latest album, The Switch, the whispery-voiced Emily King elevates classic arrangements, touching from Motown in "Distance" to Prince in "Sleepwalker" and playing with modern syncopations in "The Animals." The Doug Fir's stage may be one of the more intimate venues you will see her in the coming years, so bring the apple of your eye, snuggle in close, and let King's magic cast a spell. JENI WREN STOTTRUP